Fiona Taylor, M.A.

‘An investigation into the Theme of Discipleship with Reference to Women’s Appearances in the Gospel of John from a Black British Womanist Perspective’ (NTC)

Fiona’s thesis asks what insights for 21st Century discipleship can be drawn from a British Womanist analysis of the reader response of Black British Women of the Jamaican Diaspora (BBW_JD), to seven narratives of the women in John’s Gospel (GJ)? She argues that BBW_JD bring an authoritative interpretative framework to the text through their cultural identities and experience. When analysed as a composite, the seven female encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John, explored through this lens, present a model for discipleship for all regardless of race.

Fiona is a proud Mancunian who came to NTC in 2016 and graduated with an MA in Biblical Studies in 2018. She is a PhD student here and is passionate about supporting students as they engage with learning. She has been employed in a variety of roles including staff training and development as well as secondary school leadership for over ten years. In the education sector her concerns were for the emotional and academic development of marginalised young people. She therefore specialised in creating programmes to enable staff and other leaders to incorporate bespoke strategies into their teaching and/or leadership practices.

She is married to Andy, the proud mother of three grown up children and a spritely Irish deerhound. She is active in her church where Andy is a pastor and she is at the start of ordination training. She loves cooking and finding new ways to bring Caribbean inspired refinement to English food.

Ph.D. Supervisory Team is Rev Dr Julie Lunn and Dr Dulcie McKenzie