JACOB PHILLIPS
I was introduced to Transformation Theology after coming to King's College London (KCL) to do an MA in Systematic Theology in 2008. In my first year I was taught by Oliver Davies and Paul Janz, and got to grips with the key texts. These were initially the edited volume Transformation Theology, of course, and also Janz's God the Mind's Desire. I was very fortunate to be introduced to the TT project early on, with direct teaching from its main protagonists. I was also present at a round-table discussion at KCL with Rowan Williams about the TT book. Since then I've had the privilege of reading some of Oliver Davies' writing in draft form, much of which will be published in due course. I have also been a regular participant in the group discussions around TT - which we hope will become more formal as a Transformation Theology seminar in the coming months .
My undergraduate study was in many ways a highly appropriate preparation for TT. I attended Heythrop College, which being a Jesuit institution teaches a theology deeply embedded in lived discipleship. Having gone on to do postgraduate research, I see my work on Bonhoeffer as an investigation into certain areas of thought which touch directly on matters related to TT. Although I am not yet at the stage of making constructive systematic theological proposals myself, I have nonetheless found that my own thinking has been reconfigured significantly (if not unrecognisably) by the TT project.
All in all I would highly recommend engaging with the key texts of TT, and giving some thought to reflecting theologically from and towards the living reality of God's revelation in the living embodied present.
My undergraduate study was in many ways a highly appropriate preparation for TT. I attended Heythrop College, which being a Jesuit institution teaches a theology deeply embedded in lived discipleship. Having gone on to do postgraduate research, I see my work on Bonhoeffer as an investigation into certain areas of thought which touch directly on matters related to TT. Although I am not yet at the stage of making constructive systematic theological proposals myself, I have nonetheless found that my own thinking has been reconfigured significantly (if not unrecognisably) by the TT project.
All in all I would highly recommend engaging with the key texts of TT, and giving some thought to reflecting theologically from and towards the living reality of God's revelation in the living embodied present.
