Supporting religion journalists with a network of reputable contacts
We can put you in touch with a range of commentators including academics, faith leaders and specialists who can give advice and help explain stories about religion and belief. The people in the database below have given their permission to be listed here and contacted by journalists. To find a commentator for your story, you can search by name or keyword, or by selecting an “Area of Expertise” via the dropdown box.
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Ruth Gledhill
Assistant Editor, The Tablet, international Catholic news weekly. Formerly religious affairs correpsondent at The Times from 1989-2014.
Kerry Weber
Kerry Weber is an executive editor for America, a multi media organisation with the Jesuit tradition at its heart. She has won several awards from the...
Catherine Pepinster
Freelance journalist and commentator on religion. Former editor of The Tablet and specialist in the Catholic church. Contributor to multiple titles including The Telegraph, The...
Prof Anna Rowlands
Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice, Durham University, UK. Worked closely with the team managing the global Synod process established by Pope Francis. Expertise: Catholic...
Christopher White
Role: Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter. Expertise: The Vatican, papacy and the U.S. Catholic Church
Prof Tina Beattie
Professor Emerita of Catholic Studies, University of Roehampton, London. Expertise: Independent researcher, writer and media consultant with an interest in Catholicism and contemporary culture. Broadcasts on...
Rev Dr Taras Khomych
Senior Lecturer in Theology at Liverpool Hope University. Priest, trustee and acting ecumenical officer at the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London....
Sr Dr Gemma Simmonds CJ
Director of the Religious Life Institute, Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge. Past president of the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain. Regularly interviewed for...
Michael Walsh
Expertise in Catholic history. For 30 years, curated The Oxford Dictionary of Popes. Author of many books including The Conclave: A Secret and Sometimes Occasionally...
Martin Pendergast
Secretary LGBT+ Catholics Westminster Pastoral Council. Expertise: sexual ethics, gender identity, ecumenical theology, member of Diocese of Westminster’s Justice and Peace Commisison, closely involved with...
Simon Calvert
Deputy Director, The Christian Institute, one of the largest organisations representing evangelicals, with more than 60,000 supporters throughout the UK, including over 5,000 churches. Comments...
Bishop Mike Royal
General Secretary, Churches Together in England. Expertise: Church unity in England, ecumenical working together of churches, church based social action, church based social justice, Pentecostal...
Prof Jolyon Mitchell
Principal of St John’s College, Durham University and Professor in Theology and Religion Department. Expertise: Religion, Violence and peacebuilding, religious violence, religious peacebuilding. The role of...
Michael J. Altman
Professor of Religious Studies, University of Alabama. Religion and politics in the USA, Religious elements in the Jan 6th 2022 Capitol Hill insurrection, media studies,...
Krish Kandiah
Baptist church leader, Chair of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board in England. Founder of The Sanctuary Foundation, a charity supporting refugees to find welcome,...
Prof Kathleen Richardson
Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University. Representational technologies of people, ethics of human...
Prof Helen King
Lay preacher, Oxford Diocese; elected lay member of CofE General Synod, 2021-2026; blogger on “Sharedconversations”. Part of group of 40 people who put together the...
Justin Humphreys
Chief Executive “Thirtyone:eight”, an organisation that offers safeugarding advice and support to organisations including churches and other faith groups. Over 30 years experience in working...
