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Claire earned a BA in theology at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. After graduating she spent some time at home with her family raising her four boys, before returning to study. She completed an MA in theology at St Augustine’s College of Theology in Kent, and is currently working on a PhD at Durham University, with the provisional title of ‘The faith lives and practices of women Newfrontiers churches’.
Her work investigates the experience of women’s spirituality and practice, using empirical methodology, with research interests in motherhood and spirituality, feminist theology, embodied spirituality, and the practices of charismatic churches (in particular Newfrontiers). She is also interested in the Benedictine monastic traditions, trauma theology and charismatic studies.
Alongside her academic work Claire preaches and teaches within the Newfrontiers network, and is a speaker and author working with the Relational Mission network.