Qualitative Research and Receptive Ecumenism
Gabrielle Thomas
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5 August 2021
15 February 2026
This presented by Revd Dr Gabrielle Thomas was given given at the 2021 online study day on Receptive Ecumenism:
Heeding the Spirit: New Horizons in Receptive Ecumenism
17 June 2021
Hosted by the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University in partnership with the Christian Council of Sweden, University College Stockholm, and the Sigtuna Foundation
Dr Gabrielle Thomas is Assistant Professor of Early Christianity and Anglican Studies at Candler School of Theology of Emory University. She is a priest in the Church of England and is resident in the Diocese of Durham, United Kingdom. She completed postdoctoral work at Durham University and Yale Divinity School. Her publications include The Image of God in the Theology of Gregory of Nazianzus (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church (Cascade Books, 2020), For the Good of the Church (SCM Press, 2021) and articles in the Scottish Journal of Theology, Exchange, Ecclesiology and Studia Patristica. She serves on the Anglican – Oriental Orthodox International Commission.
In this talk Gabrielle Thomas outlines three contributions to Receptive Ecumenism made through qualitative research on women’s experiences of working in churches in England.
