University Faculty

​Department of Education and Communication

​Acting Head of Department
Prof Stewart Thompson, BA (Hons), MA (Mus), DEd, CT,FVCM, FCV, FGSM, FMCM, FIGOC, FSCO, FCollT, SFFLM, ACIEA. HonFTCSM
Associate Professor of Education
Qualifications Director, the Victoria College of Music and Drama, London
Director of the J. H. Lewis English Composer Archive, London

Prof Gabriel César Dias Lopes, MBA, PhD, EdD
Associate Professor of Education
Rector of Logos University International, Miami, FL

Prof Nilton Elias de Sousa, EdD
Associate Professor of Education
General Director, Faculdade do Bico do Papagaio FABIC, Brazil


Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Head of Department
​Prof Craig Paterson, BA, LLB, MA, MLIS, PhD, ThSoc, FVCM(Th), FSA Scot, FLS, FGMS, FIMEB, SFFLM,  HonBD, HonFNMSM, HonFTCSM, HonFDipRS
Professor of Philosophy and Christian Humanities

Prof Stephan U. Breu, MBA, DBA​, Hon EdD, FNFCM, FGMS, FVCM, MCertNMSM
Pestalozzi Chair of Business Management and Ethical Stewardship
Senior Research Fellow in Heraldic Studies

Mr Paul Cheater, BA, MA, ACP, HonFNCM, FGMS, FFLM, CertEd
Research Associate in Christian Humanities

Mr Peter Elliott, MA, MMus, AKC, LRIAM
Research Associate in Christian Humanities

Mr Peter Hunter, MPhil, HonMSM, FVCM, GLCM, LLCM, AMusLCM
Adjunct Instructor & Research Associate in Christian Humanities

Prof Elmar Kuhn, Mag Dr, MTheol, FUniv
Assistant Professor of Christian Humanities
University Fellow in Religious Studies
Former Dean of World Religions, European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Prof Rubin Zemon, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Sciences
Director, Euro-Balkan Institute for Social Sciences & Humanities Research

Department of Sacred Music

Head of Department
Prof Stewart Thompson, BA (Hons), MA (Mus), DEd, CT,FVCM, FCV, FGSM, FMCM, FIGOC, FSCO, FCollT, SFFLM, ACIEA. HonFTCSM
Associate Professor of Sacred Music
Qualifications Director, the Victoria College of Music and Drama, London
Director of the J. H. Lewis English Composer Archive, London

Mr John Balsdon, BEd, HonMBA, PGDip StratManag, FUniv, SFFLM, FVCM, FGMS, FIAL(Lond), FRSA
University Fellow in Sacred Music
Secretary-General of the Guild of Musicians and Singers

Dr William Clark, OAM, DLitt, DSM, MMus(ACU), MA, GradDipMus(AICM), HonDipMus(AICM), FUniv, FRSCM, FMusicolASMC, FDip(ChM), FMusEdASMC, FCSME, FVCM(Hons), FNMSM, HonFNCM, HonFGCM, HonFGMS, FNFCM, FIMEB, SFFLM
University Fellow in Musicology
Director, International Music Examinations Board​

Prof Ian Higginson, DMus, DSM, FUniv, FTCL, FLCM, FCCM, FNSCM, FVCM, HonFNCM, HonFNMSM, HonFMus(ICMA), FFSC, FNFCM, SFFLM, FGMS, AFNCollM, MISM 
Assistant Professor of Sacred Music
University Fellow in Sacred Music and Composition
Principal and Chief Examiner of the Three Counties School of Music
Principal of the Cotswold Society of Church Musicians

Prof Elizabeth Stratford, BMus(Hons), MA(MusLit), HonDMus, FGCM, FVCM, SFFLM, DipABRSM, FRSA, FGMS, FASC, FIGOC, HonFFCM, HonFNMSM, HonFNCM
Associate Professor of Sacred Music
Master of Music, Arundel Cathedral, West Sussex

Dr Terry Worroll,  BA, DMus, Hon DSM, FUniv, GTCL, ARCO, FCCM, FFCM, SFFLM, HonGCM, HonFNCM, HonFVCM, HonFGMS
University Fellow in Sacred Music
Warden of the Curwen College of Music


Department of Theology and Religious Studies

​Acting Head of Department
​Prof Craig Paterson, BA, LLB, MA, MLIS, PhD, ThSoc, FVCM(Th), CertApologetics, FSA Scot, FLS, AFNCollM, FNFCM, FGMS, FFSC, FSCO, SFFLM,  HonFNMSM, HonFTCSM, HonFCSCM, HonFDipRS
Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies

Prof Elmar Kuhn, Mag Dr, MTheol, FUniv
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
University Fellow in Religious Studies
Former Dean of World Religions, European Academy of Sciences and Arts

The Rt Revd Dr Andrew Linley, FSJ, MA, STD, FUniv, FVCM(Th), FNCM, ALCM, FRSA, FGMS, FNFCM, SFFLM
University Fellow in Liturgical Studies
​University Chaplain
Dean of the Faculty of Liturgical Musicians
Honorary Academician, Pontificia Accademia Tiberina, Rome

Dr Salvatore Olivari de la Moneda, CDM, RAM, SGASD, IIGH, Dottore Stud Rel, HonDHum, FUniv
University Fellow in Heraldic Studies
Dean of the Institute for Ecclesiastical History, Heraldry and Phaleristics

The Revd Dr Steven G. Rindahl, BA, MDiv, ThM, MTh, DMin, SpDirCert
University Fellow in Pastoral Studies and Spirituality

The Revd Canon Prof Peter A. Thompson, BA, MPhil (Ecum), DMin, PPICMA, FLCM, FGCM, ARIAM, SFFLM
Associate Professor of Applied Theology