David Nixon
Biographic Data
| ID | 658384 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Nixon |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Nixon |
| SIGNATURE | NIXON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6935-0197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The sacrament of science? Comprehending the wonder, mystery and awe of science in an Anglo-Catholic congregation
Through a small-scale qualitative study based in a UK Anglican parish, this article seeks to explore whether science might be regarded as a sacrament, and whether such a framing helps a re-envisioning of both science and sacrament. Participants took part in real and virtual visits, with follow-up seminars which were audio-recorded. Close readings of transcripts were compared and contrasted to existing literature, with an attention to the concept …
Despatches from the frontline
This article seeks to answer the question: What is God doing at this time of pandemic crisis in our Churches and communities? Through qualitative enquiry and the lens of liberation theology, data from Anglican parishes in South West England is explored and analysed. Four basic themes emerge: Bible, Liturgy, Lament, and Liberation; for each of these, rich data extracts are provided, including the author's own account. I conclude that while it is m…
Anglicanism in a Bottle?’ Theological Implications of Sexualities Education for Anglican Ordinands
This article develops the initial findings of the small-scale research project Mind the Gap to ask what theological insights might be drawn from this enquiry into contemporary theological education for ordinands concerning sexualities. Three areas are suggested: the relationship between theology and other disciplines in the interrogation of human behaviour (including the theological understanding of lived experience); a further investigation of i…
Mind the Gap? Perceptions and Realities of Sexualities Education for Ordinands
This article reports the findings of a small-scale qualitative research project which sought to discover how sexualities education was delivered in Anglican Theological Education Institutions in the UK. With a background of cultural and ecclesial change, as well as the adoption of a single university to validate the majority of theological education courses, the authors build on work done previously to determine the presence of gaps or dissonance…
Stories from the Street
Stories from the Street is a theological exploration of interviews with men and women who had experienced homelessness at some stage in their lives. Framed within a theology of story and a theology of liberation, Nixon suggests that story is not only a vehicle for creating human transformation but it is one of God's chosen means of effecting change. Short biographies of twelve characters are examined under themes including: crises in health and r…
New directions in my priestly ministry
Drawing on autobiographical material, a small-scale qualitative survey and previous discussion, this article seeks to explore the meaning of priestly ministry today. In the context of flexible and changing patterns of ministerial formation, dispersed communities of formation may provide not only a potential epistemological break in which God is apprehended differently, but also more easily engage with the rootless communities of our own age
Death on the mountains
This article seeks to explore theological meaning in a particular and unexpected event in the author's life. It begins by telling the story, and then explains why all narrative is open to the possibility of theology. By means of the tropes of mountain and wilderness, it begins to expand theological horizons, albeit with a level of physical and spiritual discomfort
Towards a Theology of Urban Regeneration
This article seeks to explore a public theology of urban regeneration, developed out of liberation and postmodern theologies, as well as reflections on place and space, and augmented by critical discussions about the involvement of faith communities in urban development. This theology is actualized in the experience of one uk regeneration programme in Devonport, Plymouth via an analysis of local neighbourhood stories, and extended to include a cr…
State tax subsidies to bolster the long-term care insurance market
This paper examines long-term care insurance sales to assess whether state income tax subsidies are effective in encouraging the private purchase of long-term care insurance. Drawing from the most comprehensive available sales data on long-term care insurance policies, cross-state and over-time variation in sales data during the late 1990s and early 2000s are analysed. This analysis uses a panel model with fixed effects controls for potential end…
‘Sod ‘em, sod ‘em like there's no Gomorrah’
In the context of changes in UK public discourse concerning sexualities over the last decade, this paper compares education in the field of sexualities equality, enquiring how teachers, doctors and clergy are being prepared for their professional lives. Data from a qualitative study using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews are analysed to reveal that although in many outward respects teaching and medicine reflect recent legislative and…
Discrimination, performance and recuperation
No More Tea, Vicar'. An Exploration of the Discourses which Inform the Current Debates about Sexualities within the Church of England
This article seeks to discover, problematize and deconstruct the powerful discourses that have informed the recent debates within the Church of England (and other churches) in the area of human sexuality, and of homosexuality in particular. Poststructuralist methodology reveals that the sexualities' discourse of the Church of England is structured around themes of purity/pollution and text/authority, which operate powerfully to police the theoriz…
An epitaph to Section 28? Telling tales out of school about changes and challenges to discourses of sexuality
This article seeks to develop an understanding of the professional and personal lives of LGBT teachers in relation to the discriminatory statute Section 28, which prohibited ‘promotion’ of ‘the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’ by local education authorities in the UK (except Northern Ireland). Interviews with a small sample of serving teachers are analysed using a feminist poststructuralist methodology to discove…
‘Miss, you're so gay.’ Queer stories from trainee teachers
This study focuses on interviews with six lesbian, gay or bisexual trainee teachers, and explores their experiences in relation to sexual orientation. Initial analysis reveals interesting perspectives on the lives of trainees in Higher Education, during school‐based work and socially; it also provides a window onto the attitudes to sexuality (individual and institutional) encountered by interviewees. Further analysis takes theoretical tools from …
Confirmation Delay for Vacancies on the Circuit Courts of Appeals
Supreme Court confirmation is an exhaustively studied phenomenon, but lower court confirmation is less well understood, in part because lower court nominees are very rarely rejected, and the Senate fails even to hold a recorded vote for most appointees. However, the length of time it takes to fill a judicial vacancy serves as alternate evidence of conflict between the president and the Senate. We present an empirical assessment of appellate vacan…
Special elections and the growth of women's representation in the U.S. House of representatives
Confirmation Delay for Vacancies on the Circuit Courts of Appeals
Supreme Court confirmation is an exhaustively studied phenomenon, but lower court confirmation is less well understood, in part because lower court nominees are very rarely rejected, and the Senate fails even to hold a recorded vote for most appointees. However, the length of time it takes to fill a judicial vacancy serves as alternate evidence of conflict between the president and the Senate. We present an empirical assessment of appellate vacan…
An epitaph to Section 28? Telling tales out of school about changes and challenges to discourses of sexuality
This article seeks to develop an understanding of the professional and personal lives of LGBT teachers in relation to the discriminatory statute Section 28, which prohibited ‘promotion’ of ‘the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’ by local education authorities in the UK (except Northern Ireland). Interviews with a small sample of serving teachers are analysed using a feminist poststructuralist methodology to discove…
Discrimination, performance and recuperation
No More Tea, Vicar'. An Exploration of the Discourses which Inform the Current Debates about Sexualities within the Church of England
This article seeks to discover, problematize and deconstruct the powerful discourses that have informed the recent debates within the Church of England (and other churches) in the area of human sexuality, and of homosexuality in particular. Poststructuralist methodology reveals that the sexualities' discourse of the Church of England is structured around themes of purity/pollution and text/authority, which operate powerfully to police the theoriz…
Special elections and the growth of women's representation in the U.S. House of representatives
Confirmation Delay for Vacancies on the Circuit Courts of Appeals
Supreme Court confirmation is an exhaustively studied phenomenon, but lower court confirmation is less well understood, in part because lower court nominees are very rarely rejected, and the Senate fails even to hold a recorded vote for most appointees. However, the length of time it takes to fill a judicial vacancy serves as alternate evidence of conflict between the president and the Senate. We present an empirical assessment of appellate vacan…
‘Miss, you're so gay.’ Queer stories from trainee teachers
This study focuses on interviews with six lesbian, gay or bisexual trainee teachers, and explores their experiences in relation to sexual orientation. Initial analysis reveals interesting perspectives on the lives of trainees in Higher Education, during school‐based work and socially; it also provides a window onto the attitudes to sexuality (individual and institutional) encountered by interviewees. Further analysis takes theoretical tools from …
An epitaph to Section 28? Telling tales out of school about changes and challenges to discourses of sexuality
This article seeks to develop an understanding of the professional and personal lives of LGBT teachers in relation to the discriminatory statute Section 28, which prohibited ‘promotion’ of ‘the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’ by local education authorities in the UK (except Northern Ireland). Interviews with a small sample of serving teachers are analysed using a feminist poststructuralist methodology to discove…
No More Tea, Vicar'. An Exploration of the Discourses which Inform the Current Debates about Sexualities within the Church of England
This article seeks to discover, problematize and deconstruct the powerful discourses that have informed the recent debates within the Church of England (and other churches) in the area of human sexuality, and of homosexuality in particular. Poststructuralist methodology reveals that the sexualities' discourse of the Church of England is structured around themes of purity/pollution and text/authority, which operate powerfully to police the theoriz…
Discrimination, performance and recuperation
‘Sod ‘em, sod ‘em like there's no Gomorrah’
In the context of changes in UK public discourse concerning sexualities over the last decade, this paper compares education in the field of sexualities equality, enquiring how teachers, doctors and clergy are being prepared for their professional lives. Data from a qualitative study using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews are analysed to reveal that although in many outward respects teaching and medicine reflect recent legislative and…
Towards a Theology of Urban Regeneration
This article seeks to explore a public theology of urban regeneration, developed out of liberation and postmodern theologies, as well as reflections on place and space, and augmented by critical discussions about the involvement of faith communities in urban development. This theology is actualized in the experience of one uk regeneration programme in Devonport, Plymouth via an analysis of local neighbourhood stories, and extended to include a cr…
State tax subsidies to bolster the long-term care insurance market
This paper examines long-term care insurance sales to assess whether state income tax subsidies are effective in encouraging the private purchase of long-term care insurance. Drawing from the most comprehensive available sales data on long-term care insurance policies, cross-state and over-time variation in sales data during the late 1990s and early 2000s are analysed. This analysis uses a panel model with fixed effects controls for potential end…
Death on the mountains
This article seeks to explore theological meaning in a particular and unexpected event in the author's life. It begins by telling the story, and then explains why all narrative is open to the possibility of theology. By means of the tropes of mountain and wilderness, it begins to expand theological horizons, albeit with a level of physical and spiritual discomfort
Stories from the Street
Stories from the Street is a theological exploration of interviews with men and women who had experienced homelessness at some stage in their lives. Framed within a theology of story and a theology of liberation, Nixon suggests that story is not only a vehicle for creating human transformation but it is one of God's chosen means of effecting change. Short biographies of twelve characters are examined under themes including: crises in health and r…
New directions in my priestly ministry
Drawing on autobiographical material, a small-scale qualitative survey and previous discussion, this article seeks to explore the meaning of priestly ministry today. In the context of flexible and changing patterns of ministerial formation, dispersed communities of formation may provide not only a potential epistemological break in which God is apprehended differently, but also more easily engage with the rootless communities of our own age
Anglicanism in a Bottle?’ Theological Implications of Sexualities Education for Anglican Ordinands
This article develops the initial findings of the small-scale research project Mind the Gap to ask what theological insights might be drawn from this enquiry into contemporary theological education for ordinands concerning sexualities. Three areas are suggested: the relationship between theology and other disciplines in the interrogation of human behaviour (including the theological understanding of lived experience); a further investigation of i…
Mind the Gap? Perceptions and Realities of Sexualities Education for Ordinands
This article reports the findings of a small-scale qualitative research project which sought to discover how sexualities education was delivered in Anglican Theological Education Institutions in the UK. With a background of cultural and ecclesial change, as well as the adoption of a single university to validate the majority of theological education courses, the authors build on work done previously to determine the presence of gaps or dissonance…
Despatches from the frontline
This article seeks to answer the question: What is God doing at this time of pandemic crisis in our Churches and communities? Through qualitative enquiry and the lens of liberation theology, data from Anglican parishes in South West England is explored and analysed. Four basic themes emerge: Bible, Liturgy, Lament, and Liberation; for each of these, rich data extracts are provided, including the author's own account. I conclude that while it is m…
The sacrament of science? Comprehending the wonder, mystery and awe of science in an Anglo-Catholic congregation
Through a small-scale qualitative study based in a UK Anglican parish, this article seeks to explore whether science might be regarded as a sacrament, and whether such a framing helps a re-envisioning of both science and sacrament. Participants took part in real and virtual visits, with follow-up seminars which were audio-recorded. Close readings of transcripts were compared and contrasted to existing literature, with an attention to the concept …
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