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 Theology, Birmingham 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)