Professor James Crossley

James’s undergraduate and postgraduate degrees (BA, MA, PhD) were in Religion and Theology with English Studies from the University of Nottingham (1995–2002). After temporary teaching positions at the universities of Exeter and Nottingham, he was appointed Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, and then Professor of Religion, Culture, and Politics at the University of Sheffield (2005–2015). He went on to become Professor of Bible and Society at St Mary’s University (2015–2022) and Research Professor of Bible, Society, and Politics at MF Oslo (since 2022).

James joined the University of Cambridge in 2024, where he is now Professor and the Director of the Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM) in the Faculty of Divinity.

James has served on numerous editorial boards for journals and monograph series and is a former editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus. He has been active in several learned societies related to his interests in religion and politics, including the American Academy of Religion, the British Association for the Study of Religions, the European Association of Biblical Studies, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the British New Testament Society. In 2007, he was elected as a member of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. James is also a member of the William Morris Society.