Revd Prof. John Barton
John Barton is Emeritus Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow of Campion Hall, Oxford. He is a former President of Modern Church. His most recent book is A History of the Bible: The Book and its Faiths (Allen Lane, 2019), which was a Sunday Times book of the year and won the Duff Cooper Prize for non-fiction for 2019.
Revd Prof. Mark Chapman
Mark Chapman is Professor of Modern Theology at the University of Oxford, Distinguished Fellow of Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, and Canon Theologian of Truro Cathedral. He is co-chair of the Meissen Theological Conference. His many books include Anglican Theology (T & T Clark, 2012), Theology at War and Peace (Routledge, 2017).
Dr. Susannah Cornwall
Susannah Cornwall Susannah Cornwall is Professor of Constructive Theologies in the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology at the University of Exeter. She is Director of EXCEPT (Exeter Centre for Ethics and Practical Theology).
Revd Dr Duncan Dormor
Duncan Dormor became General Secretary of USPG in January 2018. Duncan is an Anglican priest, a published author, teacher and public speaker. Before joining USPG, Duncan spent nearly two decades at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he served as Dean of Chapel and President (Head of the Fellowship) and taught anthropology and sociology of religion. He has degrees in Human Sciences, Theology and Demography. Duncan is currently a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland’s Mission and Theological Advisory Group. His most recent book is Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, and the Renewal of the Church (2017).
Prof. Elaine Graham
Elaine Graham is Chair of Trustees of Modern Church and Professor Emerita of Practical Theology at the University of Chester. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.
Prof. Diarmaid MacCulloch
Diarmaid MacCulloch, DD, FBA, is Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, TV presenter and author. His History of Christianity: the first three thousand years won the 2010 Cundill Prize, the world’s largest prize for history. He was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List of 2012.
Prof. Paul Middleton
Paul Middleton is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Chester. He is a Minister of the Church of Scotland and Canon Ecumenical at Chester Cathedral.
Dr. Karen O’Donnell
Karen O’Donnell is the Academic Dean at Westcott House and Associate Lecturer in Gender and Theology at Cambridge University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of the body and theology, and particularly in the experience of trauma. Karen is especially interested in the impact trauma has on theology and her work is constructive in nature.
Revd Dr Peniel Rajkumar
Peniel Rajkumar is Global Theologian and Director of Global Mission with the Anglican Mission agency United Society Partners in the Gospel. He also teaches at Ripon College Cuddesdon, and is Honorary Canon Theologian of York Minster and Worchester Cathedral. Prior to moving to the UK, Peniel served on the staff of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva and taught at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.
Prof. Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith is Programme Leader for PG programmes in Theology, Imagination and Culture at Sarum College and Emeritus Professor of Public Theology at the University of Chichester.
Revd Dr. Miranda Threlfall-Holmes
Miranda Threlfall-Holmes is Rector of the Team Parish of St Luke in the City in the Diocese of Liverpool. Formerly she was Vicar of Belmont & Pittington in the Diocese of Durham. She is an Honorary Fellow of Durham University where she was previously Chaplain & Solway Fellow. A historian before ordination, her academic interests lie in the history of theology and the social, economic and cultural history of religion. She also has an interest in feminist theology and issues surrounding the ordination of women.
Revd Dr Carlton Turner
Carlton Turner is Anglican Tutor in Contextual Theology and Mission Studies at The Queens Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education.
Revd Prof. Keith Ward
Keith Ward is at present Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, London. He was formerly Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, and before that Dean of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and a Canon and Emeritus Student of Christ Church, Oxford.
Prof. Linda Woodhead
Linda Woodhead, MBE, was appointed F.D. Maurice Professor at King’s College in 2022, where she is also Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. Previously she was Distinguished Professor at Lancaster University. She studied Theology and Religious Studies at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and first taught at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford.