Biography

I joined the department in 2018 as Christ’s College Fellow in Practical Theology, and was translated to the post of Lecturer in 2021. My first research monograph, The Sunday Assembly and Theologies of Suffering, was published by Routledge in 2020. With Karen O'Donnell, I edited Feminist Trauma Theologies: Body, Scripture and Church in Critical Perspective (SCM Press, 2020). A second edited collection on trauma and intersectionality is under contract with SCM Press for publication in 2022.

My current research interests include secularism, unbelief, and the phenomenon of unchurched Christians. I am also interested in theologies of disaster, trauma and suffering, as well as the use of qualitative research methods in theology.

Research Overview

• Trauma theology
• Theology and disaster/religious responses to tragic events
• Theodicy and the problem of evil
• Secularity, atheism and unbelief
• Church leavers and "unchurched" Christians
• Qualitative research/qualitative methodologies 

Knowledge Exchange

Recent public engagement

Church Times, "Our polite evasion is a threat to survival" (August 2021) A short opinon piece on priviledge, materialism, and climate anxiety in churches.

smallVoice Podcast, “A Thousand Words" (June 2021) A discussion about my work in trauma, centred on theologies of Holy Saturday.

Politics in the Pulpit, “Episode 14 with Katie Cross” (June 2021) A discussion for the Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) podcast, on the need for politics in theology. Topics of protest, hostile environment, and trauma theology are also covered.

The Shiloh Project, “Traumatised People Are Not Your Mission Field” (April 2021) A short blog for The Shiloh Project on the uneasy relationship between trauma and church mission.

The Antill Podcast, “Recovery Part Two- Lisbon Earthquake” (June 2020) A guest segment on the role of religion in the aftermath of the Lisbon Earthquake.