Daniel Pratt Morris-Chapman
Senior Tutor

 

Daniel is a presbyter of the Methodist Church in Britain and has served in appointments both within the UK and overseas as a mission partner. He has been a lecturer in Cameroon (teaching African Philosophy, New Testament and Hermeneutics) where he was responsible for the administration of the candidates process for Presbyteral ministry. He also has experience working in bilingual intercultural churches in Italy where he served as a member of the Liturgy and Worship Commission for the Federation of Protestant Churches there. He is passionate about enabling theological education in contexts where the opportunities and infrastructure for higher education are limited and has worked extensively with the Methodist Church in Uganda in developing training materials for lay and ordained ministry.

 

Web presence

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8954-5186

 

Research interests

His doctoral research was on the philosophical legacy of John Henry Newman (University of Bristol). Having served as a Methodist Mission Partner in several contexts, he is particularly interested in the social, political and economic dimensions of theology in Africa and has published a monograph on political theology in Cameroon. He has also published in the area of Anglican/Methodist studies, the philosophical legacy of John Henry Newman and the epistemology of theology and mission.

 

Supervisory Experience

He has supervised a number of doctoral students in a variety of different countries including Cameroon, South Africa, Ghana, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

 

Qualifications

  • BA Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield 2002-5
  • MA Theology and Ministry, University of Bristol 2005-2007
  • PhD University of Bristol, 2007-2015. “Scepticism Truth and Religious Belief in the Thought of John Henry Newman: A Contribution to Contemporary Debate?”

 

Publications

Monographs

  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2021. Newman in the Story of Philosophy: The Philosophical Legacy of John Henry Newman, Eugene, OR.: Pickwick.
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2022, An Ambazonian Liberation Theology: A Theological Political Response to the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon, Sun Life Media, Stellenbosch.

 

Chapters in Books

  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2021. Pick Up Your Cash and Follow Me: Pentecostalism, Prosperity and Socioeconomic Empowerment in Southwest Cameroon, in J Bostic, I Mothoagae, T Tucker-Worgs (eds.), Black Religious Landscaping in Africa and the United States, Peter Lang, New York 2021.
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2024.Methodists and Synodality: Historical Developments, in Listening to the West: Synodality in Western Church Traditions, Libreria Editrice Vatican City, 2024.

 

Articles

  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2015. Ecclesia Ghana: Realising Afro-Catholicism in Ghana, Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 41 (No.1): 86-104
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2016. Newman and the Problem of the Criterion Revisited, Newman Studies Journal 13 (No.1): 55-67
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2017. The Philosophical Legacy of John Henry Newman: A Neglected Chapter in Newman Research, New Blackfriars 98 (No.1078): 722-750
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2018. Is the ‘Wesleyan Quadrilateral’ an accurate portrayal of Wesley’s theological method?, Theology and Ministry 5 (No.1): 1-17
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J. 2018. Canon, Criterion and Circularity: An Analysis of the Epistemology of Canonical Theism, HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 74 (No 1): 1-9
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J. 2019. High And Low? The Heritage Of Anglican Latitudinarianism In The Thought Of John Wesley, Journal of Religious History, Literature and Culture 5 (No 1): 83-99
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2019. John Wesley and Methodist Responses to Slavery, Holiness , 5 (No.1), 37-58
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J. 2019. Towards an Ambazonian Theology, HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 75 (No 4): 1-11
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J. 2020. “H Newman” and Ludwig Wittgenstein: Re-evaluating Newman’s Philosophical Reception, New Blackfriars 101 (1096):716-725
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J. 2021. The Meaning of Liberalism in the thought of John Henry Newman, Journal of Religious History, Literature and Culture 7 (no.1):69-87
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2021. Aldersgate Today? The Validity of Religious Experience in a Postmodern Age, Theology and Ministry 7 (no.1): 17-30
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2021. More Authority than the Pope? Conference, the Deed of Union and Methodist Theology, Stellenbosch Theological Journal 7 (no.1): 1-21
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2022. Indirect Rule? Marriage, Polygamy and the Endurance of British Methodist Theology in a Post-Colonial World, Stellenbosch Theological Journal 8 (no.1):1-21
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J. 2022. Beyond the quadrilateral: The place of nature in John Wesley’s epistemology of theology, HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 78 (No 2):1-8
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2023. Crossing the Threshold of Eternity, The Legacy of William James Abraham, Holiness, 8 (No.1), 2-15
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2023. Uncovering the anti-Dogmatic Principle of Liberalism, Newman Studies Journal 20 (No.1): 5-23
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2023. Newman’s Grammar of Assent and the Rise of Neo-Thomism, Newman Studies Journal 20 (No. 2): 26-43
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J. 2023. Newman, Wesley and the Logic of Unity, HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 79 (No 2):1-8

 

 Forthcoming articles accepted for publication in peer-reviewed or refereed journals

  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2024. The Logic of Mission: Rethinking the Epistemology of Christian Missiology, Journal of Analytic Theology
  • Pratt Morris-Chapman D J 2024. The Logic of Religion? A critique of Hans Küng’s philosophy of the dialogue of religions, Journal of Interreligious Studies