Rev Doug Gay
- Lecturer in Practical Theology (Theology and Religious Studies)
telephone: 01413302073
email: Doug.Gay@glasgow.ac.uk
Research interests
Research interests
His research interests lie in two main areas: ecclesiology and political theology.
Within ecclesiology he works on the relationships between the reformed tradition, emerging church and ecumenism; on the relations between ecclesiology and missiology (with a particular interest in Scotland) and also writes on contemporary perspectives on liturgy and preaching.
Within political theology, he is interested in the relationship between Reformed and Anabaptist perspectives on politics and is currently working on questions of theology and nationalism, with particular reference to Scotland.
Biography
Doug joined Theology and Religious Studies in October 2005 after PhD studies in New College, Edinburgh under Will Storrar and David Fergusson. He holds an MA degree in Modern History and International Politics from the University of St Andrews and a BD from the University of Glasgow. Doug is an ordained minister who trained for ministry in the Church of Scotland and worked as a Church of Scotland minister for two years, before spending six years working in Hackney, East London as a minister of the United Reformed Church. He has worked as a religious columnist for The Times and is also active as a hymnwriter and liturgist.
Supervision
Doug is interested in receiving proposals from PhD students wishing to study in the following areas:
- Ecclesiology
- Liturgy and worship
- Homiletics
- Political theology
- Church in Scotland
- Missiology
Teaching
Teaching Areas
- Practical Theology
- Church in Scotland
- Missiology
- Liturgy and Homiletics
- Political Theology
