
Gordon Graham is Director of the ESAF, and the Festival of the Sacred Arts in the Fringe. Ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican Communion, he served in the Diocese of New Jersey, USA from 2006-2018, during which time he was also a summer -time priest at St Vincent's Chapel. Having moved rto Edinburgh, he is now Assisting Priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church at Christ Church Morningside.
A graduate of the Universities of St Andrews and Durham, Gordon Graham taught philosophy at St Andrews where he also established the University Music Centre., In 1995 he was appointed Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999. In 2006 he moved to the United States to become Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he remained until his retirement in 2018. In 2016 he directed the Princeton Film Festival on 'Faith, Hope and Violence'.
In addition to journal articles and invited contributions to encyclopedias and handbooks, his many publications on art and religion include three books -- Philosophy of the Arts (Routledge, 3rd edition 2005), The Re-enchantment of the World: art versus religion (Oxford University Press, 2007) and Philosophy, Art and Religion: understanding faith and creativity (Cambridge University Press, 2017). He is the author of two verse anthems set to music by the composer Paul Mealor.
A graduate of the Universities of St Andrews and Durham, Gordon Graham taught philosophy at St Andrews where he also established the University Music Centre., In 1995 he was appointed Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999. In 2006 he moved to the United States to become Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he remained until his retirement in 2018. In 2016 he directed the Princeton Film Festival on 'Faith, Hope and Violence'.
In addition to journal articles and invited contributions to encyclopedias and handbooks, his many publications on art and religion include three books -- Philosophy of the Arts (Routledge, 3rd edition 2005), The Re-enchantment of the World: art versus religion (Oxford University Press, 2007) and Philosophy, Art and Religion: understanding faith and creativity (Cambridge University Press, 2017). He is the author of two verse anthems set to music by the composer Paul Mealor.