James Bryson teaches philosophy at Ralston College. He has previously held positions at McGill, Cambridge, and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.  

Dr Bryson has published widely on philosophy, theology, and literature. His research has been funded by the Humboldt Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK.  

Dr Bryson holds an MPhil and PhD from Cambridge University in Theology and Religious Studies, with a special focus on Philosophical Theology and the Philosophy of Religion, a BA in Classics and Early Modern Studies from the University of King’s College, and an MA in Classics from Dalhousie University. His research interests include the Platonic tradition longue durée, Cambridge Platonism, and German Idealism. He has edited a book on the thought of the late Sir Roger Scruton, sometime Visitor of Ralston College, titled The Religious Philosophy of Roger Scruton (Bloomsbury). His first monograph, The Christian Platonism of Thomas Jackson (Peeters), traces the influence of the Platonic tradition in early modern English thought. 

Dr Bryson also writes for a public audience, including an article in Touchstone magazine on the thought of Sir Roger and Ralston College’s Chancellor, Dr Jordan Peterson.