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Madeleine Pennington was quoted in The Guardian’s Saturday read ahead of the release of our research on Christian nationalism. 12/09/2026

“There are many Christians who are very concerned about a framing of Christianity that they don’t recognise as their own”

Madeleine Pennington was quoted in The Guardian‘s Saturday read ahead of the release of our research on Christian nationalism.

Read the article in full here.

Find out more about our research into Christian nationalism here.

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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.

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Posted 12 September 2026

Read the Guardian article here