Jane Leach
Jane Leach | |
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Principal of Wesley House | |
Assumed office September 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University of Oxford University of Nottingham |
Profession | Minister and theologian |
Jane Leach is a British Methodist minister and academic, who specialises in pastoral theology. Since September 2011, she has served as Principal of Wesley House, a Methodist theological college in Cambridge.[1] She was also President of the Cambridge Theological Federation from 2015 to 2016.[2]
Early life and education[]
Leach grew up in the village of River, on the outskirts of Dover, and attended the Dover Grammar School for Girls. Leach has degrees in history and theology.[2] She read history at the University of Oxford. She then trained for ordained ministry at Wesley House, a Methodist theological college in Cambridge,[2] while reading theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. She undertook postgraduate research at Nottingham, completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1997.[3][4] Her doctoral thesis was titled "The appeal of faith development theory: a sociological perspective".[4]
Career[]
Ordained ministry[]
In 1998, Leach was ordained as a presbyter in the Methodist Church of Great Britain.[2] From 1996 to 2001, she was a circuit minister, with her early ministry spent in the Fenland Methodist Circuit.[1][2] Since joining Wesley House, she has been a minister of the Cambridge Methodist Circuit.[5]
Academic career[]
In 2001, Leach joined Wesley House, a Methodist theological college in Cambridge, as its Director of Pastoral Studies.[1] In September 2011, she was appointed Principal of Wesley House.[1] For 2015/2016 academic year, she served as President of the Cambridge Theological Federation.[2]
Leach lectures and researches in the area of practical theology and theological education at Wesley House and in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge.[1][2] She is also a Fellow Commoner of Jesus College, Cambridge, and an associate lecturer of the University of Cambridge.[3]
Selected works[]
- Leach, Jane (2007). Walking the Story: In the Steps of Saints and Pilgrims. Werrington: Inspire. ISBN 978-1905958078.
- Leach, Jane; Paterson, Michael (2010). Pastoral Supervision: a Handbook (1st ed.). London: SCM Press. ISBN 978-0334043256.
- Leach, Jane; Paterson, Michael (2015). Pastoral Supervision: a Handbook (2nd ed.). London: SCM Press. ISBN 978-0334053446.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Dr Jane Leach". Faculty of Divinity. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jane Leach". Wesley House. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Fellows & Research Associates - L". Jesus College. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ a b "The appeal of faith development theory: a sociological perspective". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. 1997. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Ministers". Cambridge Methodist Circuit. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- Living people
- British Methodist ministers
- Academics of the University of Cambridge
- British theologians
- Methodist theologians
- Staff of Wesley House
- Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Alumni of the University of Nottingham
- Practical theologians
- Alumni of Wesley House