James Woodward

BD AKC STh MPhil PhD

Employment

2015 – Present

Principal of Sarum College

2017 – Present

Visiting Professor of Theology
University of Winchester

2009 – 2015

Canon of Windsor

1998 – 2009

Master of the Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson, Temple Balsall, Birmingham

2000 – 2009

Director of the Leveson Centre for the Study of Ageing, Spirituality and Social Policy

1996 – 1998

Priest-in-Charge of Middleton and Wishaw, Birmingham

1996 – 2001

Bishop’s Adviser for Health and Social Care

1992 – 1996

Chaplaincy Manager
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust

1990 – 1996

Head of Chaplaincy Department
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham 

1987 – 1990

Chaplain to Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford

1985 – 1987

Assistant Curate
Consett Parish Church, Diocese of Durham

1986
1985

Priest, Durham Cathedral
Ordained Deacon, Durham Cathedral

Other Leadership Responsibilities

Governance in Charity & Education Sector

Chair Salisbury Cathedral School Governing Body (2016 – Present); Trustee of St Martin’s Trust Birmingham (2013 – Present); Trustee of Henry Smith Charities (2012 – Present); Chair Windsor Homelessness Project (2011 – 2015)

Practical Theologian

Theological Consultant, Mount Street Jesuit Centre, Farm Street London (2008 – Present); Associate Research Fellow, Warwick University Business School (2002 – 2008); External Examiner in Pastoral Theology, Leeds University (2003-2006); Editor: Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy (1991-1996); Honorary Research Fellow in Practical Theology, Cardiff University (1999 – 2003); Honorary Lecturer, Department of Theology and Religion, Birmingham University (1993-2005, 2010-2013); Associate Lecturer, Open University Department of Health and Social Welfare (1992 – 2001)

Public Theologian

Non-Executive Director, Solihull Primary Health Care Trust (2003 – 2006); Lay Member of The Royal College of Anaesthetists (2000 – 2003); Member of the Falconer Commission on Assisted Dying (2011-2012)

Education

1999

PhD: Practical Theology/Sociology, The Open University
‘A Study of the role of the Acute Health Care Chaplain 1945-1990’
Supervised by Prof Stephen Pattison and Prof David Cox

1991

MPhil: Practical TheologyBirmingham University
‘Representation and Practice in the Pastoral Care of People Living with HIV/AIDS’

1987

Certificate in Counselling: Durham University

1985

Certificate in Theology for Ministry: Westcott House, Cambridge

1984

Lambeth STh
‘The Pastoral Care of the Long-term Dependent Patient’

1982

BD, AKC: Kings College, London University

Publications

Developing a Relational Model of Care for Older People: Creating Environments for Shared Living (with Jenny Kartupelis)
2018, Jessica Kingsley, London & Philadelphia

Journeying with John (with Paula Gooder and Mark Pryce)
2014, SPCK and 2016, WJK Press USA

Journeying with Matthew (with Paula Gooder and Mark Pryce)
2013, SPCK and 2016, WJK Press USA

Journeying with Luke (with Paula Gooder and Mark Pryce)
2012, SPCK and 2015, WJK Press USA

Journeying with Mark (with Paula Gooder and Mark Pryce)
2011, SPCK and 2017, WJK Press USA

Between Remembering and Forgetting: The Spiritual Dimensions of Dementia (Edited)
2010, Continuum

Praying the Lectionary: Prayers and Reflections for Every Week’s Readings
2006, SPCK

Services for Weekdays: Readings, Reflections and Prayers
2006, SPCK

Befriending Death
2005, SPCK

The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology (with Stephen Pattison)
1999, Blackwell (Five Editions)

Finding God in Illness
1997, Lion

Encountering Illness: Voices in Pastoral and Theological Perspective
1995, SCM

Embracing the Chaos: Theological Reflections on AIDS
1990, SPCK (Four Editions)