My Scholarship

research areas: religious language, disciplinary and institutional discourse

(Jan, 2021) An Introduction to Religious Language. Bloomsbury.
(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). Is Critical Race Theory a Religion? Responding to Carl Trueman. Jesus Creed – a blog by Scot McKnight, Christianity Today.
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.
(2017) Serving the status quo. The Aquila Report.
(2017) Portrait of a deviant woman. The Aquila Report.
(2017) Beyond symbolic gestures: The PCA and underprivileged women. The Aquila Report.
(2017) Loving our vulnerable neighbour: When church courts fail. The Aquila Report.
with Miller, R. (2015). The subordinate place of supreme honor: An analysis of Doug Wilson’s wedding sermons. Patheos.
(2015). An overview and assessment of the OPC General Assembly in the appeal of John Carrick. The Aquila Report.
(2015). A call to attend the OPC General Assembly. The Aquila Report.
(2015). Women on trial. The Aquila Report.