Books Published:
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Principal Author and Editor, (1991), How Faith Grows: Faith Development and Christian Education, London: National Society/Church House Publishing, pp.102pp - Report of Working Party of General Synod Board of Education.
Contributor and Editor with David Day, (1992), The Contours of Christian Education, Great Wakering: McCrimmons, pp.428.
Contributor and Editor with Leslie J. Francis, (1992), Christian Perspectives on Faith Development: A Reader, Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, xxiv +pp.411.
Author, (1994), The Philosophy of Christian Religious Education, Birmingham, Alabama: Religious Education Press; London: SPCK, pp.322.
Author with Dick Hobson, (1994), Ideas and Perspectives: A Study Pack for Sixth Form and Other Students, London: Hodder & Stoughton - A4 Pack of Teacher’s Notes, Student’s Booklets and Worksheets.
Contributor and Editor with Leslie J. Francis, (1994), Critical Perspectives on Christian Education: A Reader on the Aims, Principles and Philosophy of Christian Education, Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright, xii pp.513.
Contributor and Editor with Leslie J. Francis, (1996), Christian Theology and Religious Education: Connections and Contradictions, London: SPCK, xiv + pp.289.
Author with David Day, (1996), Beyond the Here and Now, Oxford: Lion; Sutherland, NSW: Albatross Books, pp.239, in German translation, Haan, Germany: Brockhaus Verlag, (1998), pp.287.
Contributor and Editor with Leslie J. Francis and Colin Crowder, (1996), Theological Perspectives on Christian Formation: A Reader on Theology and Christian Education, Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B Eerdmans, xix + pp.464.
Contributor and Editor, (2000), Learning in the Way: Research and Reflection on Adult Christian Education, Leominster: Gracewing, x + pp.221.
Author, (2000), God’s World, London: Darton, Longman and Todd, x + pp.124.
Author, (2000), Choosing Life? Christianity and Moral Problems, London: Darton, Longman and Todd, ix + pp.132.
Contributor and Editor with Timothy Hone and Mark Savage, (2000), Creative Chords: Studies in Music, Theology and Christian Formation, Leominster: Gracewing, xxviii + pp.252.
Contributor and Editor with Leslie J. Francis and Mandy Robbins, (2001), The Fourth R for the Third Millennium: Education in Religion and Values for the Global Future, Dublin: Veritas, pp.254.
Editor with Leslie J. Francis, (2001), Psychological Perspectives on Prayer: A Reader, Leominster: Gracewing, xiv + pp.392.
Contributor and Editor with Leslie J. Francis, (2002), Children, Churches and Christian Learning, London: PCK, pp.298.
Author, (2002), Ordinary Theology: Looking, Listening and Learning in Theology, Aldershot: Ashgate, ix+ pp. 99.
Editor with David Brown and Ann Loades, (2003), Creation: A Reader, London: T.&T.Clark, pp.119.
Editor with David Brown and Ann Loades, (2003), Evil: A Reader, London: T.&T.Clark, pp.112.
Editor with David Brown and Ann Loades, (2003), War and Peace: A Reader, London: T.&T.Clark, pp.111.
Editor with David Brown and Ann Loades, (2004), Science and Religion: A Reader, London: T.&T.Clark, pp.126.
Editor with David Brown and Ann Loades, (2004), God in Action: A Reader, London: T.&T.Clark, pp.125.
Contributor and Editor with Leslie J. Francis, John Sullivan and Andrew Walker, (2004), The Idea of a Christian University: Essays on Theology and Higher Education, Milton Keynes: Paternoster, pp.316.
Author, (2004), Exploring God-Talk: Using Language in Religion, London: Darton, Longman and Todd, pp.143.
Editor with David Day and Leslie J. Francis, (2005), A Reader on Preaching: Making Connections,
Aldershot: Ashgate, pp.291.
Contributor and Editor with Leslie J. Francis and Mandy Robbins, (2005), Religion, Education and Adolescence: International Empirical Perspectives, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp.272.
Author with Leslie J. Francis and Mandy Robbins, (2005), Fragmented Faith? Exposing the Fault-Lines in the Church of England, Milton Keynes: Paternoster, pp.182.
Author, (2007), Christ of the Everyday, London: SPCK, xiv+ pp.146pp.
Contributor and Editor with Leslie Francis and Mandy Robbins, (2007), Peace or Violence: The Ends of Religion and Education?Cardiff: University of Wales Press, ix+ pp.222.
Author with Ann Christie, (2007), Taking Ordinary Theology Seriously, Cambridge: Grove Books, pp.28pp.
Contributor and Editor with Leslie Francis and Mandy Robbins, (2009), Empirical Theology in Texts and Tables: Qualitative, Quantitative and Comparative Perspectives, Leiden: Brill, xvi + pp.407.
Forthcoming Books:
Editor with David Brown and Ann Loades, Christology: Key Readings in Christian Thought, (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press.
Author, SCM Studyguide to Christian Doctrine, London, SCM Press.
Journal Articles, Book Chapters and Reports Published:
(1980), ‘Revelation Revisited,’ Theology, LXXXIII, 695, pp.339-346
(1981), ‘The “Indispensability” of the Incarnation,’ King’s Theological Review, IV, 1, pp.15-21
(1981), ‘The Idea of God, the Reality of God and Religious Education,’ Theology, LXXXIV, 698, pp.115-120.
(1983), ‘Religious Experience and the Style of Christian Theology,’ Christian, 7, 4, pp.50-60
(1984), ‘Ian Ramsey and the Problem of Religious Knowledge,’ Journal of Theological Studies, N.S. 35, 2, pp.414-440.
(1984), ‘Ian Ramsey’s Early Thought and Its Development,’ Durham University Journal, LXXVI, 2, pp.157-167.
(1984), ‘Paradox and Christology,’ King’s Theological Review, VII, 1, pp.9-13.
(1993), ‘The Role of Worship in Christian Learning,’ Religious Education, 79, 2, 1984, 243-251; reprinted in John L Elias (ed.), Religious Education in Adulthood, New Haven, Connecticut: Religious Education Association, pp.82-90.
(1986), ‘Stages of Faith’, in Edward Bailey (ed.), A Workbook in Popular Religion, Dorchester: Partners Publications, pp. 13-14
Author with Bill Pickering (1986), ‘Who Cares about Baptism?,’ Theology, LXXXIX, 730, pp.264-268.
‘On Learning Religion: Some Theological Issues in Christian Education,’ The Modern Churchman, XXIX, 2, 1987,pp.26-34
(1988), ‘Theology and Curriculum Selection: A Theoretical Problem in Teaching Christianity in Religious Education,’British Journal of Religious Education, 10, 2, pp.86-91.
Author with Carolyn Wilcox (1990), Diocese of Newcastle Exploration in Faith Evaluation, Durham: NEICE.
(1991), ‘Review Article on Don Cupitt: Faith on the Level?,’ The Modern Churchman, XXXII, 4, pp.58-70.
(1992), ‘Will the Real Christianity Please Stand Up?,’ British Journal of Religious Education, 15, 1, pp.4-12.
(1992), ‘Faith Development: An Overview’ in Jeff Astley and Leslie J. Francis (eds), Christian Perspectives on Faith Development: A Reader, Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright/Grand Rapids, Mich: William B Eerdmans, xvii-xxiv.
(1984), ‘Tradition and Experience: Conservative and Liberal Models of Christian Education’, ‘Christian Worship and the Hidden Curriculum of Christian Learning’, ‘Growing into Christ: the Psychology and Politics of Christian Maturity’ in Jeff Astley and David Day (eds), The Contours of Christian Education, Great Wakering: McCrimmons, pp.41-53, 141-152 and 305-322.
Author with David Day (1992), ‘The Contours of Christian Education’ in Jeff Astley and David Day (eds), The Contours of Christian Education, Great Wakering: McCrimmons, pp.13-25.
Author with Guy Buckler (1992), ‘Learning and Believing in an Urban Parish, in Jeff Astley and David Day (eds), The Contours of Christian Education, Great Wakering: McCrimmons, pp.396-416.
Author with Elizabeth Fisher and Carolyn Wilcox, (1992), ‘A Survey of Bible Reading Practices and Attitudes to the Bible among Anglican Congregations’ in Jeff Astley and David Day (eds), The Contours of Christian Education, Great Wakering: McCrimmons, pp.382-395.
Author with Leslie J. Francis and Carolyn Wilcox (1992), ‘What is a Christian? Investigating the Understanding of 16- to 19-year-olds’ in Jeff Astley and David Day (eds), The Contours of Christian Education, Great Wakering: McCrimmons, pp.325-339.
(1994), ‘The Place of Understanding in Christian Education and Education about Christianity,’ British Journal of Religious Education, 16, 2, pp.90-101.
(1984), ‘Definitions, Aims and Approaches: An Overview’ and ‘Reason, Religion and Education: An Overview’ in Jeff Astley and Leslie J. Francis (eds), Critical Perspectives on Christian Education: A Reader on the Aims, Principles and Philosophy of Christian Education, Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright, pp.3-12 and 295-301.
(1984), ‘Thinking About Life After Death: Options and Identity,’ Dialogue, 3, pp.25-29.
(1995), ‘Communities, Feelings and Education,’ Aspects of Education, 51, pp.46-52.
Author with Mandy Robbins and Leslie J. Francis (1995), ‘Christian Education: Cinderella in Ministerial Training Priorities?,’ British Journal of Theological Education, 7, 1, pp.3-12.
Author with Colin Crowder (1996), ‘Theological Perspectives on Christian Education: An Overview’ in Jeff Astley, Leslie J. Francis and Colin Crowder (eds), Theological Perspectives on Christian Formation: A Reader on Theology and Christian Education, Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright/Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, x-xix.
Author with Leslie J. Francis (1996), ‘Personality and Prayer among Adult Churchgoers: A Replication,’ Social Behavior and Personality, 24, 4, pp.405-408.
(1996), ‘The Role of the Family in the Formation and Criticism of Faith’ in Stephen Barton (ed.), The Family in Theological Perspective (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, pp.187-202.
Author with Leslie J. Francis (1996), ‘A Level Gospel Study and Adolescents’ Images of Jesus’ in Leslie J. Francis, William K. Kay and William S. Campbell (eds), Research in Religious Education, Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright/Macon, Georgia: Smyth and Helwys, pp.239-247.
(1996), ‘Theology for the Untheological? Theology, Philosophy and the Classroom’ in Jeff Astley and Leslie J. Francis (eds), Christian Theology and Religious Education: Connections and Contradictions, London: SPCK, pp.60-77.
(1996), ‘Adolescent Faith and Conversion,’ Journal of Beliefs and Values, 17, 2, pp.16-18.
Author with Timothy Hone and Mark Savage (1996), ‘Variations on a Theme: Towards a Theology of Music?,’ Modern Believing, XXXVII, 4, pp.54-62.
Author with Leslie J. Francis (1997), ‘The Quest for the Psychological Jesus: Influences of Personality on Images of Jesus,’ Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 16, 3, pp.247-259.
Author with William K. Kay and David Tickner (1997), ‘Will the Real World Please Stand Up? Teenagers and the Media,’ Muslim Education Quarterly, 15, 1, pp.20-28.
Author with William K. Kay, Leslie J. Francis and Marian Carter (1997), ‘Is Adult Christian Education Mainly for Stable Extraverts?,’Studies in the Education of Adults, 29, 2, pp.191-199.
Author with Leslie J. Francis, Linda Burton and Carolyn Wilcox (1997), ‘Distinguishing between Aims and Methods in RE: A Study among Secondary RE Teachers,’ British Journal of Religious Education, 19, 3, pp.171-185.
(1997), ‘An Alternative Christian Perspective’ in John Shortt and Trevor Cooling (eds), An Agenda for Educational Change, Leicester: InterVarsity Press, pp.241-252.
(1997), ‘Non-realism for Beginners?’ in Colin Crowder (ed.), God and Reality: Essays on Christian Non-Realism, London: Mowbrays, pp.100-113.
(1998), ‘Christian Values and the Management of Schools’ in William K. Kay and Leslie J. Francis (eds), Religion in Edition 2, Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright, pp.353-386.
Author with William K. Kay, ‘Piaget and Fowler’ in William K. Kay and Leslie J. Francis (eds), Religion in Edition 2, Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright, pp.137-168.
(1998), ‘An Overview of Biblical Scholarship’ in William K. Kay and Leslie J. Francis (eds), Religion in Edition 2, Leominster: Gracewing Fowler Wright, pp.1-36.
(1998), ‘Education: A Christian View,’ Viewpoints, 5, pp.5-7.
(1998), ‘The Christian Vocation of Teaching and Learning,’ Tufton Review, 2, 2, pp.57-72.
Author with Leslie J. Francis, Michael Fearn and Carolyn Wilcox (1999), ‘Do Social Scientists hold a Less Positive Attitude toward Christianity? A Study among Female A-Level Students in England,’ Journal of Christian Education, 42, 2, pp.35-41.
Author with Nick Wills (1999), ‘Adolescent “Faith” and its Development: Introduction and Implications, Youth and Policy,’ The Journal of Critical Analysis, 65, pp.60-71.
Author with Leslie J. Francis, Michael Fearn and Carolyn Wilcox (1999), ‘The Relationship between Christian Commitment and Motivation to Study Religion at A-level: A Preliminary Investigation,’ Journal of Education and Christian Belief, 3, 2, pp.115-122.
Author with Leslie J. Francis, Carolyn Wilcox and Linda Burton, (1999), ‘The Influence of In-service Training on Teacher Attitudes towards Religious Education in Non-denominational Schools in England,’ Journal of In-Service Education, 25, 1, pp.173-185.
(1999), ‘Learning Moral and Spiritual Wisdom’ in Stephen C. Barton (ed.), Where Shall Wisdom be Found? Wisdom in the Bible, the Church and the Contemporary World, Edinburgh: T & T Clark, pp.321-334.
Author with Leslie J. Francis, Carolyn Wilcox and Linda Burton (2000), ‘How Different is Religious Education in Catholic Schools? A Study of Teacher Aims in England,’ International Journal of Education and Religion, 1, 2, pp.267-281.
(2000), ‘Plurality, Dialogue and Religious Education,’ International Journal of Education and Religion, 1, 1, pp.198-216.
Author with Mark Savage (2000), ‘Music and Christian Learning’ in Jeff Astley, Timothy Hone and Mark Savage (eds), Creative Chords: Studies in Music, Theology and Christian Formation, Leominster: Gracewing, pp.219-242.
Author with Leslie J. Francis (2000), ‘Teaching Theology to Undergraduates: Are Mature Students Easier to Please?,’ Journal of Beliefs and Values, 21, 1, pp.117-120.
(2000), ‘On Gaining and Losing Faith with Style: A Study of Post-Modernity and/or Confusion among College Students’ in Leslie J. Francis and Yaacov J. Katz (eds), Joining and Leaving Religion: Research Perspectives, Leominster: Gracewing, pp.249-268.
(2000), ‘Aims and Approaches in Christian Education’, ‘Dimensions of Christian Education’, ‘Insights from Faith Development Theory and Research’ in Jeff Astley (ed.), Learning in the Way: Research and Reflection on Adult Christian Education, Leominster: Gracewing, pp. 1-71, 124-142.
Author with others, (2001), ‘What is the Church’s Mission to the Nation and What Part Do Church Schools Play?’, Journal of the Association of Anglican Secondary School Heads, 8, pp.4-9.
(2001), ‘From Religion to Science: The Positive Contribution of Religious Education to Scientific Understanding’ in Leslie J. Francis, Jeff Astley and Mandy Robbins (eds), The Fourth R for the Third Millennium: Education in Religion and Values for the Global Future, Dublin: Veritas, pp.17-45.
(2002), ‘Church, Schools and the Theology of Christian Education,’ Journal of the Association of Anglican Secondary School Heads, 10, pp.6-15.
Author with Leslie J. Francis (2002), ‘Christian Education and Openness: An Empirical Investigation among Undergraduates,’Religious Education, 97, 1, pp.4-22.
(2002), ‘In Defence of Ordinary Theology,’ British Journal of Theological Education, 13, 1, pp.21-35.
(2002), ‘Evangelism in Education: Impossibility, Travesty or Necessity?,’ International Journal of Education and Religion, 3, 2, pp.179-194.
(2003), ‘Preaching and Listening,’ Journal of the College of Preachers, pp.39-45.
(2003), ‘A Bookshelf on Philosophy of Religion,’ REsource, 25, 3, pp.21-22.
(2003), ‘Connecting Morality and Religion,’ Dialogue, 20, pp.32-35.
(2003), ‘Christian Models of Leadership’ in William K. Kay, Leslie J. Francis and Keith Watson (eds), Religion in Edition: 4, Leominster: Gracewing, pp.233-267.
(2003), ‘Theological Reflection’, in Bill Hall and David Jasper (eds), Art and the Spiritual, Sunderland: University of Sunderland Press, pp.68-72.
(2003), ‘Spiritual Learning: Good for Nothing?’ in David Carr and John Haldane (eds), Spirituality, Philosophy and Education, London: RoutledgeFalmer, pp.141-153.
(2003), ‘Ordinary Theology for Rural Theology and Rural Ministry,’ Rural Theology, 1, 1, pp.3-12.
(2004), ‘On Making Education Christian’, Borderlands: A Journal of Theology & Education, 3, Summer, pp.7-9.
(2004), ‘Christian Teaching, Christian Learning and Christian Love: Education as Christian Ministry and Spiritual Discipline’ in Jeff Astley, Leslie Francis, John Sullivan and Andrew Walker (eds), The Idea of a Christian University: Essays on Theology and Higher Education, Milton Keynes: Paternoster, pp.132-146.
(2004), ‘What is Religion and Whose Faith is it Anyway? Some Issues concerning the Nature and Normativity of Religion, and the Risks of Religious Education’ in H. Lombaerts and D. Pollefeyt (eds), Hermeneutics and Religious Education, Leuven: Leuven University Press, pp.399-416.
(2004), ‘Religious Non-Realism and Spiritual Truth’, in Gavin Hyman (ed.), New Directions in Philosophical Theology, London: Ashgate, pp.19-33.
(2004), ‘Christian Ethics in the Classroom, Curriculum and Corridor,’ Studies in Christian Ethics, 17, 1, pp.54-68.
(2005), ‘The Science and Religion Interface within Young People’s Attitudes and Beliefs’ in Leslie J. Francis, Mandy Robbins and Jeff Astley (eds), Religion, Education and Adolescence: International Empirical Perspectives, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp.39-54.
(2005), ‘Religious Schooling and the Challenge of the Poor,’ Journal of Empirical Theology, 18, 1, pp.41-47.
Author with Alex Whitehead (2005), The Quinquennial Report on Reader Ministry in the Diocese of Lincoln incorporating the Ministry Review Survey, Lincoln: Diocese of Lincoln Reader Training Board.
(2007), ‘The Meanings of Religious Education,’ Tro & Liv (Sweden), 66, pp.13-19.
(2007), ‘The Place of Story in Religion,’ REsource, 29, 3, Summer, pp.8-12.
(2007), ‘Crossing the Divide?’ in Marius Felderhof, Penny Thompson and David Torevell (eds), Inspiring Faith in Schools: Studies in Religious Education, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp.175-186.
(2007), ‘Public and Personal Peace in Life, Religion and Education: An Exercise in Ordinary Theology’ in Jeff Astley, Leslie J. Francis and Mandy Robbins (eds), Peace or Violence: The Ends of Religion and Education?, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp.151-173.
(2008), ‘Giving Voice to the Ordinary: Theological Listening and the Mother Tongue’ in Natalie K. Watson and Stephen Burns (eds), Exchanges of Grace: Essays in Honour of Ann Loades, London: SCM Press, pp.202-212.
Author with Ann Christie (2009), ‘Ordinary Soteriology: A Qualitative Study’ in Leslie J. Francis, Mandy Robbins and Jeff Astley (eds), Empirical Theology in Texts and Tables: Qualitative, Quantitative and Comparative Perspectives, Leiden: Brill, pp.177-196.
