THE Revd Dr Casey Strine has been appointed Secretary for Theology and Theological Adviser to the House of Bishops.
An associate professor in ancient and Near Eastern history and literature on the University of Sheffield, he’s a Minor Canon Theologian of Sheffield Cathedral, and the Bishop of Sheffield’s interfaith adviser. He will lead the dedicated theology team inside the Faith and Public Life department at Church House, Westminster, overseeing the work of the national liturgical adviser and a second theology adviser, who’s to be appointed soon.
A big a part of the position is to supply theological support to the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) programme. Dr Strine is anticipated to begin on 9 September, taking on from the interim theology advisers, the Revd Dr Tom Woolford and Revd Dr Jessica Martin, who’ve been in post since April (News, 9 February).
In February, the Bishop of Newcastle, Dr Helen-Ann Hartley stood down as co-chair of the LLF process over “serious concerns” about Dr Woolford’s appointment (News, 1 February). The appointment of a second adviser, illustrating a commitment to “working together across difference”, was among the many conditions that the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn Snow, stipulated for continuing as co-chair.
Dr Strine was appointed after “open commercial of the post and a rigorous process led by a various panel”, a Church House press release said. Ordained priest in 2019, he served his title at St Thomas Crookes, Sheffield, a big Anglican-Baptist local ecumenical partnership within the Charismatic Evangelical tradition.
