Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theological Education

4 weeks ago


Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

The Role

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theological Education.

The post-holder will be directly responsible to the Head of Department of Theology and Religion but will work closely with the Professor and Assistant Professor of Theology and Ministry as part of the Common Awards team.

Applications will be considered from candidates with a record of excellence in research and education in any area of theology relevant to the provision of theological education for the churches involved in the Common Awards partnership. We are, however, particularly interested in candidates who can help us address the following areas:

  • Questions of equality, diversity, and inclusion. How can the TEIs (and the churches) benefit from, and do better justice to, the experience of a wider range of people? How can they address barriers to full participation, in relation to race, class, gender, and disability?
  • Questions of pedagogy. What forms of learning do those training for ministry in today's churches most need? What difference is made by the variety of modes of training now available? What role can online learning best play in theological education?
  • Questions of social responsibility. How might theological education better equip the churches to respond to pressing social needs and complex social developments, whether this be in relation to climate change, poverty, migration, or other themes? How might theological education help enable the churches to handle well internal debates in areas such as gender and sexuality?

Successful applicants will, ideally, be in post by 1 October 2024.

£37,099 to £44,263 per annum



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