Helen Cameron, PhD (London School of Economics), Research Fellow, Wesley House and Regent’s Park College, Oxford

Thesis Title: The Social Action of the Local Church: Five Congregations in an English City.  Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, 1998

Dr Helen Cameron is a Research Fellow at Wesley House involved in doctoral supervision and supervisor mentoring. She leads a Certificate programme in Enabling Skills for Ministry and Mission. She was formerly interim Director of Doctoral Pathways.

She is also a Research Fellow at Regent’s Park College, Oxford where she co-leads Project Violet, participatory research into women’s ministry in the Baptist community. 

She is a practical theologian known for her work on congregational studies, social justice and theological action research. She is secretary of the AVEC Resources Trust that promotes the work of Revd Dr George Lovell, a pioneer in Methodist approaches to church and community.

Selected Publications:

Morris, H. D. and H. Cameron, Eds. (2022). Evangelicals engaging with Practical Theology: Theology that Impacts Church and World. London, Routledge.

Cameron, H. (2022). Church Organisation. in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research. (eds) P. Ward and K. Tveitereid. Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell.

Cameron, H. (2021). Normativity in Practice: Governance in secular and faith-based non-profit organisations. in Reimaging Faith and Management. E. Pio and T. Pratt (eds). London, Routledge.

Cameron, H. (2016) Congregation and congregationalism. in Vocabulary for the Study of Religion. Robert Segal & Kocku von Stuckrad (eds). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers

Cameron, H. (2015) Just Mission: Practical Politics for Local Churches. London: SCM Press.

Cameron, H. and C. Duce (2013) Researching Practice in Ministry and Mission: A Companion. London: SCM Press

Cameron, H, J. Reader, V. Slater with C. Rowland (2012) Theological Reflection for Human Flourishing: Pastoral Practice and Public Theology. London, SCM Press.

Cameron, H, D. Bhatti, C, Duce, J. Sweeney and C. Watkins (2010). Talking about God in Practice: Theological Action Research and Practical Theology.  London, SCM Press.

Research supervision

Current Supervision: Andrew Hurrell

Email: Hc573@cam.ac.uk

Twitter Account: @Helen4voices

CV: See my academic website: https://helencameron.academia.edu