Martyn Percy

Martyn Percy (born 31 July 1962) is Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon and the Oxford Ministry Course.^[1] He is also Honorary Professor of Theological Education at King’s College London, and Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London. He is an Honorary Canon of Salisbury Cathedral and Canon Theologian of Sheffield Cathedral. After a career in publishing, he trained for ordination at Durham. He served as curate at St. Andrew’s, Bedford, and was then appointed Chaplain and Director of Studies, Christ’s College, Cambridge. He has also served as Adjunct Professor at Hartford Seminary, Connecticut.

He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, the University of Bristol (BA), the University of Durham (Cert. Counselling), King's College London (PhD) and at the University of Sheffield (MEd).

In 1997 he was appointed as the Founding Director of the Lincoln Theological Institute. He has served as a Director and Council member of the Advertising Standards Authority (1999–2006), and as an Advisor on the ‘Faith Zone’ for the New Millennium Experience Company and the Millennium Dome in London. He is currently a member of the Independent Complaints Panel for the Portman Group, the self-regulating body for the alcoholic drinks industry, and a Commissioner for the Direct Marketing Authority. From 2006-2008 he was a member of the Theology and Religious Studies Panel for the HEFCE Research Assessment Exercise. He is also the Chair of Cuddesdon and Denton Parish Council.

His publications include Clergy: The Origin of Species (2006) and Engaging Contemporary Culture: Christianity and the Concrete Church (2005). His academic writing and research has mostly focussed on the study of Christianity in contemporary culture, with interests spanning Anglicanism, theological education and modern ecclesiology (including work on fundamentalism and revivalism). He is a regular contributor to the Guardian, BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service.

Martyn has the curious distinction of being the only living theologian mentioned and quoted in Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code (chapter 55). His interests include cinema, reading and listening to jazz.

Other Miscellaneous. Appointments

• Freedom of the City of London, 1989
• Panel member, St. Francis Children’s Society (adoption), 1994-1997.
• Patron, St. Francis Children’s Society, 1997–present.
• Faith and Order Advisory Group, 1998-2006.
• Chair, Cliff College Council, 2002-2006.
• Diocesan Synod, St. Albans, 1993-1994.
• Editor, Modern Believing, 1999-2004.
• Trustee, William Temple Foundation, 2002–present.
• Diocesan Synod, Sheffield 1997-2004.
• Founder/Co-Chair, Society for the Study of Anglicanism, 2002–present
• Hon. Fellow, OCCC, Regents Park College Oxford, 2006.
• Hon Fellow, Sarum College, 2007.

Publications

Authored Books:

• 1996 Words, Wonders and Power: Understanding Contemporary Christian Fundamentalism
• 1998 Power and the Church: Ecclesiology in an Age of Transition
• 1999 Richard Hooker: An Introduction
• 2002 Salt of the Earth: Religious Resilience in a Secular Age
• 2005 Engaging Contemporary Culture: Christianity, Theology and the Concrete Church
• 2006 Clergy: The Origin of Species
• 2010 Shaping the Church: The Promise of Implicit Theology

Edited Books:

• 1997 Intimate Affairs: Spirituality and Sexuality in Perspective
• 2000 Previous Convictions: Studies in Religious Conversion
• 2000 Managing the Church? Order and Organisation in a Secular Age, (with G. R. Evans)
• 2000 Calling Time: Religion, Society and Change at the Turn of the Millennium
• 2001 Restoring the Image: Essays in Honour of David Martin (with A. Walker)
• 2001 Darkness Yielding, (with Rowan Williams et al.; 3rd edition 2009)
• 2002 Fundamentalism, Church and Society (with I. Jones).
• 2004 The Character of Wisdom: Essays in Honour of Wesley Carr (with S. Lowe)
• 2005 Why Liberal Churches are Growing (with I. Markham)
• 2007 Evaluating Fresh Expressions (ed. with L. Nelstrop)
• 2010 Christ and Culture (ed. with I. Markham, M. Chapman and B. Hawkins).
• 2011 The Oxford University Press Handbook of Anglican Studies (with M. Chapman, S. Clarke and I. Douglas).

Family

He is married and is the father of two sons.

References

1. ^ "Percy’s rocky road to enlightenment". Times Online Web Site (London). 11 January 2005. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article410635.ece. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 

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Name	Percy, Martyn
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Date of birth	31 July 1962
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