Fellow
Peter Ward
Professor Peter Ward’s academic research has its origins in the practice of mission and ministry in the Christian Church. For more than 15 years, he worked as a Christian youth worker and then 5 years working as the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Adviser for Youth Ministry. His doctoral research developed these concerns by examining the phenomenon of contemporary worship. He currently teaches Religion Media and Popular Culture, which is a strand in the Research Project and Colloquium second year undergraduate module. He also teaches a Masters Module in Ecclesiology and Ethnography.
In 1996, Peter joined King’s College London, where he established the DThM and the Masters Programmes in Theology and Ministry. In 2012, he became Professor of Theology and Ministry at King’s. He is currently Chair of the Ecclesiology and Ethnography Network and he was editor of the Journal Ecclesial Practices published by Brill. The Ecclesiology and Ethnography Network hold their annual conference in Durham at St John’s College. There is a book series linked to the network and he edited the first volume, which was published as Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ethnography. He is also Programme Director for the DThM in Durham, which is co-taught with Cranmer Hall.
