Jeremy Sutherland Begbie FRSCM (born 1957)^[1] is Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School, Duke University, where he is the McDonald Agape Director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts. He is a systematic theologian whose primary research interest is the correlation between theology and the arts, in particular the interplay between music and theology. He is also an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge.^[2]

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The Reverend Jeremy Begbie FRSCM
Jeremy Begbie conducting the New Caritas Orchestra, September 2022
Born	Jeremy Sutherland Begbie (1957-06-15) 15 June 1957 (age 66)
Nationality	British
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Ordained	1983 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh University of Aberdeen
Thesis	Theology, Ontology and the Philosophy of Art, with Special Reference to Paul Tillich and the Dutch Neo-Calvinists (1987)
Doctoral advisor	J. B. Torrance
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Systematic theology theological aesthetics
Institutions	Ridley Hall, Cambridge University of St Andrews Duke University
Main interests	Music and theology
Website	jeremybegbie.com

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Begbie was born on 15 June 1957.^[3] He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and music at the University of Edinburgh and Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Aberdeen.^[2]

He was ordained priest in the Church of England in 1981,^[2] and served a Curate in the Diocese of Guildford. Prior to teaching at Duke Divinity School, he was the Associate Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, as well as an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. From 2000, he was an Honorary Professor at the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts at St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, in Scotland, and was the Associate Director of the Institute. In 2009 he was appointed Thomas A. Langford Research Professor of Theology at Duke University.^[2] He is a Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge.^[4]

Being a professionally trained musician, he has performed as a pianist, oboist, and a conductor.^[4] He is founder of the New Caritas Orchestra, a group professional players of faith in the United States.

Begbie has lectured worldwide, delivering multi-media presentations in venues all over the UK, as well as in the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, Israel, South Arfirca, Japan, New Zealand, and Australia.

The New Testament scholar, N T Wright, has written: “Jeremy Begbie is a musician/theologian par excellence. Whatever music you enjoy and wherever you are on the journey of faith, he will delight, surprise, challenge, and inspire you.”

Jeremy Begbie is known for his writing and lecturing in theology and the arts, especially music.

In September 1997 he founded the Theology Through the Arts project at the University of Cambridge, whose primary aim was "to discover and demonstrate ways in which the arts can contribute towards the renewal of Christian theology". The project included conversation among artists and theologians, academic lectures, publications, and an international arts festival held in Cambridge in 2000.

As the Thomas A. Langford Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School, he founded Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts (DITA), a project which "promotes and supports the vibrant interplay between Christian theology and the arts by encouraging transformative leadership and enriching theological discussion in the Church, academy, and society."^[5]

For his book, Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music, Begbie won the 2008 Christianity Today Book Award in the theology/ethics category.^[6]