PhD Durham 1996: How the Church performs Jesus' story : improvising on the theological ethics of Stanley Hauerwas.
Dean of Duke Chapel and Research Professor of Christian Ethics, Duke University (2005-2012)
Vicar, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London (2012-)
Publications
Transforming Fate into Destiny: The Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas (Paternoser, 1998)
'The Disarming Virtue of Stanley Hauerwas', Scottish Journal of Theology 52.1 (1999), 82-8
'Stanley Hauerwas' Theological Ethics in Eschatological Perspective', Scottish Journal of Theology 53.4 (2000), 431-48
'Introduction to the Essays' and 'No Abiding Inner City: A New Deal for the Church' in Mark Thiessen Nation and Samuel Wells, Faithfulness and Fortitude: In Conversation with the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas (T & T Clark, 2000)
'Generation, Degeneration, Regeneration: The Theological Architecture and Horticulture of a Deprived Housing Estate', Political Theology 3.2 (2002), 238-44
'How Common Worship Forms Local Character', Studies in Christian Ethics 15.1 (2002), 66-74
Community-Led Estate Regeneration and the Local Church (Grove Booklets, 2003)
'How Seventeenth-century Evensong Forms Twenty-first-century Character: An Evocation', Journal of Anglican Studies 2.2 (October 2004)
Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics (Brazos / SPCK, 2004)
(ed.) with Stanley Hauerwas, The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics (Blackwell, 2004, 2011)
God's Companions: Reimagining Christian Ethics (Blackwell, 2006)
'"For Such a Time as This": Esther and the Practices of Improvisation' in Randi Rashkover & C. C. Pecknold (eds.), Liturgy, Time and the Politics of Redemption (SCM, 2006), pp.167-187
with Craig Kocher, 'Say Something Spiritual: Speaking the Truth in a Culture Committed to Diversity', Journal of College & Character 7.8 (October 2006)
Power and Passion: Six Characters in Search of Resurrection (Zondervan, 2007)
'Improvisation in the Theatre as a Model for Christian Ethics' in Trevor Hart and Steven R. Guthrie (ed.), Faithful Performances: Enacting Christian Tradition (Ashgate, 2007)
Speaking the Truth: Preaching in a Pluralistic Culture (Abingdon, 2008)
with Stanley Hauerwas, 'An Apostle with Reservations: On Judas and the Vocation of Christian Ethics' in Stephen Burns and Natalie Watson (eds.), Exchanges of Grace: Essays in Honour of Ann Loades (SCM, 2008), pp.35-45
'The Drama of Liturgy and the Liturgy of Drama', Performance Research 13.3 (2008), pp.176-183
(ed.) with Sarah Coakley, Praying for England: Priestly Presence in Contemporary Culture (T & T Clark, 2008)
(ed.) with Ben Quash, Introducing Christian Ethics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
'The Nature and Destiny of Serious Theology' in Richard Harries and Stephen Platten (eds.), Reinhold Niebuhr and Contemporary Politics: God and Power (Oxford, 2010)
with Marcia A. Owen, Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence (IVP, 2011)
What Anglicans Believe: An Introduction (Canterbury, 2011)
Be Not Afraid: Facing Fear with Faith (Brazos, 2011)
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