Dr Jessica Scott joined the faculty in September 2025. Previous to that she was Assistant Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Nottingham and taught Christian Doctrine at Sarum College, Salisbury.

Her doctorate, from the University of Cambridge, considered how Gregory of Nyssa’s notion of epektasis might be used to construct a theological vision of progress through the passage of a human life. Following her PhD, she worked as an Architectural Assistant alongside studying Architecture at London Southbank School of Architecture.

Jessica’s work now focuses on the relation of architecture to Christian theology, especially as it pertains to the practice of forgiveness.

Research interests

• Theological construals of forgiveness, compassion, and empathy
• Visual theology, especially theological engagement with architecture and landscape
• Gregory of Nyssa's mystical theology

Expertise and public engagement

• Contributor, Seen&Unseen 
• Convenor and speaker, ‘Picasso, Art, and Faith’. With artist Lorna Hamilton. Nottingham Being Human Festival, November 2023.
• Co-Investigator, Theology in a Time of War (as part of which, Convenor of Ukrainian Iconography Workshop, University of Nottingham).
• With Ukraine Catholic University and iconographer Sofiia Strakhova, November 2023.
• Presenter, Short documentary titled ‘Give and Take’ exploring the ethics of giving from an interdisciplinary perspective, 2019.

Selected publications

• Scott, J. (2022), “Come and See”: Uncovering Julian of Norwich’s Teaching of Wonder in Revelations of Divine Love. Modern Theology, 38: 485-499.
• Scott, J. (2024) On the Practical Implications of Universalism and its Relation to Suffering. The Expository Times. 135(9): 366-376.(Forthcoming 2025).
• Apophatic Theology at the End of Life Writing: A reading of Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Macrina. Life Writing.