About

I am currently Reader in Social Sciences at Edge Hill University. I gained my PhD from the University of Birmingham in 2016 and my Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education from Edge Hill University in 2019. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I am an external member of Sheffield Institute of Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies and on the editorial board of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies.

 

Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education. Edge Hill University, 2019. Distinction.

PhD Theology and Religions. Supervisor: Dr Deryn Guest; Examiners: Prof. Andrew Yip (external) and Prof Ben Pink Dandelion (internal); Awarded with no corrections. University of Birmingham, July 2016.


M.A Theology. Liverpool Hope University, 2011


PGCE Modern Foreign Languages. Edge Hill University, 2003


B.A. (HONS) Modern Languages. The University of Liverpool, 2002.


 

Blog Posts

    Publications

     

    Books (authored)


    Greenough, C. (2018) Undoing Theology: Life Stories from Non-normative Christians. London: SCM Press.


     

    Greenough, C. (2019) Queer Theologies: The Basics. London: Routledge.


     

    Chapters in books


    Greenough, C. and Edward, M. (2018) ‘Queer Literacy: Visibility, Representation, and LGBT+ Research Ethics in Iphofen, R. (Ed.) Handbook of Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity (Springer, online first). pp 1-12


     

    Greenough, C. (accepted, in press – 2020) ‘Ambiguities, Authenticity and Actualisation: Life Story Research with a Bisexual Christian’ in Toft, A. and Yip, A. (Eds.) Bisexuality, Spirituality and Identity. London: Routledge.


     

    Greenough, C. and Kane, N. (accepted, in press) ‘“Blessed is the Fruit”: Drag Performance, Birthing and Religious Identity’ in Edward, M and Farrier, S. (Eds.) Contemporary Drag Practices and Performers. London: Bloomsbury.


     

    Refereed Journal Articles


    Greenough, C. (accepted, in press – Spring 2020) ‘Activism in Queer Biblical Studies: Methods, Classroom and Community’. Journal of Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies.


     

    Greenough, C. (accepted, in press – January 2020) ‘Theological Talk in a Salsa Bar on Wigan Pier’. Feminist Theology.


     

    Greenough, C. (2019) ‘“Queer Eye” in Theology and Biblical Studies: “Do you have to be queer to do this?”’ Journal of Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, 1(1), pp.26—41.


     

    Greenough, C. (2018) Visual Intimacies: Faith, Sexuality, Photography’. Sexuality & Culture, 22(4), 1516-1526


     

    Greenough, C. (2017) ‘Queering Fieldwork in Religion: Exploring Life Stories with Non-Normative Christians Online’. Fieldwork in Religion, 12(1), pp.8—26.


     

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