The Psychological Makeup of the Catholic Liberal

 

Gavin Ashenden spent 40 years ordained as an Anglican clergyman after having trained as a lawyer. Following 10 years in parishes he studied postgraduate psychology with the Jesuits at the University of London and then spent 25 years as a Chaplain and Professor of the psychology of religion at a radical English University. For nine years, he served as one of the chaplains to the Queen. For four years he was the presenter of a faith and ethics program on BBC radio, and also wrote occasionally for the Times and the Daily Telegraph. After converting to Catholicism in 2019, he became associated editor of the Catholic Herald and co-presenter of the Catholic Unscripted podcast.