Kenneth Wilson (theologian)

Kenneth Brian Wilson OBE (10 April 1937 – 12 January 2017) was a British theologian, philosopher and teacher.

He subsequently completed an MLitt on The Justification of Moral Judgements and a PhD on The Search for System in Contemporary Theology, each part-time at University of Bristol.

His probationary appointment[3] was at Hinde Street Methodist Church in London, as assistant to Revd J. Neville Ward, and he was ordained in 1966.

Later, in 1986, Wilson collaborated with Revd Professor Frances Young to write Focus on God (Epworth, 1986), on the role of the minister.

In 1988, he and Revd Dr Ivor Jones edited a collection of essays by Methodist theologians, entitled Freedom and Grace (Epworth, 1988), to coincide with the 250th anniversary of John Wesley’s ‘Aldersgate Experience’.

He oversaw very substantial growth in the college, secured a new relationship with Oxford University, and taught on the BA in theology.

Wilson’s strong ecumenical sympathies and wide interests continued to be demonstrated in his later writing.

He collaborated to produce a volume on Governance and Authority in the Roman Catholic Church (SPCK, 2000) and later a book, Christian Community Now (Bloomsbury/Continuum, 2008), which was the outcome of conversations between four theologians, active members of the Methodist, Anglican and Roman Catholic churches.