Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse

Selina Stone, pentecostals and the politics of the body

Episode Summary

Selina Stone is a political theologian with a doctorate in Pentecostalism and the Politics of Embodiment. She has a background in community organising and is the a Tutor and Lecturer in Theology at St Mellitus College.

Episode Notes

Dr Selina Stone is Tutor and Lecturer in Theology at St Mellitus College in London. Her doctorate was on ‘Holy Spirit, Holy Bodies?: Pentecostalism, Pneumatology and the Politics of Embodiment’. Dr Stone’s research and teaching focus on the themes of politics, power and social justice, which she began exploring as a practitioner while working as a community organiser and programme director at the Centre for Theology and Community from 2013-2017. She is a sought-after speaker and consultant, and from 2021-22 is leading a research project on the wellbeing of UK Minority Ethnic clergy in the Church of England, funded by the Clergy Support Trust.

More about Selina HERE.

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