Andrew joined the staff in November 2006, to direct courses in Chaplaincy Studies and to develop a research centre focusing on the ministry of chaplains and the issues and theology with which they engage. Since June 2008, he has also been Director of the Cardiff Centre for Chaplaincy Studies. Before coming to St. Michael's, he was the Continuing Ministerial Education Officer for the Diocese of St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich and Sub-Dean of St. Edmundsbury Cathedral. Earlier in his ministry he was Chaplain of King Alfred's College, Winchester, and then Director of Studies and Vice-Principal of the East Anglian Ministerial Training Course. He is a past President of the Cambridge Theological Federation and Canon Emeritus of St.Edmundsbury Cathedral. With a broad background in theological education stretching back to 1991, Andrew enjoys the opportunity provided by his present post to engage thoroughly with Practical Theology in relation to chaplaincy, especially with issues relating to doing theology in secular, multi-cultural contexts. He recently successfully completed a PhD with Cardiff University, which was directed towards another key theological interest - hermeneutics. The research is a study of the way members of different Bible-study groups talk about the Bible.
Andrew is married to Catherine, an Anglican Priest, and they have three children. After spending much of his ministry in East Anglia, Andrew has welcomed a return to more mountainous territory and the walking possibilities it presents!
Andrew is a practical theologian, with the following particular interests:
- The hermeneutical dimension of practical theology
- Practical theology in dialogue with the social sciences, especially in relation to research methods
- Practical theology as public theology - addressing public agendas
- Practical theology in the context of professional development
These interests give rise to specific areas of research:
- Chaplaincy discourse and practice
- The issues raised by chaplaincy relating to religion, faith, spirituality and public life
- The interaction of theology and public policy
- Christian ethics in the public arena
- The practice of biblical interpretation
- Discourse Analysis - especially in relation to the interaction of authoritative and lay discourses
Publications:
Books
Under Contract
Editor, Chaplains, Churches, and the Morality of Conflict: Military Chaplaincy in Contention (Ashgate)
- 1999 With Michael West and Graham Noble
- Living Theology (Darton, Longman & Todd)
- 1997 With Paul Oliver, Kate Lichfield & Martin Smith
- Tend my Flock: Good Practice in Pastoral Care (Diocese of Norwich)
Book Chapters
- 2011 'Responding to Diversity: Chaplaincy in a Multi-Faith Context', in ed. Miranda Threlfall-Holmes & Mark Newitt, Being a Chaplain (SPCK) 89-102
- 2010 'Negotiating Daniel's Masculinity: The Appropriation of Daniel's Dreams by Actual (rather than Ideal) Readers', in ed. Ovidiu Creanga, Men and Masculinity in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond (Sheffield Phoenix Press) 212-232
- 2002 'Of Presbyters and Priests - An Anglican View' in ed. Esther Shreeve & Philip Luscombe, What is a Minister? (Epworth Press) 104-116
Articles
- Forthcoming 'Chaplaincy Leading Church in(to) the Public Square', Crucible: The Christian journal of social ethics
- 2011 Guest Editorial, 'Religion, chaplains, prisons and justice', Crucible: The Christian journal of social ethics, April-June issue: 3-6
- 2009 'Reflecting ethically with British Army Chaplains', The Review of Faith and International Affairs 7(4): 77-82
- 2008 Guest Editorial, 'Military Chaplaincy Today', Crucible: The Christian journal of social ethics, Jan-March issue: 3-5
- 2007 'Engaging with trends in Chaplaincy: Living faith in other people's houses' The Journal of the Royal Army Chaplains Department 46: 6-9
- 2005 'Repertoires or Nodes? Constructing meanings in Bible-Study Groups'
- Journal of Applied Linguistics 4(2): 219-238
- 2000 'What is Theological about Theological Reflection?' in
- British Journal of Theological Education, 11(1): 35-45
- 1998 'Maintenance, Mission and MSE's' in
- Ministers-at-Work: the journal for Christians in secular ministry
Recent invited lectures and papers:
- July 2009 Guest Practical Theologian, Doctorate of Practical Theology, Summer School (UK-wide Professional Doctorate programme)
- July 2009 Staying Alive - Theological Reflection & Reflective Practice, Lecture to UK Conference of Anglican Prison Chaplains
- December 2008 Military Chaplains and the Ethics of Conflict, as part of a Panel on God and War, BISA annual conference
- June 2008 Practical Theology in the Public Arena: A critical reflection on the diversity agenda - Invited keynote address, College of Healthcare Chaplains annual conference
- May 2007 Engaging with Trends in Chaplaincy - Lecture to Anglican army chaplains, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
- January 2007 The Dialectic of Chaplaincy - Response to national consultation on the future of chaplaincy in the UK, St. Michaels College, Llandaff
- September 2005 What if the Bible Offends? - Invited Presentation to Bible as Pastor Symposium, organized by Bible Society & Cardiff University (jointly delivered with Zoe Bennett of the Cambridge Theological Federation)
