Abstract

With the renewed interest in the role of religion and belief in private and public life the opportunity arises to explore the contribution that Theology can make to contemporary interdisciplinary teaching and research. As a critical dialogue partner Theology is able to bring particular disciplinary insights and method to a wide range of other subjects. This paper incorporates a survey of colleagues from a wide range of disciplines represented on our new landmark Cornwall campus, with a particular focus on exploring ways in which Theology can contribute to work in the area of environment and sustainability, which will be the primary emphasis of a proposed new international Institute. While Theology is readily able to engage in dialogue with other branches of the Humanities, it is less often able to build partnerships with Biosciences and Earth Sciences, and this challenge will be addressed in some detail. The key emphasis is that Theology, which engages with crucial aspects of human imagination, should be able to offer its distinctive ‘voice’ to areas of academic discourse from which it is all too often excluded.