Steven is Professor of Continental Philosophy of Religion at Liverpool Hope University in the UK.

His academic work has included four monographs (two on Kierkegaard, one each on Derrida and the theology of Radical Orthodoxy), four edited volumes and a co-authored book of popular theology, as well as numerous essays and articles. His work ranges from abstract ideas of the unconditioned to the excess and extremes of black metal; from animality to reflecting on his experiences as branch secretary of his local trade union.

Steven has also become known as a writer of liturgy and prayer, through works such as Prayers for an Inclusive Church (2009) and The Earth Cries Glory: Daily Prayer with Creation (2019). His collection of 'prayer poems' for the Christian year, Come Holy Gift, has recently been published by Canterbury Press.

Alongside his ongoing research on philosophies of creation and nature, and on the theology of Mary, he is taking an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is working on a novel of witchcraft and nature, entitled The Nettle Jar.

As an Anglican priest, he regularly preaches and presides in the Team Parish of St Luke in the City in Liverpool, and in Liverpool Hope’s chapel. He is a member of the Sodality of Mary, a dispersed community of priests in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.