Jolyon P. Mitchell

Prof Jolyon Mitchell is Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI) at the University of Edinburgh. A former President of TRS-UK (the national association for theology and religion in the UK, 2012-2018), he also chaired the conference 'Peacemaking in the World of Film' (2007), co-sponsored by INTERFILM, SIGNIS and WACC. He regularly gives courses for students and postgraduates in the field of film and religion. A former BBC World Service producer and journalist, he has written extensively on film in recent books such as Promoting Peace, Inciting Violence: The Role of Religion and Media (2012); Media Violence and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and The Religion and Film Reader (co-editor, Routledge, 2007). A new edited volume on peacebuilding and the arts (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) includes an extensive section on film and peacebuilding. He is co-editor of three monograph series, including (with Robert Johnston) a series of research monographs on 'Film and Religion' (Routledge).