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David studied Politics and Government at Kent University, obtaining a B.A. degree with first class honours and three prizes. After a year working at the headquarters of a finance company he moved to Cambridge, gaining a Ph.D. in Theology. As a member of King's College he served as President of the MCR and Sacrist of the Chapel. After working in Paris for a year, he moved to Exeter to continue his research and teach philosophical theology, ethics and liturgy. He is currently Research Fellow in Theology in the University of Exeter, UK. He is also a tutor for the Open Theological College of the University of Gloucestershire, where his teaching areas have included Christian ethics, mission, modern theology and the modern world. He is Treasurer-elect of the Society for the Study of Theology, a member of the Executive Committee of the British Teilhard Association, and a member of the Management Committee of the Xavier Tilliette Institute, Pontificium Athenaeum Sant’Anselmo, Rome. He is also a member of the Oxford Group of the SophiaEuropa network in science and religion and the American Academy of Religion.

David is currently working on a research project 'Vegetarianism as Spiritual Choice in Historical and Contemporary Theology', funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The outputs of this project will include a collection edited with Rachel Muers, Eating and Believing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vegetarianism and Theology (New York and London: T&T Clark, 2008), in which he also has a chapter 'Mosaic food rules in Celtic spirituality in Ireland'.

David has published widely on modern French Catholic theology, including a monograph on the theology of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and an advanced introduction to the theology of Henri de Lubac. He has published articles and reviews in Zygon, Theological Studies, The Heythrop Journal, Scottish Journal of Theology, Modern Theology, New Blackfriars, International Journal of Systematic Theology, Theology, Studia Liturgica, Philosophy and Theology, Political Theology, Ecclesiology, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Journal of Theological Studies, Philosophical Books, Reviews in Religion and Theology, Studies in Christian Ethics, Reviews in Science and Religion, The Times Literary Supplement and the Church Times. He has presented conference and seminar papers in Cambridge, Oxford, Chicago, San Diego, Rome, Oslo, Dublin, Gorizia, London, Durham, Leeds and Lampeter. His current major research areas are theology and food, eucharistic theology, and biblical models of reasoning.

Contact: David Grumett, Department of Theology, University of Exeter, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK
Telephone (+44) 01392 264617 • Fax (+44) 01392 264377 • E-mail d.j.grumett@exeter.ac.uk