My Scholarship

research areas: religious language, disciplinary and institutional discourse

(May, 2023) No Love in War: A story of Christian nationalism. Mayfly Books.
(Jan, 2021) An Introduction to Religious Language. Bloomsbury.
(Access all the book’s images here)
(2020). Rape Culture in Sermons on Divorce. In Paynter, H & Spalione, M (Eds.), The Bible on Violence: A Thick Description (pp. 309-328). Sheffield Phoenix Press.
(2019) The Discourse of Divorce in Conservative Christian Sermons. Critical Discourse Studies. View this article in WRRO
(2018) Disability, the ‘Good Family’ and Discrimination in the Dismissal of a Presbyterian Seminary Professor. Journal of Language and Discrimination, 2(2), 133-161. View this article in WRRO
(2018) Rape Culture in Sermons on Divorce. In Blyth C, Colgan E & Edwards K (Ed.), Rape Culture, Gender Violence and Religion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 87-110). Palgrave Macmillan
(2015) Characterizations of Feminism in Reformed Christian Online Media. Journal of Media and Religion, 14(4), 211-229.
(2015) Looking Again at Clarity in Philosophy: Writing as a Shaper and Sharpener of Thought. Philosophy, 90(1), 135-142. View this article in WRRO
(2014) Accounting for the great divide: Features of clarity in analytic philosophy journal articles. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 15, 27-36. View this article in WRRO
(2007) Faking it or hating it: Can reflective practice be forced?. Reflective Practice, 3(8), 405-417.

(2021). How Christianese is like corporate jargon. The Biblical Mind: A Center for Hebraic Thought podcast with Dr. Dru Johnson. 4 May.
(2021). Us vs. Them: Complementarianism and culture wars in UK churches. Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence.
(2021). Is Critical Race Theory a Religion? Responding to Carl Trueman. Jesus Creed – a blog by Scot McKnight, Christianity Today.
(2021) Guns and God: A Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence podcast with Rev. Dr. Helen Paynter and Dr. Matthew Feldman. 14 January.
with Paynter, Helen (2021). QAnon, Christian apocalypticism and the threat to US Democracy. Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence.
(2020). Clean Lips: The Complexity, Power and Potential of Religious Language. Fathom Mag (8 October).
(2020). Divorce Sermons that Enable Abuse. The Life-Saving Divorce.
(2020). Women’s holy burden and patriarchy. Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence.
with Miller, R. (2015). The subordinate place of supreme honor: An analysis of Doug Wilson’s wedding sermons. Patheos.

(2022, 24 June) Transcription and Analysis of a PCA Sunday School Lesson (Access here).
(2017, Sept 21) Portrait of a deviant woman: Vulnerable members of the church are frequently portrayed as abnormal and even deserving of suffering. Part 1 in a Series on a Case in PCA Georgia Foothills Presbytery* (Access here)
(2017, Sept 24) Beyond symbolic gestures: The PCA and underprivileged women. Part 2 in a Series on a Case in PCA Georgia Foothills Presbytery.* (Access here)
(2017, Oct 1) Serving the status quo: Ministering to the vulnerable in the church with care and love. Part 3 in a Series on a Case in PCA Georgia Foothills Presbytery.* (Access here)
(2017) Loving our vulnerable neighbour: When church courts fail.* (Access here)
(2015). An overview and assessment of the OPC General Assembly in the appeal of John Carrick.* (Access here)
(2015). Women on Trial: One Observer’s View.* (Access here)

*Originally published on TAR, a site I no longer publish with on principle.