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Madeleine Pennington

Madeleine is Head of Research at Theos. She holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Oxford, and previously worked as a research scholar at a retreat and education centre in Philadelphia. She is the author of ‘The Christian Quaker: George Keith and the Keithian Controversy’ (Brill: 2019), ‘Quakers, Christ and the Enlightenment’ (OUP, 2021), and various Theos reports.

Poetry not policy: why we need a new language for social cohesion post–Brexit

Poetry not policy: why we need a new language for social cohesion post–Brexit

Madeleine Ward makes a case for the sacred importance of social cohesion in post–Brexit Britain. 27/03/2019

Brexit, Britain, Communities, Democracy, Society

Brexit Laid Bare: Victoria Bateman and the Naked Prophetic Tradition

Brexit Laid Bare: Victoria Bateman and the Naked Prophetic Tradition

Victoria Bateman is not the first to use nudity as a form of protest. Madeleine Ward explores the history of naked dissent. 15/02/2019

Activism, Brexit, History, Protests

Spirituality for Consumers: Marie Kondo and the Search for Joy

Spirituality for Consumers: Marie Kondo and the Search for Joy

Madeleine Ward reflects on how we can find simplicity in spirituality rather than in the objects around us. 18/01/2019

Identity, Simplicity, Spirituality

Believing in Bolton: How churches are collaborating to keep a community together

Believing in Bolton: How churches are collaborating to keep a community together

Madeleine Ward reflects on a recent research trip to Bolton as part of our ongoing project on ‘The Church and Social Cohesion’. 17/12/2018

Britain, Church, Communities, Society

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