We are fortunate to be associated with some of the leading scholars working within the intersections of theology and the arts. Our affiliated faculty play a role in DITA by teaching courses for our certificate, working on grants, and several other projects.
Affiliated Duke Divinity School Faculty
Professor of Theology
Associate Professor of Religion and Society and Black Church Studies
Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology
Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor
Associate Professor of the Practice of Church Music; Director of Chapel Music at Duke University Chapel
Research Professor of Christian Worship
William K. Warren Distinguished Research Professor of Catholic Theology
Director of the Office of Black Church Studies; Assistant Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies
Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality
Other Affiliated Faculty
Our affiliated faculty draw from throughout Duke University and additional institutions.
David Aers
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of English
David Aers works especially on medieval and early modern literature, theology, ecclesiology and politics in England. His publications range from studies of Augustine to studies of early 19th century writing and culture. Aers is currently Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Duke. He is James B. Duke Professor of English and Historical Theology, with appointments both in the English Department and the Divinity School.
Malcolm Guite
Poet-Priest and Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge
Malcolm Guite, a poet, theologian, and songwriter, is the Chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge where he also teaches for the Divinity Faculty. He lectures widely in England and North America on theology and literature. Mr. Guite has published poetry, theology, and literary criticism, and worked as a librettist. His books include Word in the Wilderness, Faith, Hope, and Poetry: Theology and the Poetic Imagination, and Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Thomas Pfau
Alice Mary Baldwin Distinguished Professor of English
Thomas Pfau is the Alice Mary Baldwin Distinguished Professor of English at Duke University, with secondary appointments in Germanic Language and Literatures and the Divinity School at Duke University. He has published forty-five essays on literary and philosophical subjects ranging from the 18th through the early 20th century. He is the author of three monographs: Wordsworth’s Profession, Romantic Moods: Paranoia, Trauma, Melancholy, 1790-1840, and Minding the Modern: Intellectual Traditions, Human Agency, and Responsible Knowledge. His current book project focuses on phenomenology of image-consciousness in literature, theology, and philosophy.
Faculty Feature
An Interview with Kevin Hart, Theologian and Poet
Learn about DITA's newest affiliated faculty, Kevin Hart, the newly appointed Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor at Duke Divinity School, who also has a secondary appointment in the Department of English. Hart discusses poetry, theology, and his appointment as the first University chair at the Divinity School.
