Theo Hobson, Born 1972
writer and artist
Theo Hobson is a British theologian. He was educated at St Paul's School in London; he read English literature at the University of York, then theology at the University of Cambridge, where he was a member of Hughes Hall. He focused on the strongest voices of the Protestant tradition: Martin Luther, Søren Kierkegaard, and Karl Barth. His PhD thesis became the basis of his first book, The Rhetorical Word: Protestant Theology and the Rhetoric of Authority (2002), a study of the role of authoritative rhetoric in Protestantism. His principal interests are the relationship between Protestantism and secularism, which he believes is more positive than is generally understood; the relationship between theology and literature; and the post-ecclesial renewal of worship. He thinks that large-scale carnival-style celebration must replace church worship. Theo Hobson is also an artist, working mainly in mosaics and prints.
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Source: Compiled in 2021 from internet sources, with thanks and acknowledgement, by Alex Reid, brother of Theo Hobson’s mother Griselda.