The Salvation Army Booth College

Coursework Coordinator / Lecturer

Emma has been a Salvation Army Officer for over 15 years and has experience as a Corps Officer and Church planter in several Corps in Australia. Between 2016-2018, she was appointed to the college in Sydney where she was a Mission Leader and an Individualized Training Officer before commencing at an inner-city Corps in London, UK.

Prior to becoming a full time lecturer, Emma was the Mission and Ministry Formation Coordinator in the Officer Formation Stream, EBC.

Research Interests

• Theology
• Embodiment Theology
• Protestant Mariology
• History of Emotions
• Neuroscience and Theology

Conference Paper

• 'The Ideal Stressed Woman: the Anxious Emotionology of Catherine Booth', Spirited Women, ACWR, August 2021.
• ‘Unhelpful Understandings of Salvation?’ Thought Matters vol 6, 2016: pages 97-103.

Presentations

• ‘Anxiety Embraced: The Relationship Between Anxiety and Theology in the Early Salvation Army,’ Eastern Suburbs Research Seminar, University of Divinity, Melbourne Australia. October 2020.
• ‘How Relationality Facilitates Human Flourishing: A Neurobiological and Christological Conversation’ Australasian Centre for Wesleyan Research Conference, Sydney Australia. September 2018.
• ‘How to Use Coaching and Conversation in Discipleship,’ The Salvation Army, South London Division Transformers, London, UK. September 2018.
• ‘Spiritual Pathways,’ The Salvation Army, Australian Eastern Territory Territorial Women’s Conference, Sydney, Australia. February 2018.
• ‘Are There People for whom Traditional Views of Salvation are Unhelpful?’ The Salvation Army, Tri-territorial Thought Matters Conference, Melbourne, Australia. November 2016.

Publications

• 'How Relationality Facilitates Human Flourishing: A Neurobiological and Christological Conversation.' In Wesleyan Perspectives on Human Flourishing. Edited by Dean G. Smith and Rob A. Fringer. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2021.