Dr Jenny Leith

I studied for my undergraduate degree in Russian and Italian at Jesus College, Cambridge, before going on to work in politics for several years. This work – as a parliamentary researcher and then in social policy – eventually led me to study theology, in order to think through more deeply the relationship between Christian faith and participation in political life. I began my graduate studies at King’s College London and went on to complete a PhD in political theology at Durham University. This research formed the basis of my monograph, Political Formation: Being Formed by the Spirit in Church and World (SCM Press, 2023). After a postdoctoral research fellowship with the University of Roehampton, I took up a post as Director of Studies at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide. In September 2022, I became the Lecturer in Christian Ethics at Westcott House. Along the way I have also taught at the Lindisfarne College of Theology, the College of the Resurrection (Mirfield), King’s College London, and Sarum College.