CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR PAUL MICHAEL HEDGES · Dr P Hedges Page 1 of 28 CV CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR P. HEDGES One Page Summary Qualifications: BA (hons), MA, PhD

Dr P Hedges Page 1 of 28 CV

CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR P. HEDGES

One Page Summary

Qualifications:

BA (hons), MA, PhD (Wales).

Employment:

Current:

Reader in Interreligious Studies, University of Winchester (2005 – present).

Previous (includes):

Visiting Fellow (Religious Studies), Queens University (Canada), ISC Campus, UK.

Foreign Expert, Harbin Institute of Technology, China.

Awards:

Undergraduate and Postgraduate scholarships.

Award winning journal article (Journal of Religious History).

Publications:

2 sole authored monographs.

2 co-edited texts.

3 edited texts to be published in 2014, and 2 edited and co-edited text under contract.

Over 40 refereed/ peer reviewed journal articles and chapters in edited texts (incl. in press, submitted, or accepted); over 90 recognized published outputs (incl. in press, submitted, or accepted).

Other books, chapters and articles under review, in preparation, or planned.

External review rates my publications for Research Excellence Framework 2014 from: 50% 4* & 50% 3*, to 25% 4* & 75% 3* (4* = world leading; 3* = internationally excellent; 2* = international standard; 1* = national standard).

Other:

Academic management and leadership experience:

Programme Leadership.

External Examiner experience for two programmes.

Academic committee experience (including committee chair).

Research Supervision:

On supervision teams for various research degrees – one PhD completion.

External Examiner for 4 research degrees.

National and International Academic Recognition (past or present):

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Religious History.

Editorial Board Member, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue.

Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK.

Former Executive Committee Member, Australian Association for the Study of Religion.

Panel of Experts, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.


Contents

Sections: Page

One Page Summary 1

Contents 2

Detailed Outline 3

1. Education 3 1.1 Qualifications; 1.2 Awards.

2. Employment History 4 2.1 Academic; 2.2. English Language Teaching and Other Work.

3. Teaching 5 3.1 Areas of Teaching Experience; 3.2 Teaching Related.

4. Administrative and Management Roles 6 4.1 Programme Leadership; 4.2 Committee Work; 4.3 External Examination of Taught Programmes.

5. Publications 8 5.1 Single Authored Monographs; 5.2 Edited Volumes; 5.3 Chapters in Edited Texts; 5.4 Peer Reviewed Journal Articles; 5.5 Other Publications; 5.6 Texts which Discuss my Work.

6. Research and Dissemination 17 6.1 Research Areas; 6.2 Conference Papers (Academic); 6.3 Public Lectures, Interfaith Talks, and Other Papers.

7. Research Supervision and Examination 23 7.1 Research Supervision; 7.2 External Examination of Research Degrees; 7.3 Other Activities.

8. Professional Status and Activities 24 8.1 Professional Memberships; 8.2 Other Activities; 8.3 Editorial Positions; 8.4 Other Indices of Esteem/ Awards.

9. Skills and Training 28 9.1 Languages; 9.2 Training Sessions and Seminars Attended.


Detailed Outline

1. Education

1.1 Qualifications

2000 Polyglot Language Centre, London, UK.

Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (Cambridge/ RSA).

1996 – 1999 University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

PhD:

Thesis: ‘A History and Study of Fulfilment Theology in Modern British Thought’ (published as monograph in 2001).

Supervisors: Profs Paul Badham and Gavin Flood.

Examiner: Prof. Frank Whaling.

1991 – 1994 (part-time)

University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

MA ‘Death and Immortality’:

Dissertation: ‘Conceptions of the Intermediate State before Origen’.

Courses: ‘Philosophical and Theological Approaches to the Afterlife’, ‘Christian Conceptions of the Afterlife’; ‘Buddhist and Hindu Conceptions of the Afterlife’.

1988 – 1991 University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

BA (HONS) Theology and Religious Studies:

Dissertation: ‘Buddhism and the Japanese Martial Arts’.

Part II Courses: ‘Modern Theology’; ‘Pauline Literature’; ‘Johannine Literature’; ‘Christianity in Relation to Other Faiths’; ‘Buddhism’; ‘Hinduism’; ‘New Religious Movements’; ‘Mysticism’.

Part I: Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies.

1981-1988 Desborough School, Maidenhead, UK.

3 GCSE ‘A’ Levels (Philosophy, Religious Education, Ancient History), 2 ‘A/O’ Levels, and 12 ‘O’ Levels.

1.2 Awards

Mary Radcliffe Scholarship (postgraduate) – twice awarded.

Bishop van Mildert Scholarship (undergraduate).


2. Employment History

2.1 Academic

2005 – present

University of Winchester, UK. Reader in Interreligious Studies.

(Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies 2008 – 2014; Lecturer 2005 – 2008).

Programme Leader Theology and Religious Studies (2010 – 2014).

Programme Leader History, Civilisations and Beliefs (2012 – 2014).

2003 – 2005 & 2007 – 2008 (P/T)

Queen’s University (Canada), ISC Campus, UK.

Visiting Fellow (Religious Studies).

1997 & 1999 (P/T)

University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant.

2.2 English Language Teaching and Other Work

2003 & 2004 (summers)

St Clare’s College, Oxford, UK.

Teacher of English for Academic Purposes.

2001 – 2003: Harbin Institute of Technology, China.

Foreign Expert.

2000, 2001, 2002 (summers)

Alexander’s International School, Bawdsey, UK.

Teacher of English as a Foreign Language.

2001 Heilongjiang University, China. Foreign Expert.

2000 Harbin Star College, China. Foreign Expert.

2000 (P/T) University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

English Language Tutor.

1991 – 1995 Thames Riviera Hotel, Maidenhead, UK.

Head Waiter (waiter till 1994).


3. Teaching

3.1 Areas of Teaching Experience

Interreligious Studies:

o Modules: Interfaith Dialogue and Social Cohesion; Comparative Theologies; Religious Diversity and Truth; Intercultural Theology and the Theology of Religions (PG).

Philosophy of religions and the history of thought:

o Modules: Understanding Philosophy of Religion; Spirituality and Reason in the West; Independent Studies in the Philosophy of Religion; Western Philosophy (PG).

Christian thought/ theology:

o Modules: Approaches to Theology; Contemporary Christian Theology; Global Christianities.

World religions, the study of religion, and issues in religion:

o Modules: Themes and Issues in the Study of Religion; Embodiment and Religion; World Religions/ Religious Worlds; Nature and Religion.

Indian and Chinese religions:

o Modules: Buddhism in Global Contexts; Indian Religions and Culture; Indian Religions East and West; Chinese Religion; Representing Confucius.

Death and religion:

o Modules: Mapping Mortality; Contemporary Approaches to Death and Dying (PG); Death and Martyrdom (PG); Death in the Christian Tradition (PG); Death in World Religions (PG); Pastoral Care for the Dying and Bereaved (PG).

3.2 Teaching Related

Always receive good or excellent feedback in module evaluations.

Have received very good and excellent reports from peer review of teaching.

Make regular use of suitable IT (i.e. PowerPoint, multimedia, use of Learning Network (virtual learning environment/ intranet)). Also use IT for assignments, i.e. website submissions, etc. as a way to improve student’s digital technology skills and engagement.

Regularly team teach.

Supervision of dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Undertaking training and enhancement in various contexts (i.e. attending Learning and Teaching events and training within Faculty and university; completed all taught parts of Postgraduate Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education).

Involvement in two national teaching enhancement projects: TESTA (investigation of assessment patterns, student feedback and assignment types); and, FASTECH (study of online delivery modes and outcomes, profiled at: www.fasctech.ac.uk/index.php/our-team/discipline-leaders).

Curriculum development in role as Programme Leader: led redevelopment/ revalidation of undergraduate degree for Theology and Religious Studies, and led development of new multidisciplinary History, Civilisations and Beliefs degree programme (History, Archaeology, and Theology and Religious Studies). Also contributed to new Philosophy, Religion and Ethics degree programme.

Leading and organising field trips in the UK and overseas.


4. Administrative and Management Roles

4.1 Programme Leadership

2010 – 2014: Programme Leader for Theology and Religious Studies undergraduate programme.

2010 – 2011: Successfully led re-validation of undergraduate provision.

o External assessors highlighted only 7 changes in paperwork (over 200 pages).

o Praise for innovation, employability skills and other aspects of programme.

o Major redevelopment of programme (due to staff changes and updating from previous revalidation): integration and development of themes built-in; new pattern for assessments and development of skills during course of study; new modules designed; new pattern of final year ‘advanced study options’; study skills built in; enhanced employability skills.

Writing of Annual Evaluation and Action Plans:

o 2011-2012 evaluation used as a model for other programmes.

Planning teaching and supervision for undergraduate programme.

Chairing programme committee meetings.

Organizing Open Days.

Revising course literature.

Academic Conduct Officer duties for Faculty and University.

Liaising with Careers Service, Study Skills, etc. in relation to integration in programme delivery.

2012 – 2014: Programme Leader for History, Civilisations and Beliefs undergraduate programme.

2012: Successfully led validation of new undergraduate provision:

o Recruiting for Sept 2013.

o Developing multidisciplinary curriculum between Departments of History, Archaeology, and Theology and Religious Studies.

Writing of new course literature and promotional material.

Other duties as PL for TRS.

2008 – 2009: Programme Leader for Foundation Degree in Christian Ministry and Theology.

Managing external course validated by university: providing training for Readers in Anglican Church (Winchester and Portsmouth Dioceses).

Liaising with Diocesan course leaders.

Assisting/ advising diocesan course leaders with writing Annual Evaluation and Action Plan and other administrative duties.

4.2 Committee Work

2012 – 2015: Departmental Representative on Faculty Academic Standards Committee.

Reviewing annual evaluations and quality related paperwork.

Overseeing Learning and Teaching work within Faculty.

2010 – 2012: Faculty Internationalization Liaison Officer.

Compiling and maintaining Faculty Audit of Internationalization.


Attending relevant training and committees.

Leading and advising on Erasmus bids, international funding bids, etc.

o Successful establishment of first Erasmus partnership.

o Leading discussions on joint PhD programme with European university.

2010 – 2011: Reviewing work for Faculty Academic Standards Committee.

2009 – 2014: Departmental Representative on Faculty Health and Safety Committee.

2012 – present: Chair of Committee.

2006 – 2009: Faculty Representative on Senate Academic Standards Committee.

4.3 External Examination of Taught Programmes

2008 – 2013: External Examiner for MA programme, ‘The Body: Eastern and Western Perspectives’, University of Wales, Lampeter/ Trinity St David’s University, UK.

2010 – 2011: External Examiner for MA programme, ‘Systematic and Philosophical Theology’, University of Wales, Lampeter/ Trinity St David’s University, UK (one year substitute due to illness).


5. Publications

5.1 Single Authored Monographs

2010:

Controversies in Interreligious Dialogue and the Theology of Religions, Controversies in Contextual Theology series, London: SCM Press, 287pp.

o Reviews include:

Gavin D’Costa, Australian Religion Studies Review, 23:2, 2012, ‘Hedges is fast becoming a major theological spokesman for a new brand of “pluralism”…. His two excellent co-edited collections… indicate… the emergence of an interesting synthesis…. [This] book… pushes forward those hints and develops a clear, robust and most interesting position. Hedges… moves through the terrain with clarity and grace.’

Paul Knitter, Horizons, 39:2, 2012: ‘he first describes… the present conversation….. insightfully and constructively…. [And] makes a coherent and convincing case…. Overall, Hedges’ insightful analysis…. is a survey and summons that will creatively unsettle the scholarly conversation and be of great help especially for upper level undergraduate or graduate courses.’

Ian Markham, Modern Believing, 53:1, 2012, ‘This is a very good book. It is the type of book I am pleased to review…. All the major controversies… are described fairly and explored in some detail.’

Sue Dickson, Reviews in Religion and Theology, 19:4, 2012, ‘a thoughtfully argued, well-supported, fascinating, and invigorating text…. [I]t explores the issues, thickens the discussions, and describes a useful proposal for moving ahead….’

George Faithful, Reviews in Religion and Theology, 19:1, 2012, ‘… has done his readers a service…. His perspective is truly global…. His account of the significance of feminist theology is one of the best I have seen.’

Robert J. Schreiter, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Oct. 2011, ‘…a very useful assessment of the current state of the question…. Most importantly, he opens up a deeper and more complex understanding of the pluralist option…. I would recommend it as a reliable guide to this important and complex discussion.’

Hendrik M. Vroom, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, Review Article, 21:1, 2011, ‘… a rich book that brings together a great deal of literature and points, in my view, to the most reasonable way to deal with interreligious relations.’

Carroll Sefrosa, online book review Uniting Church in Australia Relations with Other Faiths working group, n.d., ‘It is well written… and… encourages creative multidisciplinary thinking in the area.’

2001:

Preparation and Fulfilment: A History and Study of Fulfilment Theology in Modern British Thought in the Indian Context, Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity series, Bern: Peter Lang, 426pp.

o Reviews include:

Andrew Wingate, World Faiths Encounter, 2002, ‘This is a very comprehensive survey of a theology which has contemporary as well as historical relevance.’

Jan Jongeneel, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, April 2002, ‘… [T]his study… is well done…. Hedges… points to the link between fulfillment theology… logos theology and the concept of religions as “schoolmasters”.’

Planned text:

(Draft title): Groundwork for an Intercultural Hermeneutics: Imagining Christologies between Faiths (estimated date 2016/17).


5.2 Edited Volumes

(Under contract, 2015):

Contemporary Muslim-Christian Encounters: Developments, Diversity and Dialogues, London: Bloomsbury Academic.

o Book project stemming from 2008 ‘Interfaith Dialogue in Modernity and Post-Modernity’ Conference with other invited papers. Agreed contributors include: Reuven Firestone, Khaleel Mohammad, Douglas Pratt, Clinton Bennett, Helene Egnell, David Thomas.

(Under contract, 2015):

Co-editor with Shanthi Hettiarachchi and Elizabeth Harris: Twenty-First Century Theologies of Religions: Retrospection and New Frontiers, Amsterdam: Rodopi.

o Selected papers from 2013 ‘30 Years of the Theology of Religions Typology’ Conference with other invited papers. Contributors include: Paul Knitter, Reuven Firestone, Oddbjørn Leirvik, Ulrich Winkler, Gavin D’Costa, Marianne Moyaert, Perry Schmidt-Leukel.

(2014, September):

General Editor: Controversies in Contemporary Religion (3 volumes), Westport, CN: Praeger.

o Volume 1: Controversial Terms and Debates.

o Volume 2: Public and Ethical Controversies.

o Volume 3: Controversies in Traditions and Case Studies.

2009:

Co-editor with Alan Race: Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, SCM Reader Series, London: SCM Press, 302pp.

2008:

Co-editor with Alan Race: Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Textbook Series, London: SCM Press, 332pp.

5.3 Chapters in Edited Texts

(2015):

(Selection and commentary) ‘Rowland Williams and Missions to the Hindu’, in Marion Eggert, Hans-Martin Krämer, Björn Bentlage, and Stefan Reichmuth (eds), Religious Dynamics Under the Impact of Imperialism and Colonialism: A Sourcebook, Brill: Leiden.

‘The Contemporary Contexts of Christian-Muslim Dialogue’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Contemporary Muslim-Christian Encounters: Developments, Diversity and Dialogues, London: Bloomsbury Academic.

o Book project stemming from 2008 ‘Interfaith Dialogue in Modernity and Post-Modernity’ Conference.

(2014):

‘The Theology of Religions Typology Defended: what it can and cannot do’, in Paul Hedges, Shanthi Hettiarachchi, and Elizabeth Harris (eds), Twenty-First Century Theologies of Religions: Retrospection and New Frontiers, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam: Rodopi.

(October) ‘Hospitality, Power and the Theology of Religions: Prophethood in the Abrahamic Context’, in Douglas Pratt, Angela Berlis, and Andreas Krebs (eds), Interreligious Engagement and Theological Reflection: Ecumenical Explorations, Oecumenical Interreligious Studies series Vol. I, Bern: Peter Lang.

o Selected papers from 2011 ‘Interreligious Relations and Theological Reflection: Ecumenical Overview and Issues’ Conference.

(August) ‘Why are There Many Gods? Religious Diversity and its Challenges’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vol. I, Westport, CN: Praeger.


(August) (With Anna King) ‘Is the Study of Religion Religious? Theology, Religious Studies and the Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vol. I, Westport, CN: Praeger.

(August) (With Anna King) ‘What is Religion? Definitions and Controversies’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vol. I, Westport, CN: Praeger.

(August) (With Christina Welch) ‘Sources of Authority: Scriptures, Traditions, Charisma and Reason’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vol. I, Westport, CN: Praeger.

(August) (With Angela Coco) ‘Being, Belonging, Becoming: Religion and Identity’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vol. I, Westport, CN: Praeger.

‘The Ethics of Comparative Religious Reading: Approaching the Sacred Space of another Tradition’, in Ulrich Winkler, Lidia Rodriguez, and Oddbjørn Leirvik (eds), Contested Spaces, Common Ground, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 121-39.

o Selected papers from 2013 ESITIS Conference.

‘The Old and the New Comparative Theologies: Discourses on Religion, the Theology of Religions, Orientalism and the Boundaries of Traditions’, in Francis Clooney and John Berthrong (eds), European Responses to the New Comparative Theology, Basel: MDPI.

o Book version of journal special edition: Religions, 3:4 (2012).

2013:

‘Theological Approaches to the Study of Religion’, in Christopher Partridge (ed.), Introduction to World Religions, Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.

‘Interreligious Studies’, in Anne Runehov and Lluis Oviedo (eds), Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 1176-80.

2012:

‘Radical Orthodoxy and the Closed Western Theological Mind: The Poverty of Radical Orthodoxy in Intercultural and Interreligious Perspective’, in Lisa Isherwood and Marko Zlomislic (eds), The Poverty of Radical Orthodoxy, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, pp. 119-43.

2011:

‘An Experiment in Interreligious Theology: Guanyin in the Light of Queer Theology’, in David Cheetham, Oddbjørn Leirvik, Ulrich Winkler, and Judith Gruber (eds), Interreligious Hermeneutics in Pluralistic Europe, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 203-29.

o Selected papers from 2009 ESITIS Conference.

2010:

‘Can We Still Teach “Religions”?: Towards an Understanding of Religion as Culture and Orientation in Contemporary Pedagogy and Metatheory’, in G. Durka, L. Gearon, M. DeSouza, K. Engebretson (eds), International Handbook for Inter-Religious Education, Vol. I, New York: Springer Academic Publishers, pp. 291-312.

‘China’, in R.D. Hecht and V.F. Biondo (eds), Religion and Everyday Life and Culture, Vol. I: ‘Religion in the Practice of Daily Life in World History’, Westport, CN: Praeger, pp. 44-82.

2009:

(Selection and introduction with Alan Race) ‘Eastern Faith Traditions Respond to Christianity’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Reader series, London: SCM Press, pp. 273-93.

(Selection and introduction) ‘Islam’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Reader series, London: SCM Press, pp. 133-46.

(Selection and introduction with K.P. Aleaz) ‘Hinduism’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Reader series, London: SCM Press, pp. 149-66.


(Selection and introduction) ‘New Religious Movements’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Reader series, London: SCM Press, pp. 232-9.

(Selection and introduction) ‘Particularities’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Reader Series, London: SCM Press, pp. 61-70.

2008:

‘A Reflection on Typologies: Negotiating a Fast Moving Discussion’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Textbook series, London: SCM Press, pp. 17-33.

‘Particularities: Tradition-specific post-modern perspectives’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Textbook series, London: SCM Press, pp. 112-35.

In Preparation/ under review:

(Submitted) ‘What did Kierkegaard Intend? On the Ethics of Belief and the Failure of Fear and Trembling’s Abraham’, in Frederiek Depoortere (ed.), Kierkegaard in Contemporary Perspective, Leuven: Annua Nuntia Lovaniensa (estimated date 2014).

o Book project stemming from 2013 ‘Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling Today’ Symposium.

5.4 Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

2015:

2014:

‘Remembering and the Creation of (Sacred) Place: Glastonbury, (Anglican) Christian Theology, and Identity (in Post-modernity)’, The Journal of Implicit Religion, 17.3.

o Based on paper delivered at 2008 BASR Conference, publication requested in JIR.

‘Interreligious Engagement and Identity Theory: Assessing the Theology of Religions Typology as a Model for Dialogue and Encounter’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 27.2.

o Based on paper delivered at 2010 AASR Conference.

o ‘Interreligious Studies’ Special Issue.

‘Is Christianity the Only True Religion? A Theology of Radical Openness to Religious Others’, Interreligious Insight.

‘Daoist-Christian Dialogue: An Overview’, Interreligious Insight.

‘Discourse on Discourses: Why we still need the Terminology of “Religion” and “Religions”’, Journal of Religious History, 38:1, pp. 132-48.

o Commissioned review article of Timothy Fitzgerald, The Ideology of Religious Studies, and Discourse on Civility and Barbarity.

2012:

‘The Old and the New Comparative Theologies: Discourses on Religion, the Theology of Religions, Orientalism and the Boundaries of Traditions’, Religions, 3:4, pp. 1120-37.

o Special edition: ‘European Responses to the New Comparative Theology’.

o Paper commissioned by guest editors, Francis X. Clooney and John Berthrong.

‘Guanyin and Identity: The Image of a Subversive Religious Icon’, Religion and Culture, 13:1, pp. 91-106.

o Special edition: ‘Visual Religion’.

o Selected papers from 2008 ‘Art, Religion, Identity’ Conference.

2010:

‘Is John Milbank’s Radical Orthodoxy a Form of Liberal Theology? A Rhetorical Counter’, The Heythrop Journal, 51:5, pp. 795-818.


2008:

‘Concerns about the Global Ethic: A Sympathetic Critique and Suggestions for a New Direction’, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, 18: 1 (Fall), pp. 1-16.

‘Are Interfaith Dialogue and a Global Ethic Compatible? A Call for an Ethic to the Globe,’ The Journal for Faith, Spirituality and Social Change, 1: 2 (May), pp. 109-32.

‘Post-Colonialism, Orientalism, and Understanding: Religious Studies and the Christian Missionary Imperative’, The Journal of Religious History, 32: 1 (March), pp. 55-75

o Awarded: Bruce Mansfield Prize for the best paper in JRH for 2008-2009.

o Reproduced in: JRH, Fiftieth Anniversary Issue, July 2010.

2006:

‘Defining Religion: A Religious Orientation Typology’, Part 2, Interreligious Insight, 4: 4 (Oct), pp. 34-42.

‘Defining Religion: A Religious Orientation Typology’, Part 1, Interreligious Insight, 4: 3 (July), pp. 9-15.

2004:

‘A Post-modern Reading of John Hick’s Pluralistic Hypothesis’, Interreligious Insight, 2: 2. (April), pp. 44-55.

2002:

‘The Inter-Relationship of Religions: A Critical Examination of the Concept of Particularity’, World Faiths Encounter, July, pp. 3-13.

2000:

‘Architecture, Inculturation and Christian Mission: The Buildings of the Cambridge Mission to Delhi, and Their Meaning for the Church Today’, International Review of Mission, 89:353 (April), pp. 180-9.

Submitted/ under Peer Review:

‘Privileging Prejudice in Theology: Radical Orthodoxy and the Religious Other’, Open Theology.

Commissioned and/or in preparation:

‘The Religious Critique of Human Rights: Islamic, Confucian and Christian Perspectives on Protecting the Human’.

o Based on paper delivered at 2008 ‘Interfaith Dialogue in Modernity and Post-modernity’ Conference.

(With Anna Halafoff) ‘Globalisation and Multifaith Societies’, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue.

o Article for ‘Multifaith Societies’ Special Edition, 2015.

5.5 Other Publications

Book Reviews:

Forthcoming:

o ‘Jensz, Felicity and Hanna Acke (eds), Missions and Media: The Politics of Missionary Periodicals in the Long Nineteenth Century’, Journal of Religious History.

o ‘Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Islam and the Fate of Others: The Salvation Question’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion.

o ‘David Cheetham, Ways of Meeting and the Theology of Religions’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion.

o ‘Catherine Cornille, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue’, Journal of Religious History.

o ‘Benjamin Penny, The Religion of Falun Gong’, Journal of Buddhist Ethics.


o ‘Lian Xi, Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China,’ Journal of Religious History.

o ‘Mark J Cartledge and David Cheetham (eds), Intercultural Theology: Approaches and Themes,’ Ars Disputandi.

o ‘Michael Pye, Listening to Shin Buddhism: Starting Points of Modern Dialogue’, Temenos.

2014:

o ‘Gavin D’Costa, ed., The Catholic Church and World Religions: A Theological and Phenomenological Account’, Modern Believing, 55:3, pp. 314-7.

o ‘Frances Sleap and Omer Sener, edited by Paul Weller, Dialogue Theories’, Journal of Dialogue Studies, 2.

2013:

o ‘Frank Whaling, Introducing the Brahma Kumaris’, Journal of Religious History, 37:4, p. 582.

o ‘Keping Wang, Reading the Dao: A Thematic Enquiry’, Journal of Religious History, 37:3, pp. 423-4.

o Lori Beaman, Reasonable Accommodation: Managing Religious Diversity’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 26:2, pp. 220-1.

o ‘Hugh Nicholson, Comparative Theology and the Problem of Religious Rivalry’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 26:1, pp. 103-4.

o ‘Martin Hewitt (ed.) The Victorian World,’ Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 26:1, pp. 113-4.

o ‘Ronnie Littlejohn, Daoism: An Introduction,’ Journal of Religious History, 27:1, pp. 148-9.

2012:

o ‘Rose Drew, Christian and Buddhist? An Exploration of Dual Belonging,’ Australian Religion Studies Review, 25:3.

o ‘Máire Byrne, The Names of God in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: A Basis for Interfaith Dialogue’, Journal of Religious History, 36:4, pp. 622-3.

o ‘Christian K. Wedemeyer and Wendy Doniger (eds), Hermeneutics, Politics and the History of Religions: The Contested Legacies of Joachim Wach and Mircea Eliade,’ Journal of Religious History, 36:4, pp. 626-7.

o ‘Paul L. Heck, Common Ground: Islam, Christianity, and Religious Pluralism,’ Journal of Religious History, 36:4, pp. 623-4.

o ‘Alison Twells, The Civilizing Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792-1850,’ Journal of Religious History, 36:4, pp. 624-6.

o ‘John Milbank, The Future of Love’, The Heythrop Journal, 53:3, pp. 545-8.

o ‘Graham Adams, Christ and the Other: In Dialogue with Hick and Newbigin’, Modern Believing, 53:3, pp. 315-7.

o ‘J. B. Cobb and W. M. McAfee (Eds), The Dialogue Comes of Age: Christian Encounters with Other Traditions’, Modern Believing, 53:1, pp. 86-8.

o ‘Chad Meister (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Religious Diversity’, Australian Religion Studies Review, 25:1, pp 75-6.

2011:

o ‘Paul Knitter, Without the Buddha I could not be a Christian’, Australian Religion Studies Review, 24:1, pp. 108-9.

o ‘A. L. Herman, Influences: How Ancient Hinduism Dramatically Changed Early Christianity’, Journal of Religious History, 35:3, pp. 436-8.

o ‘Jan Olaf Bengtsson, The Worldview of Personalism’, Journal of Religious History, 35:3, p. 436.


o Stanley J. Griffiths, The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque’, Journal of Religious History, 35:1, pp. 119-20.

o ‘Gavin D’Costa, Christianity and World Religions: Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions’, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, 21:1, pp. 125-8.

2010:

o ‘Kevin Twain Lowery, The Maturity of Belief: Critically Assessing Religious Faith’, Journal of Religious History, 34:4, pp. 481-2.

o ‘Yanxia Zhao, Father and Son in Confucianism and Christianity’, Journal of Religious History, 34:4, pp. 482-3.

o ‘Stephen Bokenkamp, Ancestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in China’, The Journal of Religious History, 34:3, pp. 379-81.

o ‘Paul Collins, Christian Inculturation in India’, Journal of Religious History, 34:2, pp. 218-9.

o ‘Ian Richard Netton, Islam, Christianity and Tradition’, Journal of Religious History, 34:2, pp. 219-21.

o ‘Wilbert Shenk, North American Foreign Missions, 1810-1914: Theology, Theory, and Policy’, Journal of Religious History, 32: 4, p. 73.

o ‘Suzanne Cahill, Divine Traces of the Daoist Sisterhood’, Journal of Religious History, 34:1, pp. 94-6.

o ‘Stuart Chandler, Establishing a Pure Land on Earth: The Foguang Buddhist Perspective on Modernization and Globalization’, Journal of Religious History, 34:1, pp. 96-7.

o ‘Christopher Hancock, Robert Morrison and the Birth of Chinese Protestantism’, The Expository Times, 121:4, p. 204-5.

o ‘Joanne Pearson, Wicca and the Christian Heritage’, Interreligious Insight, 8:4.

2009:

o ‘Barbara Hendrischke, The Scripture of Great Peace: The Taiping Jing and the Beginnings of Daoism’, Journal of Religious History, 33: 4, p. 509.

o ‘Jung Mo Sung, Desire Market and Religion’, The Expository Times, 120:10, pp. 518-9.

o ‘Sandy Bharat, Christ Across the Ganges: Hindu Responses to Jesus’, Interreligious Insight, 7:1, pp. 87-8.

o ‘John Martin Sahajananda, Hindu Christ: Jesus’ Message Through Eastern Eyes’, Interreligious Inisght, 7:2, pp. 93-4.

2008:

o ‘Caroline Brazier, The Other Buddhism: Amida Comes West’, Interreligious Insight, 6:3, pp. 93-94.

o ‘Eric Reinders, Borrowed Gods and Foreign Bodies: Christian Missionaries Imagine Chinese Religion’, Journal of Religious History, 32: 1 (March), pp. 142-144.

o ‘Geoffrey Oddie, Imagined Hinduism: British Protestant Missionary Constructions of Hinduism, 1793-1900, Journal of Religious History, 32: 1 (March), pp. 137-138.

2005:

o 2005: ‘Phil Zuckerman, Invitation to the Sociology of Religion’, Interreligious Insight, 3: 1 (Jan), pp. 61-2.

2004:

o 2004: ‘David Cheetham, John Hick: A Critical Introduction and Reflection’, Bulletin of the British Association for the Study of Religions, 101 (March), pp. 34-5.

2000:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ancestors-Anxiety-Daoism-Birth-Rebirth/dp/0520249488/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212440329&sr=8-1


o 2000: ‘Gavin Flood, Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking the Study of Religion’, Culture and Religion, 1: 2, pp. 295-6.

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles:

2014:

o ‘Editorial: Introducing Interreligious Studies’, The Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 27.2.

‘Interreligious Studies’ Special Issue.

o ‘Interreligious Studies: A New Direction in the Study of Religion?’, Bulletin of the British Association for the Study of Religions, May 2014.

2009:

o ‘Understanding Religion as Culture in Academic Discourse’, Conference of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 1:5, Gottenheim, Germany, 2008.

Conference Report:

1999:

o ‘Report on the British Association for the Study of Religions Annual Conference, 6th-9th September 1999, Stirling’, Bulletin of the British Association for the Study of Religions, November 1999.

5.6 Texts which discuss my work

Forthcoming

o Gaston, Ray, ‘The Typology and Theological Education: Towards a Practical Theology of Inter Faith Engagement’, in Hedges, Paul, Hettiarachchi, Shanthi and Harris, Elizabeth (eds), Twenty-First Century Theologies of Religions: Retrospection and New Frontiers, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam: Rodopi.

o Vélez de Cea, Abraham, ‘Comparative Theology of Religions and the Typology Exclusivism-Inclusivism-Pluralism’, in Hedges, Paul, Hettiarachchi, Shanthi and Harris, Elizabeth (eds), Twenty-First Century Theologies of Religions: Retrospection and New Frontiers, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam: Rodopi.

2014:

o Leirvik, Oddbjørn, Interreligious Studies: A Relational Approach to Religious Activism and the Study of Religion, London and New York: Bloomsbury.

2013:

o Daggers, Jenny, Postcolonial Theology of Religions: Particularity and Pluralism in World Christianity, London and New York: Routledge.

o Depoortere, Frederiek and Lambkin, Magdalen, ‘Editor’s Introduction’, in Depoortere, Fredieriek and Lambkin, Magdalen (eds), The Question of Theological Truth, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, pp. 1-30.

o Depoortere, Frederiek and Lambkin, Magdalen, ‘The Question of Theological Truth in a Multireligious World: Reflections at the Interface of Continental Philosophy and Interreligious Studies’, in Depoortere, Fredieriek and Lambkin, Magdalen (eds), The Question of Theological Truth, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, pp. 267-307.

o Vélez de Cea, Abraham, The Buddha and Religious Diversity, Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy series, London and New York: Routledge.

o Cheetham, David, Ways of Meeting and the Theology of Religions, Transcending Boundaries in Philosophy and Theology series, Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate.

2011:


o Vélez de Cea, Abraham, ‘A Cross-cultural and Buddhist-Friendly Interpretation of the Typology Exclusivism-Inclusivism-Pluralism’, Sophia, 50.3, pp. 453-80.

o Satyavrata, Ivan M., God Has Not Left Himself without Witness, Regnum Studies in Global Christianity, Oxford: Regnum Books International.

2010:

o Lambkin, Magdalen, ‘Can Scriptures Unite? A theological exploration of the irreligious practice of Scriptural Reasoning’, eSharp, 15, pp. 42-64.


6. Research and Dissemination

6.1 Research Interests

Main Areas:

Interreligious Studies:

o The dynamics of interreligious encounter and interaction in terms of religious change and adaptation.

o The history (C19th till today) of interreligious and intercultural encounter, interaction, and dialogue in the relationship of Western Christian and Asian traditions.

o The theology and philosophy of interreligious encounters and dialogue.

o Interreligious ethics.

Modern and contemporary Christian thought:

o Especially the theology of religions, and intercultural and comparative theologies.

o Focus on global contexts, especially South and East Asia.

o Historical focus: C19th and early C20th; also contemporary focus.

Theory in the study of religion and theology:

o Notably definitions of religion and debates around postcolonialism.

Other Areas:

Sacred space, religious architecture, and pilgrimage.

Death studies and religion.

Religion in China and India.

Commentary (with representative examples):

My primary research interest focuses on Interreligious Studies, especially exploring encounters and between Christianity and Asian non-Christian religions. Much of my work in this field has explored historical (Preparation and Fulfilment, 2001; ‘The Old and the New’, 2012) or theological aspects of the interaction (Controversies, 2010; ‘Hospitality, Power’, 2014), however, more recent work has focused upon the dynamics of multifaith and interfaith encounters within contemporary social contexts (‘Globalisation and Multifaith Societies’, 2015; ‘Interreligious Engagement and Identity Theory’, 2014). I have also written about issues of interreligious ethics, especially in relation to the Global Ethic hypothesis (‘Concerns about the Global Ethic’, 2008). One of my principle interests here is the way religions engage each other and the strategies of adaptation in such interaction (Preparation and Fulfilment, 2001; ‘Post-Colonialism, Orientalism, and Understanding’, 2008; ‘The Old and the New’, 2012), including creative theological work (Controversies, 2010; ‘An Experiment’, 2011).

My interest in Interreligious Studies extends into, and informs, many of my other research areas. For instance, my work in contemporary Christian thought, which engages the theology of religion and comparative theologies (‘An Experiment’, 2011; ‘The Old and the New’, 2012), also considers the broader context of recent Christian theology and changing patterns within theological schools, both in their Western and global contexts (‘Radical Orthodoxy’, 2012, ‘Is John Milbank’s’, 2008). It also informs my focus upon encounters of Christianity with Indian, Abrahamic and Chinese traditions (‘Islam’, 2009), while I maintain an active interest in Buddhist and Chinese religious traditions (‘China’, 2010; ‘Guanyin and Identity’, 2012). This interest has also led me into work in the critical theory of religion, especially in areas surrounding definitions of ‘religion’ and debates concerning post-colonialism and postmodernism (‘Post-Colonialism, Orientalism, and Understanding’, 2008; Controversies, 2010; ‘Can we Still Teach “Religion”’, 2010; ‘The Old and the New’, 2012).

I also have interests in issues of sacred space and pilgrimage, and death studies (‘Remembering’, forthcoming).


Much of my research work is interdisciplinary, crossing over into the fields of history (Preparation and Fulfilment, 2001) or philosophy (‘A Post-modern Reading’, 2004; ‘Is John Milbank’s’, 2010; ‘What did Kierkegaard Intend’, forthcoming), and, more recently, has involved active collaboration with colleagues in sociology and social psychology (‘Globalisation and Multifaith Societies’, 2015, ‘Interreligious Engagement and Identity Theory’, 2014).

In terms of academic engagement, I have affiliations to various professional networks related to Interreligious Studies, especially the European Network for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies and the European Network for Buddhist-Christian Studies. I have also been nominated to the Peer Review College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK, in the area of ‘Interreligious Relations’. I have also made various related funding bids, delivered keynotes, etc. in the field (detailed elsewhere). I am also guest editing special journal editions on ‘Interreligious Studies’ (2014) and ‘Multifaith Societies’ (2015).

My research work also engages with practical application and engagement with stakeholders in the area of Interreligious Studies, including work with groups such as the Network for Interfaith Concerns (NIFCON) of the Anglican Communion, other faith communities (e.g. the Babaji Yoga Sangam), and local, national and international interfaith organisations (e.g. the Southampton Council of Faiths, World Congress of Faiths, Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Dialogue Institute).

6.2 Conference Papers (Academic):

Date Place Paper Title Conference Title/ Society

(2015)

(March) Uppsala University, Sweden

‘Satanic Mother and Loving Son: Towards a Kali-Christ Christology’

Symposium on ‘Bones, Blood, Beasts, and Baddies: Religion and the Shadow Side’.

2014

(November) San Diego, USA ‘Identity Theory and Interreligious Communication’.

American Academy of Religion Annual Conference.

2013

November VU University, Amsterdam, Holland.

(Keynote) ‘Ethics and Hospitality in Comparative Theology’.

Expert Seminar on Comparative Theology.

September University of Winchester, UK.

(Plenary Session) ‘Why we still need the Theology of Religions Typology’ (debate with Prof. Gavin D’Costa).

30 Years of the Theology of Religions Typology: Retrospective and Future Prospects.

June Ghent, Belguim.

With University of Leuven, Belgium.

‘The Body(Sattva) on the Cross: Reflections on Interreligious and Comparative Christian-Buddhist Theologies of Redemptive Suffering’.

European Network for Buddhist-Christian Studies.

April University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.

‘The Ethics of Comparative Religious Reading: Approaching the Sacred Space of Another Tradition’.

European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies.

March University of Leuven, Belgium.

(Plenary Session) ‘A Philosophical Reading of the Ethics of Belief in Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling’.

Symposium on Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling Today.

2012

March University of (Plenary Session) ‘The Old and the New Comparative Theologies: A

Symposium ‘Boundaries


Roehampton, UK. Comparison’. and Borders’.

2011

November University of Bern, Switzerland.

(Plenary Session) ‘Hospitality, Power and the Theology of Religions’ – invited contributor.

Symposium ‘Interreligious Relations and Theological Reflection: Ecumenical Overview and Issues’.

July Liverpool Hope University, UK.

‘Dialogue, Liberation and Hope in Buddhism and Christianity’.

European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies.

May University of Winchester, UK.

‘Legitimating Self-Immolation in Political and Spiritual Contexts in Relation to Mahayana Buddhist Traditions of Burning’.

‘Death Day II’.

April Mamara University, Istanbul, Turkey.

‘Theology and Hospitality in Relation to Intercultural Translation and the Integrity of Tradition’.

The European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies.

April Lund University, Sweden.

‘Privileging Prejudice in Theology: Radical Orthodoxy and the Other’.

‘Stereotyping the Other: Exploring the Anatomy of Religious Prejudice – and Ways to Dismantle It’.

March Stockholm School of Theology, Sweden.

(Plenary Session) ‘The Body on the Cross: Reflections on an Interreligious and Intercultural Theology’.

Symposium ‘Body, Pain and Passion’.

2010


‘Dialogue and Power Dynamics: Respecting the Religious Other in Encounter’.

‘Interfaith and Social Change: Engagement from the Margins’.

July St Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, London, UK.

(Keynote) ‘Biblical Hospitality and the Religious Other: A Reflection on Possibilities for Evangelical Engagement with Interfaith Dialogue’.

‘Evangelical Perspectives on Interfaith Dialogue’.

June Griffiths University, Brisbane, Australia.

‘Inter-Religious Dialogue and Identity Theory’.

Australian Association for the Study of Religions.

2009

December University of Melbourne, Australia.

‘Religious Difference and the Difference of Religion: An Initial Reply to the Cultured Despisers of the Category ‘Religion’.

Australian Association for the Study of Religions.

April University of Salzburg, Austria.

‘An Experiment in Interreligious Theology: Guanyin in the Light of Queer Theology’.

The European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies.

2008

November Gottenheim, ‘Understanding Religion as Culture: International Journal of


Germany. An Academic Approach to Faith Traditions’.

Arts and Sciences Conference.

October University of Glasgow, UK.

‘The Iconography of Guanyin: A Subversive Religious Figure’.

‘Art, Religion, Identity: An Interdisciplinary Symposium’.

September Winchester University, UK.

‘Negotiating a Possible Basis for Human Rights Discourse between the Western (Christian), Islamic and Chinese (Confucian) Contexts’.

‘Interfaith Dialogue in Modernity and Post-modernity’.

September York St John University, UK.

‘Remembering and the Creation of Sacred Place (in the Christian Tradition)’.

British Association for the Study of Religion.

2007


‘Interfaith Dialogue and the Global Ethic’.

‘Faith, Spirituality and Social Change’.

July Queenstown, New Zealand.

‘Defining Religion: A Religious Orientation Typology’.

New Zealand Association for the Study of Religion.

1999

September University of Stirling, UK.

‘Martial Arts, Religion and Methodology’.


1998

September University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

‘Fulfilment Theology in Britain Before 1913’.


6.3 Invited Lectures, Public Talks, and Other Papers

Date Place Paper or Contribution Event/ Funding Source

2014

April Union Theological Seminary, NY, USA.

‘Ethics, Relationality and the Other: Some Perspectives on comparative Theology and Interreligious Studies from the UK and Europe’.

Invited Lecture.

April Virginia Theological Seminary, USA.

‘Why John Hick is more right than wrong’.

VTS Deanery Visiting Scholar.

March St Michael’s Church, Oxford, UK.

‘Christians and Other Religions’ – debate with Prof. Gavin D’Costa.

Public Theology in Oxford lecture series.

February University of Winchester, UK.

‘The Body(Sattva) on the Cross’.

Dept of TRS Research Seminar Series.

2013

November Petersfield Museum, UK.

‘Faith, Faiths, and Multifaith Societies’.

Public Talk.

November University of Southampton, UK.

Respondent/ reviewer. Dialogue Society (Gülen/ Hizmet


Movement) Book Launch of Weller, Sleap and Sener, Dialogue Theories.

November University of Potsdam, Germany.

Lectures: ‘John Hick’, ‘Daoism, Orientalism, and the Western Imagination’, and ‘Ritual Theory in Buddhism’.

Erasmus Teaching Exchange.

June University of Winchester, UK.

‘Remembering and the Creation of Sacred Space in Glastonbury’.

TRS Dept Research Student Study Day: Staff Paper.

May University of Potsdam, Germany.

Lectures: ‘Luther, Lutheranism and Interfaith Dialogue’; ‘The Ethics of Interfaith Dialogue Online’; ‘Embodiment and Buddhist Traditions’.


2012

May University of Potsdam, Germany.

Lectures: ‘Muslim-Christian Dialogue’; ‘Philosophy and Secularism’; ‘Mission and Postcolonialism’; ‘Heresy and Heterodoxy in Chinese Religion’.


April University of Southampton, UK.

Respondent/ reviewer. Dialogue Society (Gülen/ Hizmet Movement) Book Launch of Weller and Ihsan, European Muslims.

February University of Winchester, UK.

Guanyin and Queer Theology.

LGBT Month Public Event.

2011

December Lambeth Palace, London, UK.

Invited Respondent. (NIFCON) Anglican Communion’s Network for Interfaith Concerns’ Symposium: ‘The Presence of Faith’.

May St Thomas Moore School, Bedford, UK.

‘What is Interfaith Dialogue?’.

Invited lecture.

May University of Winchester, UK.

‘Pilgrimage, Memory and Identity’.

Postgraduate Study Day – staff paper.

2010

June University of Potsdam, Germany.

‘Foundations in the Christian Theology of Religions’.

Guest lecture.

2009


December Melbourne, Australia. Attendee. World’s Parliament of Religions.

September Winchester Cathedral, UK.

‘Plurality, Unity and the Theology of Religions’.

Winchester Cathedral Canon’s Training Day.

2008

September London, UK. ‘Some Western Perspectives on the Encounter with Daoism’.

Babaji Yoga Sangam 55th Annual World Parliament of Religions.

May Winchester, UK. ‘Post-Modern Theologies’.

Winchester Diocesan Clergy Tutor Training Session.

2007

October Winchester University, UK.

‘Contemporary Christian Thinking on Other Faiths’.

Theology and Religious Studies Subject Centre Public Lecture.


7. Research Degree Supervision and Examination

7.1 Research Supervision

Current:

MPhil/PhD thesis: ‘The Prevent Agenda and British Kashmiris’ (2014-2020 p/t – starting Sept).

MPhil/PhD thesis: ‘A Comparison of Orthodox Christian and Daoist Conceptions of Illness and Spiritual Health’ (2013-2019 p/t).

PhD thesis: ‘A Christian Perspective on Enabling Spiritual Formation Amongst Leaders in Organisational Contexts’ (2009-2015 p/t).

PhD thesis: ‘The Formation of Anglican Clergy attitudes to Other Religions’ (2009-2016 p/t).

Completed:

PhD thesis: ‘Remembering Al-Andalus: A Sūfī Approach to Self and Other and its Contribution to Conflict Transformation in Israel-Palestine’ (2009-2013). AHRC Funded.

o External Examiner: Professor Reuven Firestone.

7.2 External Examination of Research Degrees

2013: External examiner, PhD thesis ‘Hindu-Christian Dialogue and the Blurred Boundaries of Religious Identity’, Canterbury Christchurch University, UK (supervisor: Dr David Burton).

2011: External examiner, PhD thesis ‘Is Theology Rational? A Critical Study of Ward’s “Introduction” to the Postmodern God and Milbank’s Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason’, Trinity St Davids University, UK (supervisor: Dr Augustine Cassiday).

2011: External examiner, DMin thesis ‘Theological Unity in Religious Diversity?’, University of Derby, UK (supervisor: Prof. Paul Weller).

2007: External examiner, MPhil thesis ‘The Clash of Mission and Interfaith Dialogue: John Cobb’s Pluralism as a Solution in the Korean Context’, University of Birmingham, UK (supervisor: Dr David Cheetham).

7.3 Other Activities

Chairing viva upgrades.

Chairing viva voce examinations.

Internal examination of PhD theses.

Interviewing prospective research students (have undertaken interview training).

Completed university training for research supervisors (100% in online test of procedures).


8. Professional Status and Activities

8.1 Professional Memberships

1998 – present Elected member Ecclesiological Society.

1999 – present Member British Association for the Study of Religion (EASR/ IAHR)

1999 – present Member Modern Church

2004 – present Member World Congress of Faiths

2007 – present Member New Zealand Association for the Study of Religion (IAHR)

2007 – present Member Religious History Association

2008 – present Member American Academy of Religion

2009 – present: Member The European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies

2009 – present

2010-2013

Member

Executive Committee Member

The Australian Association for the Study of Religions

2011 – present Member European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies

2013 – present Member UK Association for Buddhist Studies

8.2 Other Activities: e.g. conference organization, funding applications, partnerships, work with non-academic groups, etc.

Date Organization/ Place/ Etc.

Event/ Notes

(2015) Studies in Interreligious Dialogue

Guest Editor, 24:2 (with Anna Halafoff), Special Edition on ‘Multifaith Societies’.

Agreed contributors include: Hendrik Vroom, Oddbjørn Leirvik, Marion Maddox, Lori Beaman, Alan Race.

(2014) American Academy of Religion Annual Conference

Convener of Studies in Interreligious Dialogue panel on ‘Interreligious Identities’.

(2014) Journal for the Academic Study of Religion.

Guest Editor, 27:2, Special Edition on ‘Interreligious Studies’.

Contributors include: Reinhold Bernhardt, Andre van der Braack, Marianne Moyaert.

2014 OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe).

Delivered 3 day training seminar for mid and senior ranked government officials in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on Freedom of Religion and Belief. Government departments represented: Ministry of Internal Security; Members of Parliament; National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President; Ministry of Justice; Council on Religious Affairs under the President; General Prosecutor's Office.

2014 University of Winchester, UK.

Local Coordinator of Symposium ‘Theologies and the Great War’.

2014 - Columbia University Press

Peer Review for book proposals.

2013 University of Potsdam, Germany (November).

Visiting Erasmus Scholar.


2013 National University of Singapore.

Application for Visiting Senior Scholarship in Asian Studies for summer 2014.

2013 Tony Blair Faith Foundation, UK.

Lecturer for online Global Religious Literacy Course – Christianity.

2013 – present

Hampshire Interfaith Network, UK.

University liaison with HIN for development of future interfaith strategy.

2013 – present

Ashgate Books Peer Review for book proposals.

2013 University of Potsdam, Germany (May).


2013 Istanbul, Turkey, incl. Fatih University and Gülen/ Hizmet Movement.

Organizing and leading overseas student field study.

2012 – present

Bloomsbury Publishing, UK

Peer Review for 4 book projects.

2012 – 2013

University of Winchester, UK,

with:

World Congress of Faiths.

Co-organizer (with Alan Race) of ‘Thirty Years of the Theology of Religions Typology: Retrospective and Future Prospects’ (2013), marking 30 year anniversary of Alan Race’s Christians and Religious Pluralism.

£1300 funding from World Congress of Faiths; £1300 funding UoW research support grant.

Speakers include: Paul Knitter, Marianne Moyaert, Reuven Firestone, Oddbjørn Leirvik, Gavin D’Costa, Ulrich Winkler.

A book from the conference is under contract with Rodopi (‘Currents of Encounter’ series).

2012-2014 Pearson/Edexcel, UK. Religious Studies Strategic Advisory Group for ‘A’ Level developments.

2012 De Montfort University, UK

External Review Panel Member for review of MA Interreligious Relations.

2012 University of Potsdam, Germany.


2012 - present

BBC, UK. Guest on Sunday Breakfast with Tim Daykin, Solent. Topic ‘Humour and Religion’ (2012).

Guest on Sunday Breakfast with Tim Daykin, Solent. Topic: ‘Interfaith Dialogue’ (2013).

Consultant for Beyond Belief, Radio 4. Topic: ‘Changing Patterns on Death and Palliative Care in Religions in the UK’ (2014).

2012 (September)

Istanbul, Turkey,

with Dialogue Society, UK (Gülen/ Hizmet Movement).

Organised staff visit to Turkey, in co-operation with the Dialogue Society, with the aim of establishing student visits to Istanbul as part of undergraduate degree programme.

2011 – 2012


Local organizer for British Association for the Study of Religion annual conference (2012).

2011 – 2012

British Society for the Philosophy of Religion.

Attained British Society for the Philosophy of Religion Public Lecture Grant. Visiting lecturer: Dr Pamela Sue Anderson, Oxford University.

2011 – Southampton Council Planning project with colleague to set up a symposium with local


present of Faiths, UK. interfaith and faith groups on the theme ‘Ecology, Religion and Interfaith Ethics’ – seeking funding sources.

2011 Xavier College, Chennai, India

(With other colleagues) British Academy International Partnerships funding bid – bid unsuccessful due to staff reorganization in partner institution.

2010 – present

Southampton Council of Faiths, UK.

Organized an Interfaith Roundtable Discussion with Southampton Council of Faiths and university colleagues associated with National Interfaith Week (2010). Organized National Interfaith Week event (2011) with Southampton Council of Faiths and Winchester University chaplaincy.

SolidariTea Interfaith event run between TRS, chaplaincy and SCoF (March, 2012).

2010 University of Potsdam, Germany.

Negotiated Erasmus partnership with the University of Potsdam.

2009 – 2010


with:

Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

Co-organizer international academic conference ‘Interfaith Dialogue and Social Change: Encounters from the Margins’, Winchester, UK (2010).

Speakers included: Prof. Michael Northcott and a representative from the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

2007 – 2008


with:

World Congress of Faiths, UK,

Dialogue Institute, USA,

St Philips Centre for Study and Engagement, Leicester, UK.

Organized and obtained funding (£8,350) for international conference, ‘Interfaith Dialogue in Modernity and Post-Modernity’ (2008).

Co-organizers: Rev. Dr Alan Race and Prof. Leonard Swidler. In co-operation with the World Congress of Faiths and the Dialogue Institute.

Speakers included: Profs Rosemary Radford Ruether, Reuven Firestone, Khaleel Mohammed, Harold Kasimow, Ursula King, Perry Schmidt-Leukel.

A book from the conference is in under contract.

8.3 Editorial Positions

2015: Guest Editor (with Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, Special Edition: ‘Multifaith Anna Halfoff) Societies’.

2014 – 2019: Editorial Board Studies in Interreligious Dialogue

2014: Guest Editor Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, Special Edition: ‘Interreligious Studies’.

2010 – 2013: Co-editor Australian Religion Studies Review (from 2013: Journal for the Academic Study of Religion).

2008 – present: Editorial Board Journal of Religious History.

8.4 Other Indices of Esteem/ Awards

2014 – present: Panel of Experts Member, OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe).

2014: Virginia Theological Seminary, USA: VTS Deanery Visiting Scholar Bursary.

2014: Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK.

2011 – present: Associate Scholar of the Centre of Religions for Peace and Reconciliation, University of Winchester, UK. (Patron: Abp John Sentamu; partner organizations: Religions for


Peace International, New York, USA, and St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, London, UK).

2010 – 2013: Executive Committee Member, Australian Association for the Study of Religion.

2009 & 2010: Awarded Bruce Mansfield Prize for best paper in Journal of Religious History (Wiley-Blackwell) 2008-2009 for ‘Post-Colonialism, Orientalism, and Understanding: Religious Studies and the Christian Missionary Imperative’.

One of ten papers reprinted in journal’s 50th Anniversary Issue, 2010.


9. Skills and Training

9.1 Languages

Chinese: spoken/listening – lower-intermediate; reading/writing – intermediate.

German: basic communication.

9.2 Training Sessions and Seminars Attended

2014 Tackling Homophobia and Celebrating Diversity. Stonewall at University of Winchester, UK.

2012 Equality and Diversity. University of Winchester, UK.

2011 Erasmus Mundus. British Council.

2011 Interview Training. University of Winchester, UK.

2010 Erasmus Funding Streams. HEEFS, UK.

2010 Facilities and Programmes for Overseas Students. University of Winchester, UK.

2007 – present

Research Supervisor Training.

(Completed evaluation tests in 2011 – 100% score in procedural knowledge).

Ongoing attendance to develop professional competence.

University of Winchester, UK.

2008 Inter-cultural Awareness. University of Winchester, UK.

2007 Understanding International Students. University of Winchester, UK.

2005 – present

Research & Knowledge Exchange seminars. University of Winchester, UK.

2005 – present

Learning & Teaching seminars and training events. University of Winchester, UK.

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