MA in Theology & Religious Studies - Staff
Academic staff involved in delivering the MA in Theology
& Religious Studies Programme.
All strands
The Revd Dr Andrew Village - Head of
Postgraduate Programmes in Theology & Religious Studies
Andrew is the Head of the Programme and also acts
as the Director of Studies at York and supports students with
academic enquiries related to the Programme generally or their
study. He teaches and is the Module Director on modules on both
strands and supervises MA research modules. His research interests
include how people interpret the Bible, psychology and faith and
the beliefs and attitudes of lay people.
The Revd Dr Andrew -
Village bibliography and contact details »
Dr Alice Collett
- Lecturer in Asian Religions, MA in Theology & Religious
Studies Research Module Director
Alice supports MA students in their research
modules. She is available to discuss issues and concerns about
Negotiated Study or Dissertation with students and for tutorials.
Her research areas include: Buddhism and gender, Buddhist texts in
Sanskrit and Pali, study of the Sanskrit language, orientalism and
colonial encounters with Asian religions, early Indian
Buddhism.
Dr Alice Collett -
bibliography and contact details »
Theology &
Ministry
The Revd Richard Andrew - Director
of YICT
Richard’s research interests relate to the mission and theology
of the Church, though he is also interested in spirituality and
political theology.
The Revd Richard Andrew -
bibliography and contact details »
Dr Ann Christie - Senior Lecturer in
Theology & Ministry
Ann's main research interest is in ‘ordinary theology’,
understood as the theology and theologising of Christians who have
received little or no theological education of a scholarly,
academic or systematic kind. Ordinary theology research
investigates (using social-scientific methods) both the content of
peoples’ beliefs and the processes of learning, holding,
developing, patterning and critiquing these beliefs.
Dr Ann Christie - bibliography and
contact details »
The Revd Dr John
Williams - Senior Lecturer
John's research interests are in the
churches’ theology and practice of ministry and mission as these
relate to the sociological context and surrounding culture. In
particular John is looking at the strategies for ministry
being developed by Church of England dioceses in the light of the
falling numbers of full-time paid clergy. He is also
interested in the changing patterns of theological education for
ministry and especially the role played by HE validated academic
programmes in these.
The Revd Dr John
Williams - bibliography and contact details »
Religion & Public
Life
The Rev Greg Hoyland - Senior Lecturer
Greg teaches Religion & Public Life modules and supervises
research modules. His research interest focuses on how people
‘construct’ faith, and in particular, the role of institutional
religion in a very ‘noninstitutional’ age. He has a particular
interest in the Anglican tradition and is involved in the York St
John project on religion and faith in York.
The Rev Greg Hoyland -
bibliography and contact details »
Prof Sebastian Kim - Chair in Theology
& Public Life
Sebastian is the Module Director for the Public Theology module
and contributes to various MA Religion & Public Life modules.
He also supervises MA research modules and his research interests
include: public theology; world Christianity; theology of mission;
community and identity; contextual theologies; religion and
post-modern society.
Prof Sebastian Kim -
bibliography and contact details »
Prof Pauline Kollontai - Deputy Dean,
Faculty of Education & Theology
Pauline’s teaching and research is in the area of World
Religions and Religious Studies. Her research interests include:
religion, peace and conflict, religious identity and community, and
inter-religious dialogue.
Prof Pauline Kollontai -
bibliography and contact details »
Dr Chris Maunder - Head of BA Theology
& Religious Studies
Chris is the Module Director for Theologies of Liberation
module. He has taught modules in liberation and practical
theologies for some years, and in doing so, has helped students
gain a new appreciation of the transformations that religious
perspectives might achieve in a world of nation states and global
economic structures. His passion is for a spirituality that is
centred upon the inclusive, universal love and justice of God.
Dr Chris Maunder - bibliography and
contact details »
Richard Noake - Head of Theology &
Religious Studies
Richard has carried out research into Sikh Diaspora experiences
in the UK and contributed a chapter ‘An Examination of the Sikh
Community’ in York to an edited book Community Identity: Dynamics
of Religion in Context. He is also keenly interested in the
relationships between theology and film, religion and art and
creative writing and together with Sue Yore has been involved in
the creativity project funded by the HEA and C4C CETL.
Richard Noake - bibliography and
contact details »
Dr Sue Yore - Senior Lecturer
Sue is the Module Director for Religion & Popular Culture
and Her research interests include: theology and literature, women
and writing and the role of the visual arts in religious
expression. Additionally, she has been awarded funding by the
Higher Education Academy and C4C CETL to head up projects to help
students develop creative skills relating to theological and
religious ideas and provide insights into alternative modes of
assessment within the Theology & Religious Studies
curriculum.
Dr Sue Yore - bibliography and
contact details »
Consultancy for Mission &
Ministry
The Revd Richard Andrew - Director of
YICT
Richard’s research interests relate to the mission and theology
of the Church, though he is also interested in spirituality and
political theology.
The Revd Richard Andrew -
bibliography and contact details »
For further details on staff teaching on this strand visit
the York Institute for Community
Theology.