I used to think that theology was for boring people, until I realized how significantly our lives are affected by what we believe, think, feel and do. I am interested in systematics, primarily because of the way it frames conversations for examining how the church has served and/or hindered humanity’s vocation in the world. As such, I engage interdependently with doctrine, ethics, and liturgy, in constant dialogue with theologies of liberation.
I am one of the few White members of the national racial justice hub for Baptists Together, and have contributed to research and resources pertaining to issues of equality and diversity, particularly in terms of envisioning the theological and socio-political development of Whiteness.
I have wider interests in Black theology, monasticism, environmental ethics, and the integration of visceral and cerebral modes of learning for Christian formation.
I am a Baptist Minister, who underwent ministerial formation at Bristol Baptist College.
I am the pastor of Honiton Family Church, based in an East Devon market town. Previously, I have ministered in a multi-cultural, inner-city community, and a large and affluent commuter church. I have also had opportunities to serve and observe ministry and mission overseas, in Uganda, Rwanda, Israel/Palestine, Thailand and Peru.
I have degrees in Theology from the Universities of Bristol (2014) and Durham (2015). I also have a PhD from the University of Aberdeen (2021), which explores the place of lament in the life and thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
My role in college
I am a Lecturer in Ministerial Formation, which means I teach various modules on the BTh course, and I also act as a personal tutor for some of our students.
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Selected Publications
Books
- Awake with Christ in Gethsemane: Lament in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological Ecclesiology (Baylor University Press, 2023)
Articles and Research Papers
- 'White on Black on White: The Connection of Karl Barth and James H. Cone to Dietrich Bonhoeffer', Black Theology (2023)
- ‘A Christian form of Lament: theological reflections on the place of lament in the New Testament,’ BRF Guidelines 39, no. 1 (2023).
- ‘White Lament: reckoning with racism through repentance,’ Black Theology 20, no.3 (2022).
- ‘Mrs Ferguson,’ in Journeying to Justice, ed. Anthony Reddie, Wale Hudson-Roberts and Gale Richards, (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2017), 200–2.