Current PhD Students
Charlotte Gargett
Charlotte's research is addressing Bruce Mazlish’s ‘Fourth Discontinuity,’ which posits that human ontology as we understand it is being challenged by the realisation that we can no longer distinguish ourselves from the machines we have created. In other words, humans are continuous with their machines. Utilising the methodology of the rhizome, a post-structuralist concept that rejects linearity, hierarchy, and categorisation, Charlotte is seeking to overcome this challenge by identifying its roots in Man’s narcissism and the continued defence of this constructed ‘Man.’ The theological dimension of her research is the exploration of how dominant receptions of Christian biblical texts have perpetuated and defended this ideological ‘Man.’ As a result of this, her work will have an impact on ecotheology, feminist theology, animal ethics, as well as posthumanism.
Enoch Adekoya
Enoch is a first year PhD student supervised by Professor Peter Scott. Enoch's research project investigates how the Church may be understood as a political society, through a critical appraisal of Stanley Hauerwas and Oliver O'Donovan's political theologies. With particular reference to Hauerwas and O'Donovan, Enoch's research focuses on the political meaning of the Church and the significance of ecclesiology in political theology. Is the Church a distinct political community in the public sphere? What is the theological basis for its political identity? In light of recent efforts to rethink the nature of the Church’s engagement with post-secular politics post-Christendom, Enoch’s research investigates what the Church is politically and how the Church’s political acts relate to its ontology. Enoch served in the pastorate at an Evangelical church in London for several years. He completed his Masters in Applied Theology at Moorlands Bible College, prior to which he achieved his Bachelors (Applied Theology) at the same institution. He can be contacted at enoch.adekoya@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Sunkyo PARK
Sunkyo is a first year PhD student researching under the supervision of Professor Peter Scott. His current research engages with the political ideology of division and peace theology in South Korea. The project is largely concerned with proposing theological discourses to assess the political ideology of division in South Korea and addressing challenges which are occurred by the ideology. And also it would suggest an alternative theological discourse to overcome the division of the Korean peninsula. Sunkyo is a graduate of Hanshin University (Theology) and Graduate School of Theology (M.Div.) in South Korea and completed a Master’s degree at the University for Peace (UN-mandated University, International Peace Studies) in Costa Rica. He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK) and served as an assistant minister for the Kyungdong Presbyterian Church in Korea. And he also worked as a programme coordinator of Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) for the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and participated in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) by the WCC. He is a recipient of Lincoln Theological Institute’s International Doctoral Studentship and the Mark Gibbs Doctoral Studentship (2021-2024). He can be contacted at sunkyo.park@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Seoyoung Kim
Seoyoung is a first year PhD student supervised by Professor Peter Scott and a recipient of the School of Arts, Languages, and Cultures PhD Studentship (2018-2021).
Seoyoung's research is focused on the theology of water in response to the context of a growing global water crisis. The aims of her research are 1) to address the deeper theological conceptualization of water in salvation history, in Christian liturgy and in everyday life, 2) to reconstruct the eco-theology and interdisciplinary theology related to water, and 3) to articulate how churches work together to seek water justice and care the earth in the contemporary context. Her current focus is on biblical exegesis which could be required ethical claims for Christians and the church in the theological expositions on water.
Seoyoung is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea. She completed her Master of Theological Studies (MTS) at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, USA; Master of Divinity (M.Div) and Bachelor in theology at Hanshin University in South Korea; and Complementary Certificate (CC) in ecumenical studies at Bossey Ecumenical Institute in Switzerland. She also worked as an intern at Christian Conference of Asia which is a regional ecumenical organisation in Asia. She can be contacted at seoyoung.kim-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk