British Baptist PhDs

Doctrine

Brian Haymes The concept of the knowledge of God (PhD)—University of Exeter, 1976. Published.

Robert Ellis Can God act in history? : a Whiteheadian perspective (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 1984

Anthony Thacker Karl Barth's understanding of the Resurrection : analysis, discussion and contrast (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 1984

John Colwell Actuality and provisionality : a study of the relationship between the concept of eternity and the doctrine of election in the theology of Karl Barth (PhD)-- King’s College London, 1985. Published.

Richard Kidd Human fallenness : a comparative study in the theologies of Paul Tillich and Karl Rahner (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 1987

Julie Hopkins The understanding of history in English-speaking Western Christian feminist theology (PhD)--University of Bristol, 1988

Nigel Wright Disavowing Constantine : mission, church and the social order in the theologies of John Howard Yoder and Jurgen Moltmann (PhD)-- King’s College London, 1994. Published.

Paul Sheppy Liturgy and death : an examination of the pastoral and theological issues relating to funerals, with special reference to selected funerary rites (PhD)-- University of Leeds, 1995. Published.

Nicholas Wood Confessing Christ in a plural world : a missiological approach to inter-faith relations with particular reference to Kenneth Cragg and Lesslie Newbigin (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 1996. Published as Faiths and Faithfulness (Paternoster, 2009)

Philip Clements-Jewery Persons in prayer : intercessory prayer in the light of the New Testament and of modern theological and philosophical thought (PhD)—University of Manchester, 1996. Published.

Stephen Holmes Ad maiorem dei gloriam : an examination of Jonathan Edwards' account of God's self-glorification (PhD)—King’s College London, 1999. Published as God of Grace, God of Glory (T & T Clark, 2000)

Ruth Gouldbourne Theology and Gender in the Writings of Caspar Schwenckfeld (Ph.D)-- University of London, 2000. Published.

Peter Stevenson The person and work of Christ in the preaching and theology of John McLeod Campbell (PhD)-- King’s College London, 2001. Published.

Craig Gardiner, Melodies of Community: Towards a Theology of Christian Community through the metaphor of music, with particular reference to Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Iona Community (PhD)--University of Wales, 2005.

Chris Voke Christian corporate worship and the doctrine of creation: the theological and practical implications of their relationship (PhD)-- University of Wales (Spurgeon's College), 2005. Published as Creation at Worship (Paternoster, 2009)

Darrell Jackson The Discourse of 'Belonging' and Baptist Church Membership in Contemporary Britain: Historical, Theological and Demotic elements of a Post-Foundational Theological Proposal (Th.D)-- University of Birmingham, 2009.

Paul Goodliff Contemporary Baptist Theologies of Ministry and Ordination: A Theological and Empirical Study of Change, Continuity and Sacramentalism (D.Min)-- King's College London, 2009. Published as Ministry, Sacrament and Representation (Regent's Park College, 2010)

Michael I Bockenski, Transforming Faith Communities: a comparative study of radical Christianity in sixteenth-centry Anabaptism and late twentieth-century Latin America (PhD)--Univeristy of Wales, 2010. Publsihed as Transforming Faith Communities (Wipf & Stock, 2013)

Michael Peat Affirming our human nature : a theological consideration of prenatal genetic modification (DPhil)--Oxford, 2011

Ben Dare Foundations of ‘Ecological Reformation’: A Critical Study of Jürgen Moltmann’s Contributions towards a ‘New Theological Architecture’ for Environment Care (PhD)--Cardiff, 2012

Old Testament

Ronald E. Clements The divine dwelling place in the Old Testament (PhD)-- University of Sheffield, 1961

Rex Mason The use of earlier biblical material in Zachariah 9-14: a study of inner biblical exegesis (PhD)-- King’s College London, 1973

Paul Fiddes The hiddenness of wisdom in the Old Testament and later Judaism (D.Phil.)-- University of Oxford, 1976.

Ernest Lucas Akkadian prophecies, omens and myths as background for Daniel chapters 7-12 (Ph.D)—University of Liverpool, 1989

Hazel Sherman Reading Zechariah : an attempt to assess the allegorical tradition of Biblical interpretation through the commentary of Didymus the blind (Ph.D) - University of Birmingham, 1995. Published.

Helen Dare Always on the way and in the fray: British Baptist hermeneutics in dialogue with Walter Brueggemann (Ph.D)--Bristol, 2013. 

New Testament

Steven Finamore God, order and chaos : a history of the interpretation of Revelation's plague sequences (6.1-17; 8.1-9.21, 11.15-19; 15.1, 15.7-16.21) and an assessment of the value of René Girard's thought for the understanding of these vision (D.Phil.)-- University of Oxford, 1997. Published.

Tim Carter Beyond the pale : a socio-cultural perspective on the power of sin in Paul's letters (D.Phil.)-- University of Oxford, 1998. Published

Sean Winter Worthy of the gospel of Christ : a study in the situation and strategy of Paul's Epistle to the Philippians (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 1998

George M. Wieland, The Significance of Salvation: A Study of Salvation Language in the Pastoral Epistles(PhD)-- Aberdeen, 2003. Published by Paternoster, 2005.

Simon Perry Resurrecting interpretation : technology, hermeneutics and the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) (PhD)-- University of Bristol, 2005. Published.

David Southall Rediscovering righteousness in Romans: personified dikaiosune within metaphoric and narratorial settings (PhD)-- University of Wales (Spurgeon's College), 2007. Published.

Simon Woodman Baptist Hermeneutics and the Book of Revelation (PhD)-- University of Cardiff, 2012. 

Historical

Barrington R. White The development of the doctrine of the Church among the English separatists with especial reference to Robert Browne and John Smyth (DPhil)-- University of Oxford, 1961. Published.

Stephen Brachlow Puritan theology and radical churchmen in pre-revolutionary England : with special reference to Henry Jacob and John Robinson (DPhil)-- University of Oxford, 1979. Published

Derek Tidball English nonconformist home missions (PhD)—University of Keele, 1982

Karen Smith The community and the believer : a study of Calvinistic Baptist spirituality in some towns and villages of Hampshire and the borders of Wiltshire, c. 1730-1830 (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 1987. Forthcoming.

Roger Hayden Evangelical Calvinism among eighteenth-century British baptists with particular reference to Bernard Foskett, Hugh and Caleb Evans and the Bristol Baptist Academy, 1690-1791 (PhD)—University of Keele, 1991. Published.

Ian Randall Movements of evangelical spirituality in inter-war England (Ph.D) University of Wales, 1997. Published.

Anthony R. Cross The theology and practice of baptism amongst British baptists, 1900-1996. 2 vols. (PhD)—University of Keele, 1997. Published.

Peter Shepherd John Howard Shakespeare and the English Baptists, 1898-1924 (Ph.D)-- University of Durham, 1999. Published.

Clive Jarvis Growth in English Baptist churches : with special reference to the Northamptonshire Particular Baptist Association (1770-1830) (PhD)-- University of Glasgow, 2001

Christopher Ellis Baptist worship : liturgical theology from a Free Church perspective (PhD)-- University of Leeds, 2002. Published.

Ian Stackhouse Revivalism, Faddism and the Practices of the Church: A theological trajectory for charismatic renewal in the United Kingdom (PhD)-- London School of Theology, 2003. Published.

James M. Gordon Principal James Denney, 1856-1917 : An examination of his intellectual and theological development, with special reference to the historical, social, intellectual and religious context of late Victorian and Edwardian Scotland (PhD)-- University of Edinburgh, 2004. Published.

Paul Walker The Revd Peter Thomas Stanford: 'Birmingham's Coloured Preacher' (PhD)-- University of Manchester, 2004. Forthcoming.

Rob Warner, Fissured Resurgence: Developments in English Pan-Evangelicalism, 1966-2001 (PhD)-- King’s College London, 2006. Published as Re-Inventing English Evangelicalism, 1966-2001 (Paternoster, 2007)

Keith Jones, The European Baptist Federation : A case study in European Baptist interdependency 1950-2006 (PhD)--IBTS, 2007. Published.

Timothy Welch “God Found His Moses”: A Biographical and Theological Analysis of the Life of Joseph Smale (1867-1926) (PhD)--Birmingham, 2009

Practical Theology

Jo Harding, Constructions of Abuse Trauma and the Resources of the Religious Imagination (PhD)-- University of Manchester)

Anne Philips, Girls in Transition: the spirituality and faith of girls 11-13 in Baptist churches (PhD)-- University of Manchester, 2009. Published as Faith in Girls (Ashgate, 2011)

Myra N. Blyth, Towards a restorative hermeneutic: Lcoal Christian Communities Responding to Crime and Wrongdoing (PhD)-- University of Birmingham, 2012.

Comments

[David Southall]

Hi Andy.
Glad to see my thesis in the list. Had no idea that British Baptists with PhD's are so few. Anyway just to let you know that my thesis has been published in the WUNT series if you ever update this page.
Blessings
David Southall

[andy goodliff]

David, i'll had in the information. There are probably others, but not always easy to track down. I know of at least two more recent PhDs.

[Brodie]

Andy - You could add Jim Gordon to you list.

[Keith G Jones]

Andy, yes certainly the list is not complete

[Darrell Jackson]

Andy, can you add my recently (2009) defended Th.D. thesis to your list: The Discourse of 'Belonging' and Baptist Church Membership in Contemporary Britain: Historical, Theological and Demotic elements of a Post-Foundational Theological Proposal'. Th.D. awarded by Birmingham University. Publication forthcoming (probably 2010).

[Andy Goodliff]

Of course Darrell, sounds really interesting ...

[George Wieland]

Just stumbled across this Andy - you could add my NT thesis (I'm British, but have been living and working in NZ for some years): George M. Wieland, The Significance of Salvation: A Study of Salvation Language in the Pastoral Epistles (PhD, Aberdeen, 2003). Published by Paternoster, 2005.

Thanks!

George

[Craig]

Hi, you missed out me ... Melodies of Community: Towards a Theology of Christian Community
through the metaphor of music, with particular reference to Dietrich Bonhoeffer
and the Iona Community. University of Wales 2005