Revd Jeff Astley, MA (Cambridge), DipTh (Birmingham), PhD (Durham)
Honorary Professorial Fellow in Practical Theology and Christian Education, University of Durham
Jeff Astley was appointed as Founding Director of the North of England Insitute for Christian Education in 1981; he previously worked in parish ministry, university chaplaincy and higher education. He has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the University of Durham since 1981. He is the author or editor of over thirty books on Christian education, practical theology or religious faith. His publications include The Philosophy of Christian Religious Education; Theological Perspectives on Christian Formation; Choosing Life? Christianity and Moral Problems; Learning in the Way: Research and Reflection on Adult Christian Education; Children, Churches and Christian Learning; Ordinary Theology: Looking, Listening and Learning in Theology; Exploring God-Talk: Using Language in Religion and Christ of the Everyday. He is a visiting professor at Glyndwr University and York St John University.
