Faculty Member, Department of Education & Professional Studies
Reader in Theology & Politics
About
About me
Luke Bretherton is Reader in Theology & Politics and Convenor of the Faith & Public Policy Forum at King's College London. Born and bred in west London where he still lives with his family he has worked with a variety of faith based NGOs, mission organisations and churches both in the UK and internationally. His first book 'Hospitality as Holiness: Christian Witness Amid Moral Diversity' explores the churches response to moral pluralism. In both academic articles and journalism (including pieces in The Times, The Guardian, The Huffington Post and ABC Religion & Ethics) he examines topics related to church-state relations and the relationship between Christianity, citizenship, democracy, social welfare provision and inter-faith relations. He has co-edited a book of essays on the emerging church entitled 'Remembering Our Future: Explorations in Deep Church' (Paternoster, 2007). His recent work in the area of theology and politics has focused on faith-based organizations, community organizing, refugees and fair trade and is drawn together in 'Christianity & Contemporary Politics: The Conditions and Possibilities of Faithful Witness' (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). He is actively involved in politics as part of Citizens UK, has undertaken advisory roles for government on the relationship between community organizing and strengthening civil society, and contributes to the development of 'Blue Labour' as a political vision. From 2012 onwards he will be taking up a position at Duke Divinity School, Duke University.
Research
Primary areas of research are Christian political thought and theological ethics using an inter-disciplinary methodology that draws on theology, political theory and the social sciences.
