Dr. Ashley Cocksworth’s theological action research project involving the University of Roehampton, the Susanna Wesley Foundation, and the Methodist Church in Britain, which looks at the ways the learning and transmission of faith is experienced on the ground in a variety of settings. The project explores various sites of learning within British Methodism, using participative qualitative research methods, and methods of reflecting on data developed in Theological Action Research Network.
The research seeks to understand the experiences on the ground of how people learn and hand on their faith, how they grow in that faith, and how such growth is best enabled. Attending to the realities of community, learning, church, and mission in real and focused contexts, and bringing together theological traditions and theological thought with the practices of these learning communities, is the hallmark of this project.