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The World Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU) at Lincoln Bishop brings together a vibrant community of researchers and practitioners dedicated to advancing understanding and education in world religions. Our unit fosters collaboration, supports ongoing projects, and initiates new research and knowledge exchange activities, creating synergies that enhance the visibility and impact of work in this field.

Discover the experts who drive this mission forward, and learn more about their research, projects, and impact.

Dr Geoffrey Ahern, Visiting Fellow in Religious and Spiritual Experience

Professor Elisabeth Arweck, Honorary Professor in Contemporary Religion

The Rev’d Canon Dr Nick Brown - Honorary Senior Fellow in Cathedral Studies and Sacred Music

Professor Michael Buchanan, Honorary Professor in Catholic Education

Fr Professor Giuseppe Crea, Visiting Professor in Psychometrics and Clergy Wellbeing

Revd Dr Deborah Davies, Honorary Fellow in Pentecostal Studies

Professor Francis Davis, Visiting Professor in Social Institutions & International Studies

Professor Simon Dein, Visiting Professor in Psychiatry and Religion

Rev Canon Dr Randolph Ellis, Honorary Fellow in Sacred Place

Canon Dr Neville Emslie, Honorary Fellow in Ministry Studies

Dr Hümeyra Guleryuz-Erken, Visiting Fellow in Islam and Education

Rev Canon Dr James Francis, Visiting Fellow in Theology and Discipleship

Dr Sara Fretheim, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Transatlantic Religion and Trauma

Rev Professor John Gay Visiting Professor in Higher Education

Dr Angela Goodman, Honorary Fellow in Religious Education

Revd Canon Dr Malcolm Grundy, Honorary Fellow in Rural Theology

Professor John Harper, Visiting Professor in Sacred Music Studies

Rev Professor Sally Harper, Honorary Professor in Cathedral and Sacred Music Studies

Revd Professor Stephen Heap, Visiting Professor of Theolog

Venerable Professor John Holdsworth, Honorary Professor in Theology and Ministry

Dr Ian Jones, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Discipleship Formation and Congregational Studies

Very Rev Professor Susan H Jones, Honorary Professor in Cathedral Studies

Revd Dr David Knight, Honorary Fellow in Chaplaincy Studies

Rabbi Dr Eli Kohn, Honorary Reader in Judaism and Education

Professor David Lankshear, Visiting Professor in Church School Studies

Dr Lāsma Latsone, Honorary Associate Professor in Spirituality & Diversity

Revd Dr Sarah Lawrence, Honorary Fellow in Practical Theology

Professor Patrick Laycock, Visiting Professor in Religions and Statistics

Revd Dr Francis Loftus, Honorary Fellow in Psychology and Hermeneutics

Dr Yonah Matemba - Visiting Senior Fellow of Religion & Decolonial Education

Rev Dr Sally Myers, Visiting Fellow in Ministry Studies

Revd Canon Professor Peter Neil, Emeritus Professor, Bishop Grosseteste University

Dr Kevin O’Grady, Visiting Senior Fellow in Religious Education

Professor Stephen Parker, Visiting Professor in Beliefs and Values

Revd Dr John Prysor-Jones, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Counselling and Theology

Alison Sailer, Honorary Fellow in Spirituality & Counselling Psychology

Professor Dr Dr theol h c Mualla Selçuk, Visiting Professor in Islam and Education

Rev Dr Greg Smith, Honorary Fellow in Ministry Studies

Dr Nick Spencer - Honorary Professor in Public Theology

Dr Francis Stewart, Director of the Edward Bailey Centre for the Study of Implicit Religion, Bishop Grosseteste University

Dr Bernadette Sweetman, Visiting Fellow in Faith Development Studies

Phra Dr Nicholas Thanissarro, Visiting Senior Fellow in Buddhism and Education

Revd Canon Dr Carlton Turner, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Practical & Contextual Theology

Helen Vaudrey, Honorary Research Fellow in Religions and Digital Communications

Revd Professor Andrew Village, Visiting Professor in Empirical & Practical Theology

Rt Rev Professor David Walker, Bishop of Manchester, Honorary Professor in Anglican Studies

Professor Fraser Watts, Visiting Professor in Psychology, Religion and Spirituality

Dr Jacqui Wilkinson, Visiting Fellow in Anglican Education Studies

Professor Andy Wright, Visiting Professor in Religious and Theological Education

Dr Elina Wright, Visiting Senior Fellow in Religious Education

Professor Yaacov Yablon, Visiting Senior Fellow in Judaism and Education

Associate Professor Celeste Yuen, Visiting Reader in Intercultural Education

Catriona Card, researching disciplinary approaches to religious education in the early years

Devora Shabtai Greer, researching connections between psychological type and religious expressions among your female Orthodox Jews

Yola Middleton, researching self-belief, motivation and mindset of maths learners with dyslexia

Ian Poulton, researching young adolescents’ ordinary theology and its implications for schooling

Gill Simpson, researching an authoethnographic approach to religious education and learning in higher education

Emily Shortland, researching group work in religious education teacher training

Adam Stevenson, researching what is distinctive about Methodist worship from conceptual and empirical perspectives

Alison Stowe, researching children’s responses to primary collective worship

Sarvat Ujra Mulla, researching teachers and teacher development in religious Saturday schools

Rev Jason Wright, researching the hermeneutics of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Revd Professor Jeff Astley, Professor of Religious and Spiritual Experience

Olivia Bolton, Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Dr Jack Cunningham, Associate Professor of Ecclesiastical History

Emma Eccles, Research Associate in Religions and Education

Dr Adam Foxton, Senior Lecturer leading on Theology and Religious Studies 

Revd Canon Professor Leslie J Francis, Professor of Religions, Psychology and Education

Revd Dr Peter Green, Dean of Chapel

Professor Andrew Jackson, Professor of Local, Regional and Landscape History

Dr Ursula McKenna, Senior Research Fellow in Implicit Religion

Mark Plater, Senior Lecturer, Religion and Education

James Relf, Programme Leader, Counselling

Revd Dr Tania ap Siôn, Reader of Religions, Humanities and Education

Professor Julian Stern, Professor of Education and Religion

Lat Blaylock

The Revd Dr Christine Brewster

Subash Chelliah

Liam Gearon

Felicity Henchley

Dr Dr Huw Humphreys

Dr Qasim Jan

Jeremy Martineau

Rebekah Okpoti

The Revd Dr V John Payne

Yehuda Pearlman

Sharon Roberts

Thomas Watts (Tom Watts)

Isobel Webster