The Revd Dr Stephen Laird has been the full time Anglican Chaplain ('C of E') at the University since March 1998. Before that he spent four years in a parish in North Devon. He is married to Jo, a teacher at Kent College Junior School who studied Psychology at Kent University and they live on the edge of campus.

Stephen is a specialist in New Testament Studies and Biblical Interpretation and teaches in the University. He has a particular interest in Art History (in which he has completed a Kent University Ph.D). Stephen was a student himself for many years both as an undergraduate and as a postgraduate at Oxford University and King's College London.

Links to some of Stephen Laird’s writing on aspects of Christian belief:

· What should Christian Students Believe?

· Resurrection: a Sermon preached at Canterbury Cathedral, Easter 2001

Chaplains are available and can be contacted at any time and for whatever reason by any member of the University. Are you interested in any of the following?

· Do you need information about a Church in Canterbury?

· Were you never Baptised or Confirmed?

Do you need some aspect of Christian teaching explained? This could be for personal or academic reasons.

· Thinking about a career in the Church? …Ask a Chaplain - we're here to help.

Send an E Mail to Stephen Laird.