Helen Paynter Email and Phone Number

I am tutor and Coordinator of Theological education at Bristol Baptist College. I am also the founding director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, an international network of scholars which is based at the College. I have previously worked in pastoral ministry at two churches in Bristol: Victoria Park Baptist Church and Westbury on Trym Baptist Church. I have a PhD in Old Testament Studies, and teach biblical studies, hermeneutics, and biblical languages. My research interests are in the narrative portions of the Old Testament, with particular attention to the narratives of violence. I also conduct research into the weaponisation of the Bible. I am the author of several books, including "God of Violence Yesterday, God of Love Today? Wrestling honestly with the Old Testament" and "The Bible Doesn't Tell Me So: Who you don't have to submit to domestic abuse and coercive control".