Anthony G. Reddie

Anthony G. Reddie (born 1964) is a British theologian and academic, who specialises in black theology. He is Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture and Professor of Black Theology atRegent’s Park College, University of Oxford. He is an Extraordinary Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of South Africa.

Reddie was born and raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire from a family of first-generation Caribbean migrants. He undertook tertiary education at the University of Birmingham, first with Bachelor of Arts in History (1987), then with PhD in Education (2000), supervised by John Hull. His PhD thesis was later turned to a monograph in 2003, under the title of Nobodies to Somebodies (Epworth press, 2003). His book SCM Core Text: Black Theology published in 2012 was the first text that examined Black theology through a participative model to investigate how practical theology impacts Black people in inner city, poor communities in Britain.

He is editor of the academic journal Black Theology since 2002 and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for the Study of Theology (SST). He received an 'A rating' in the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa as the first Black person to receive this highest rating in theology and religious studies.

He is one of the recipients of the 2020 Lanfranc Award delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury to recognise his 'exceptional and sustained contribution to Black theology In Britain and beyond'.

• Reddie Anthony G. (2020). Is God Colour-Blind? Insights from Black Theology for Christian Faith and Ministry. London: SPCK. ISBN 9780281085439
• Reddie Anthony G. (2019). Theologising Brexit: A Liberationist and Postcolonial Critique. Abingdon: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9780429671470
• Reddie Anthony G. (2012). Black Theology. London: SCM Press. ISBN 9780334041566