I write and teach academic theology and philosophy in Leeds, West Yorkshire, where I live with my wife Alex. My research focuses on historical and contemporary Catholic theology, and its relationship to modern analytic epistemology and metaphysics.

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In 2019, having studied Theology at the University of Oxford for seven years, I graduated with my D. Phil., which attempted to rehabilitate Reformed Epistemology from the perspective of Catholic dogmatic theology. Under the supervision of Prof Brian Leftow and Prof William Wood, the latter adapted Alvin Plantinga's Reformed Epistemology to meet Catholic desiderara for an account of faith and reason, to produce what I termed a "Counter Reformed Epistemology" (CRE). It further argued that CRE could be extended to account for Anonymous Christian faith (as understood by Karl Rahner) and that CRE closely resembled the analyses of faith given by Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and J.H. Newman (inter alia). 

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Since leaving Oxford, I have worked part-time for the Diocese of Leeds as a Co-ordinator for Catechesis, with a responsibility for adult education and formation. I have presented and published a growing number of academic papers on Catholic religious epistemology and metaphysics in journals including New Blackfriars and Religious Studies. For details, see the "Research" Page.

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In the Academic Year 2019-2020, I also worked as a Visiting Lecturer in Theology at Leeds Trinity University, where I taught classes in Eschatology and Biblical Studies, in addition to supervising undergraduate dissertations.

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When I am not writing or teaching, I enjoy singing in a choir for young adults (Leeds Vocal Movement), walking in the Yorkshire countryside, and watching American Football in Winter and Cricket in Summer.