Kenneth Cracknell

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The Reverend Kenneth R. Cracknell (born 1935) is a specialist in interfaith dialogue and the Christian theology of religions.^[1]

He is a Bachelor of Divinity of the Universities of London (1959) and Oxford (1995).

He was educated at the University of Oxford (BA, MA) and the University of Leeds (Post Graduate Certificate with distinction in Religion).

A British subject and Methodist minister, he began his career teaching in Nigeria, then served as the Director for Interfaith Relations in the British Council of Churches. After 10 years at the BCC, he went to Wesley House, Cambridge as the Michael Gutteridge Chair in Theology and Senior Tutor, continuing at the same time to work closely with the interfaith desk of the World Council of Churches and other interfaith groups. After eight years in Cambridge, he took a position as Professor of Theology and Global Studies at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas.

Cracknell has written many articles and books on interfaith dialogue and other subjects, including 'Towards a New Relationship' (1985), 'Justice Courtesy and Love' (1994), 'An Introduction to World Methodism' (2005), and 'In Good and Generous Faith' (2005). A festschrift, 'A Great Commission' (2000) edited by Martin Forward, et al., includes scholarly articles by numerous friends and colleagues on the occasion of Cracknell's 65th birthday.