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Madeleine Pennington

Madeleine is Head of Research at Theos. She holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Oxford, and previously worked as a research scholar at a retreat and education centre in Philadelphia. She is the author of ‘The Christian Quaker: George Keith and the Keithian Controversy’ (Brill: 2019), ‘Quakers, Christ and the Enlightenment’ (OUP, 2021), and various Theos reports.

We no longer want to confront the reality of death

We no longer want to confront the reality of death

Theos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features in The Telegraph. 29/11/2023

Death, Faith, Funeral, Grief, Love

Why I believe a good funeral can be just as memorable and life–affirming as a wedding (and to deny your family one is selfish)

Why I believe a good funeral can be just as memorable and life–affirming as a wedding (and to deny your family one is selfish)

Theos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features in the Daily Mail. 28/11/2023

Death, Faith, Funeral, Grief, Love

Let’s resurrect the art of celebrating death

Let’s resurrect the art of celebrating death

Theos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features in The Times. 28/11/2023

Death, Faith, Funeral, Grief, Love

“Love, Grief, and Hope” features on World at One

“Love, Grief, and Hope” features on World at One

Theos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features on BBC Radio 4’s World at One. 28/11/2023

Death, Faith, Funeral, Grief, Love

Don’t bother with a funeral for me, say majority of poll respondents

Don’t bother with a funeral for me, say majority of poll respondents

Theos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features in the Church Times. 28/11/2023

Death, Faith, Funeral, Hope, Love

Hoping For A Good Bye: Exploring Britain’s Transformed Relationship With Death

Hoping For A Good Bye: Exploring Britain’s Transformed Relationship With Death

Madeleine Pennington unpacks her latest report ‘Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK’. 28/11/2023

Death, Faith, Funeral, Grief, Love

Majority of Brits don’t want funerals as they ‘don’t see the point’ and think ‘money could be better spent’

Majority of Brits don’t want funerals as they ‘don’t see the point’ and think ‘money could be better spent’

Theos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features in GB News. 27/11/2023

Death, Faith, Funeral, Grief, Hope, Love

Death of the funeral: just 47% want one when they’re gone

Death of the funeral: just 47% want one when they’re gone

Theos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features in The Times. 27/11/2023

Death, Faith, Funeral, Grief, Hope, Love

Less than half of population want a funeral when they die

Less than half of population want a funeral when they die

Theos report, ‘Love Grief and Hope’ is discussed in Female First. 27/11/2023

Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK

Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK

Madeleine Pennington and Nathan Mladin’s report examining emotional responses to death and dying in the UK. 27/11/2023

Death, Faith, Funeral, Grief, Love

The economics of almost everything

The economics of almost everything

Madeleine Pennington takes part in a panel on productivity at HowTheLightGetsIn 23/09/2023

Productivity, Work

Britain has fallen into the productivity trap

Britain has fallen into the productivity trap

We can measure it, but does it measure us? Madeleine Pennington writes on productivity for The New European. 13/09/2023

Economy, Politics, Work

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