Mark Cartledge has been researching Charismatic Christianity for over twenty years and has focused mainly on the subject of inspired speech (prophecy and glossolalia). He thus combines the disciplinary expertise of a practical theologian, especially using empirical research methods, with an interest in the largest Protestant tradition in the world today. 

He is a member of a number of academic societies, including the Society for Pentecostal Studies, the International Society for Empirical Research in Theology and the International Academy of Practical Theology.  He is also a member of the steering group of the European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism and the General Editor of the network’s peer-review journal PentecoStudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. 

In addition, he is an editor for the monograph series Studies in Pentecostal and Charismatic Issues (Paternoster) and an editorial board member of the book series Global Pentecostal & Charismatic Studies (Brill).  He teaches modules on Pentecostalism and the Theology of the Holy Spirit, participates in the teaching of Intercultural Theology and Modern Theology, and contributes to the Doctor of Practical Theology programme.

• Introduction to Pentecostalism
• Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology in Context
• Contemporary Theology of the Holy Spirit
• Intercultural Theology
• Empirical Research and Research Ethics

• Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology
• Empirical studies of contemporary Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity

Recent theses supervised to completion:

Janet Warren, 'Cleansing the Cosmos: A Biblical Model for Conceptualizing and Counteracting Evil', PhD 2012 (co-supervisor).

Chigor Chike, ‘African Pneumatology in a British Context: A Contemporary Study’, PhD 2011.

Graham Smith, ‘The Church Militant: The Theology and Spirituality of ‘Spiritual Warfare’ in the Charismatic Renewal and its Significance for the Anglican Communion’, PhD 2011.

A.J. Swoboda, ‘Trees and Tongues: Towards a Green Pentecostal Pneumatology of Ecological and Creational Redemption’, PhD 2011.

Shaibu Abraham, ‘Ordinary Indian Pentecostal Christology’, PhD  2011.

Andrew Lord, ‘Network Church: A Pentecostal Ecclesiology Shaped by Mission’, PhD 2010.

Ho Yan Au, ‘Grassroots Unity and the Fountain Trust International Conferences: A Study of Ecumenism in the Charismatic Renewal’, PhD 2008.

• Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology
• Contemporary Theology of the Holy Spirit
• Practical and Empirical Theology

Mark is currently working on:

Learning to Love and Loving to Serve: A Study of the Socialization of Godly Love and Its Influence on Vocation. This is a John Templeton Flame of Love Award that provides funding for a two-year project to study Pentecostals in the USA.  It is a collaborative and inter-disciplinary project with Dr Kimberly Alexander (Church of God Theological Seminary, TN) and Dr James P. Bowers (the Center for Pentecostal Leadership and Care, the Church of God Seminary, TN) 

 

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Books

• Editor (with David Cheetham) Intercultural Theology: Approaches and Themes (London: SCM Press, 2011)
• Testimony in the Spirit: Rescripting Ordinary Pentecostal Theology  (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010, Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology) 219 pp.   
• Encountering the Spirit: The Charismatic Tradition (London: Darton, Longman & Todd; 2006; Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2007; Traditions of Christian Spirituality Series) 152 pp. 
• (Editor) Speaking in Tongues: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2006, Studies in Pentecostal and Charismatic Issues) 238 pp.
• The Gift of Speaking in Tongues: The Holy Spirit, the human spirit and the gift of holy speech (Cambridge: Grove Books Ltd, Renewal Series 19, 2005) 28 pp. [booklet]
• Practical Theology: Charismatic and Empirical Perspectives (Carlisle: Paternoster, monograph series: Studies in Pentecostal and Charismatic Issues, 2003) 271 pp.
• Charismatic Glossolalia: An empirical-theological study (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002, New Critical Thinking in Theology and Biblical Studies Series) 253 pp. 
• (Editor with David Mills), Covenant Theology: Contemporary Approaches (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2002) 128 pp. 
• Testimony: Its Importance, Place and Potential (Cambridge: Grove Books Ltd, Renewal Series 9, 2002) 28 pp. [booklet]

Recent and forthcoming articles and chapters in books

• ‘Family Socialization, Godly Love and Pentecostal Spirituality: A Study among the Church of God (Cleveland, TN)’, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (2012) forthcoming.
• (with Kimberly Alexander and James P. Bowers), ‘Spirit Baptism, Socialization and Godly Love among the Church of God (Cleveland, TN)’, PentecoStudies 11.1 (2012) forthcoming.
• ‘Text-Community-Spirit: The Challenges posed by Pentecostal Theological Method to Evangelical Theology’, in Kevin Spawn and Archie T.Wright (eds.), Spirit and Scripture: Examining a Pneumatic Hermeneutic (Edinburgh: T&T Clark International, 2012) pp. 130-142.
• ‘Pneumatic Hermeneutics: A Reply to Respondents’, in Kevin Spawn and Archie T. Wright (eds.), Spirit and Scripture: Examining a Pneumatic Hermeneutic (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2012) pp. 186-188.
• ‘Exploring Ordinary Trinitarian Theology in the Assemblies of God: A Qualitative Study’, in Andrew Davies and Robert P. Pope (eds), The Spirit in Society: Perspectives on Pentecostalism in Honour of William K. Kay (Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2012). 
• ‘Pentecostalism’ in Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology (New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012) pp. 587-595.
• ‘Glossolalia’ inAdam Stewart (ed.), 50 Essential Terms for Understanding Pentecostalism (DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois UniversityPress, 2012)
• ‘Socialization, Empirical Studies and Godly Love: A Case Study in Survey Research’ in Matthew Lee and Amos Yong (eds.), The Study of Godly Love: Interdisciplinary Approaches (DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois UniversityPress, 2012).
• ‘Charismatic Movement’ in the Encyclopaedia of the Bible and its Reception (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2011)
• ‘Pentecostal and charismatic theology comes of age’, Theology 114.5 (2011) pp. 363-370. 
• ‘Editorial: Illustrating Interdisciplinarity’, PentecoStudies 10.1 (2011) pp. 5-7.
• ‘Charismatic Spirituality’ in the Dictionary of Christian Spirituality (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic Press, 2011) pp. 347-349. 
• ‘Demonology and Deliverance: A Practical-Theological CaseStudy’ in William K. Kay and Robin Parry (eds.), Deliverance and Exorcism: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Milton Keynes: Paternoster Press, 2011) pp. 243-263. 
• ‘Glossolalia’ in David Fergusson, Karen Kilby, Iain Torrance and Ian A. McFarland (eds.), Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,2011). 
• ‘Foreword’ in HoYan Au, Grassroots Unity in the Charismatic Renewal (Eugene, OR: Wipfand Stock, 2011) xi-xii. 
• ‘Practical Theology’, in A. Anderson, M. Bergunder, A. Droogers and C. van der Laan (eds.),  Studying Global Pentecostalism: Theories and Methods (Berkeley, CA: Universityof California Press, 2010) pp. 268-285.
• ‘Editorial: New Beginnings’, PentecoStudies, 9.1 (2010) pp. 5-6.
• ‘Socialization and Empirical-Theological Models of the Trinity: A Study among Theology Students inthe United Kingdom’, in L.J. Francis, M. Robbins, and J. Astley (eds.), Texts and Tables: Qualitative, Quantitative and Comparative Perspectives in Empirical Theology (Leiden: Brill, 2009)pp. 269-290
• ‘God, Gender and Social Roles: A Study in Relation to Empirical-Theological Models of the Trinity’, Journal of Empirical Theology, 22.2 (2009) pp. 117-141