About me

I am a writer and academic philosopher, based in Liverpool UK. I am also an Anglican priest.

As a writer, I am currently focused on developing my work in speculative fiction, both in novel and short story formats. I completed an MFA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, finishing with a distinction. I also won the Michael Schmidt prize for the best full novel manuscript submitted in my year.

In my academic life, I am Professor of Continental Philosophy of Religion at Liverpool Hope University, where I have worked for over two decades.

I research and teach mainly in the European, continental tradition, with interests in philosophy of religion, personhood, music and nature.

As a priest, I serve as Assistant Priest at Our Lady and St Nicholas, otherwise known as Liverpool Parish Church (or ‘St Nick’s’). I am a member of the Sodality of Mary, a dispersed community of priests open to women and men in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.

I have written books of prayer and liturgy, aimed at refreshing the way we pray and making it more inclusive. I have also published a book of religious poetry, and had poems published in a number of other journals.

As an important aspect of my own spiritual journey and commitment to ecological wholeness, I am a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Although many members follow a pagan path, the order is open to people of all faiths, and offers courses to deepen engagement with the nature spirituality of contemporary Druidry.