LEadership

DR MARIUS FELDERHOF

Museum of World’s Religions (UK), University of Birmingham, UK

Dr Marius Felderhof was born in Holland and emigrated with his parents, brothers and sisters to Nova Scotia, Canada aged 9. He studied Philosophy and Theology in Canada and Scotland, and received a Ph.D. in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is a licentiate of the Church of Scotland and served in the parish of Burntisland for one year before returning to teach Systematic and Philosophical Theology at St. Mary’s College, The University of St. Andrews. He then went to Westhill College, Selly Oak, Birmingham and served for a number of years as Head of Religious and Theological Studies at Westhill College. The College and his department were integrated into the University of Birmingham and its department of Theology and Religion in 2001. In 2005 he was seconded by the University to the City of Birmingham to act as the drafting secretary to the Agreed Syllabus Conference which devised the groundbreaking 2007 Syllabus for Religious Education. This syllabus committed all the major faiths found in the City to supporting teachers in developing 24 dispositions in young people on the basis of their scriptures, traditions and practices. He has published many articles relating to Theology and to Religious Education and is responsible for authoring and editing four books. He advised the City of Birmingham on its RE provision as a member of its Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education. Dr Felderhof is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religion and was the Executive Director of the Museum of World Religions project in Birmingham.