Rebekah Lamb

Dr. Rebekah Lamb serves as Lecturer in Theology, Imagination and the Arts at the University of St Andrews' School of Divinity, where she bridges theological inquiry with artistic expression in late modern contexts. Her role encompasses teaching, research leadership, and public engagement through media and cultural institutions.

Her academic formation includes:

• PhD in Victorian and Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature (Western University)
• MA in English Literature (Western University)
• BA (Hons) in Liberal Arts with international study in New Hampshire and Rome (Thomas More College)

Dr. Lamb's research pioneers theological aesthetics as a critical framework for examining art's capacity to explore ethical formation and spiritual devotion. Her work interrogates:

• Literary-theological intersections in Victorian and modern texts
• Visual culture's role in religious imagination
• Catholic intellectual traditions through figures like Newman and Rossetti
• Contemporary applications of pre-modern aesthetic theories

She positions artistic practice as essential for navigating modernity's spiritual challenges.

Analysis of her 2023-2025 publications reveals concentrated exploration of John Henry Newman's theological legacy, particularly his Mariology and historical consciousness, alongside structural studies of Victorian Catholicism. Her scholarship consistently connects aesthetic theory with practical devotion across Pre-Raphaelite literature, Catholic social teaching, and modern literary criticism.

Her distinctions include:

• Associate Dietrich von Hildebrand Scholar (2020)
• Hildebrand Project Scholarship (2016)
• Kuyper Emerging Scholar Fellowship (2012)
• Ontario Graduate Scholarships (2012, 2013)

As active PhD supervisor (Bethany Gilbert, Lydia Kelliney), Dr. Lamb directs next-generation scholarship while leading the RSE-funded Catholic Women Writers in Scotland and Beyond project. This initiative—producing Oxford University Press' first Handbook of Catholic Women Writers—exemplifies her commitment to recovering marginalized theological voices through institutional collaboration and public humanities engagement.

She anchors her work in the Institute of Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA), where she organizes research seminars, and extends her influence as trustee of Stonyhurst's Christian Heritage Centre, shaping national conversations on theology's cultural impact.