Publications

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Practical Theology
A Comparative Understanding of Training in Christian and Islamic Seminaries

Practical Theology, 17(5), 2025 (online 2024)

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Children & Society
The place of younger generations in the UK church: An explorative study of investment and empowerment initiatives

Children & Society, Winter 2024 (with Sarah Holmes)

Wiley (journal) Journal
CYM report
Taking the Pulse of ministry amongst children, youth and families (Research Report)

Institute of Children, Youth & Mission (with Sarah Holmes), Oct 2024

Journal of Religious Education
The movement within faith towards adulthood in children nurtured in a Christian context (longitudinal creation narrative study)

Journal of Religious Education, 69(1), Jan 2021

Springer Read / DOI
How Not To Totally Put Your Children Off God
How Not To Totally Put Your Children Off God

Lion Hudson / SPCK, Spring 2020 (book)

SPCK Buy
Progressive Voices
Parenting for Faith Without Being Coercive

Progressive Voices, Autumn 2020

PCN Britain Magazine
Preach magazine
Parenting for Faith in the Church of the Future

Preach magazine, Winter 2020

LWPT Magazine
Children's Work
‘Do I have to be converted to go to heaven, mum?’

Children’s Work Magazine, Autumn 2020

Children’s Work No public link
Re-thinking Children's Work in Churches
Favourite teacher — learning the tenets of our faith (chapter 10)

Re-thinking Children's Work in Churches (ed. S Nash), JKP, 2019

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Childswork magazine
How different atonement theories at Easter speak to children…

Childswork Magazine, Spring 2018

Magazine No public link
Missiology 46(2)
Bridging the Worlds of Mission and Religious Education (RE) in Church of England schools

Missiology, 46(2), Apr 2018

SAGE Read / DOI
Missiology 46(4)
An autoethnographic perspective on the broadening of missiological perspectives…

Missiology, 46(4), Oct 2018

SAGE Read / DOI
Missiology 45(2)
Anxious Tribalism and the Loss of the Metanarrative (Pirahã / mission)

Missiology, 45(2), Apr 2017, 169–179

SAGE Read / DOI
Sleeping Beauty Awakens book
Sleeping Beauty Awakens

Blessed Hope Publishing, March 2017 (book)

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JATE 2016
Towards a Theology of Competition: The Case of Anglican Theological Institutions in England

Journal of Adult Theological Education, 13(1), May 2016

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Being Christian in Education
Being Christian in Education (co-editor with Hazel Bryan)

Canterbury Press, 2016 (book)

Canterbury Press Publisher
Trinity College website
Sharing the Bible with Children (lead article)

Trinity College Bristol, Summer 2016

Web article No public link
Edited volume
The Empirical Science of Religious Education (ed. Robbins & Francis)

Contribution cited, 2016

Volume No public link
Children's Work 2014
Conversion: A new Paradigm

Children’s Work Magazine, Vol 1:14, Oct 2014, 22–25

Magazine No public link
Anglican Church School Education
Anglican Church School Education (Moving beyond the first two hundred years)

Continuum / Bloomsbury, 2013 (book)

Bloomsbury Publisher
BJRE 2013
Seven Years On — Insights from Children’s Developing Perspectives on the Creation Narrative

British Journal of Religious Education, 35(1), Jan 2013, 55–71

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Grove eD17
What motivates Christian Educational Practitioners? (Theology as resource in the school)

Grove Education Series, eD17, Oct 2013

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JCE 55:2
‘Faithfully Christian Education’ — what inspires Christians in education

Journal of Christian Education, 55:2 (delivered 2012/2013; pub. Spring 2014)

SAGE Read / DOI
JCE 55:2 second article
Current Developments in Faith-Based School Education in England

Journal of Christian Education, 55:2 (delivered 2012/2013; pub. Spring 2014)

SAGE Read / DOI
Journal of Anglican Secondary School Headteachers 2011
The Standards Agenda and the Culture of Grace

Journal of Anglican Secondary School Headteachers, Sept 2011

JASSH No public link
Journal of Children's Literature Studies 2011
Children’s Encounters with The Bible as seen in a selection of English Literature

Journal of Children’s Literature Studies, 8(1), Mar 2011, 104–118

JCLS No public link
International Journal of Children's Spirituality 2010
The Bible In the Family Context

International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 15(2), May 2010, 115–127

Taylor & Francis Journal
Implicit Religion
Children’s Literature as Implicit Religion — The Concept of Grace Unpacked

Implicit Religion, 13(1), Apr 2010

Equinox Journal
NATRE Resource 2009
Twenty First Century Children’s Views of Angels (Resource)

NATRE Journal, 31:2, Spring 2009, 13–18

NATRE No public link
A Child Sees God
A Child Sees God: Children Talk About Bible Stories

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009 (book)

JKP Publisher
The Way journal
Growing up into Childhood

Franciscan Journal, The Way, July 2009

The Way Download PDF
Grove eD2
Churches Linking with Schools

Grove Booklets, Education Series, Nov 2009

Grove Amazon
CHP book
‘New Insights in theology from a Child’s Perspective’ — Angels chapter

Through the Eyes of a Child, CHP, Feb 2009 (eds. Richards & Privett)

CHP No public link
IJCS 2008
Church of England Schools: Abuse or Avenues for Nurture?

International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 13(1), Jan 2008, 75–83

Taylor & Francis Journal
Modern Believing 2008
Has Secularism Emptied the World of Angels?

Modern Believing, 49(2), Apr 2008, 44–53

Liverpool Univ. Press Journal
JASSH 2008
Knots, Nuts and New Sheets (Thinking Theologically with educationalists)

Journal of Anglican Secondary School Headteachers, Sept 2008, Vol 21, 24–26

JASSH No public link
RE Today 2007
Children as Co-Partners in Understanding the Bible

RE Today, Autumn 2007, Vol 25(1), 24–25

RE Today No public link
BJRE 2006
Insights from children’s perspectives in interpreting the wisdom of the biblical creation narrative

British Journal of Religious Education, 28(3), Sept 2006, 249–259

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AASSH Issue 16 2006
Anglican Church Schools, Rebirth or Sticking Plaster

Journal of the Anglican Association of Secondary School Heads, Issue 16, Feb 2006, 18–22

AASSH No public link
AASSH Issue 16 2006 mission
The Development of Church Schools as Places of Mission

Journal of the Association of Anglican Secondary School Heads, Issue 16, Feb 2006, 3–17

AASSH No public link
AASSH Issue 17
The Church School as Threshold — a late modern concept for mission

Journal of the Anglican Association of Secondary School Heads, Issue 17, Sept 2006, 7–9

AASSH No public link
IJCS 2005 Faith School birth
The Birth of a Faith School in the Post-Dearing Era

International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 10(2), Aug 2005, 171–179

Taylor & Francis Journal
Journal of Theological Education 2005
Problem Based Learning (PBL) and the Future of Theological Education

The Journal of Theological Education, 2.1 (2005), 71–81

Crucible 2004
The Well-Church Guide

Crucible, Apr 2004, 39–42

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Expository Times
Popularised Atonement Theory Reflected in Children’s Literature

The Expository Times, 115(5), Feb 2004, 149–156

SAGE Read / DOI
IJCS 2004
How Children Aged 9–10 Understand Bible Stories

International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 9(2), Aug 2004, 203–217

ERIC Abstract
Anvil 2003
The Return of the City: The Revival of Practical Theology in the Urban Context

Anvil, 20(2), 2003, 117–127

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BJRE 2002
The Inner-Child as a Resource for Adult Faith Development

British Journal of Religious Education, 24(3), Summer 2002, 196–207

Taylor & Francis Read / DOI
Journal of Beliefs & Values 2002
The Impact of the Inner-Child on Adult Believing

Journal of Beliefs & Values, 23(2), 2002, 191–202

Taylor & Francis Read / PDF