Mark J. Cartledge
Principal, Professor of practical theology

BA Hons (London School of Theology) MPhil (Oak Hill Theological College) PhD (University of Wales) FRSA

Professor Cartledge is a Church of England minister with extensive experience in ministry over many years. He has taught in seminaries in Nigeria and the USA, as well as St John’s College, Durham. He has also worked in departments of Theology and Religion at the Universities of Wales (Lampeter, now called Trinity Saint David) and Birmingham. He is a practical theologian who has specialised in the study of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. His most recent book is entitled: The Holy Spirit and Public Life: Empowering Ecclesial Praxis (Minneapolis, MN: Lexington Books / Fortress Academic, 2022).

Recent and Forthcoming Publications 2024-2025 

‘The Holy Spirit and the Digital Church: A Discussion of Calvin, Pentecost and Hybrid Ecclesial Practices’, in A.T.B McGowan and John McClean (ed.), The Holy Spirit and the Church: Papers from the Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference 2023 (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2025).  

‘Digital Pentecostal Sacramentality: A Theological Reflection on Benny Hinn’s “Zoompartation”’, Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 34.1 (2025), pp. 96-114. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455251-bja10062 

‘Pentecostal Theological and Higher Education: From Tensions to Opportunities’, Pneuma: the Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, special education issue, 46.3-4 (2024), pp. 345-366. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700747-bja10119. 

Editor (with Simo Frestadius), Pentecostal Public Theology: Engaged Christianity and Transformed Society in Europe, CHARIS: Christianity and Renewal – Interdisciplinary Studies series (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024), including my own chapter: ‘Pentecostal Beliefs and Values: Exploring “Middle Axioms” as Public Theology’, pp. 181-196. 

‘Religion and the Canadian Census Data: Some Reflections from across the Pond’, Journal of Post Christendom Studies, 8 (2023-2024), pp. 85-92. 

https://pcs.mcmasterdivinity.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/8.PCS_.85-92.Cartledge.pdf 

‘Pentecostalism and the Eucharist in a Digital Age: A Theological Reflection on Bill Johnson’s Praxis’, Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity, 44.2 (2024), pp. 93-109. https://doi:10.1080/27691616.2024.2329548 

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