Staff
Jane Leach
Jane’s doctoral research was on faith development theory. She researches, supervises and publishes in the fields of practical theology and theological education with a particular interest in the dialogue between theology and the social sciences. Her current doctoral students are exploring: good practice in the supervision of spiritual direction; the cross-cultural struggles of international students; the role of the creative arts in healthy patterns of ministry; urban pioneer ministry & liberal evangelism. Read more

Daniel Pratt Morris-Chapman
Daniel’s doctoral research explored John Henry Newman’s philosophical legacy in the work of the Methodist Theologian William J Abraham. Currently he is researching, teaching and publishing in the area of African Studies, Wesleyan Theology and Anglicanism. Daniel’s research interests include: the philosophical reception of John Henry Newman, John Wesley’s Anglican heritage, the Logic of William J Abraham’s Canonical Theism, the reception of Anglo-Catholicism in Africa, African Philosophy and the rise of Neo-Pentecostalism in Africa. Read more

Completed Theses from Wesley House PhD and DProf students 

The Revd Dr Julian Pursehouse – 2024
A Wesleyan theology of happiness

Dr Craig Wilson – 2024
Alexander Campbell’s covenantal baptism and its Presbyterian debaters on the American frontier(s) in reformed focus

Dr Dan Haylett – 2023
“Emptied himself of all but love”? Exploring kenosis within the Wesleyan theological tradition

The Revd Dr Charles Lungu – 2022
In Search of Zambian Traditional Insights for Interreligious Dialogue Between Christians and Muslims

Dr Simon Edwards – 2022
Emerging church or re-emerging church: Fresh Expressions of Church in The Methodist Church in Great Britain

Bishop Dr Alice Muthoni Mwila – 2021
Changing religious affiliations: the impact of pentecostal spirituality on the methodist church in Nyambene Synod, Kenya

The Revd Dr Hannah Bucke – 2021
This is our body: Pioneer ministry in the Methodist Church