Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity
I am a biblical scholar and historian with a particular interest in the contemporary use (and misuse) of the bible in debates about sexuality, gender and ethics. My latest book is "Even the Devil Quotes Scripture: Reading the Bible on Its Own Terms" (Eerdmans, 2023).
I have research expertise in apocalypticism and the related topics of end of the world speculation, martyrdom, and images of evil. I am published in the areas of the visual culture of the Graeco-Roman world, its impact on biblical rhetoric, New Testament, and Judeo-Christian apocalyptic literature.
Experience
2022–present
Associate professor, Pilgrim Theological College
2018–2022
Senior lecturer, Pilgrim Theological College
2016–2018
Lecturer, Trinity College Theological School
2014–2016
Postdoctoral fellow, Union Theological Seminary in New York
2012–2014
Adjunct professor, Princeton Seminary
Education
2014
University of Chicago, PhD
2006
University of Divinity, MTheol
1998
University of Divinity, BD (Hons)
1995
Monash University, BSc
Publications
2023
Even the Devil Quotes Scripture, Eerdmans
2021
Terror in the Bible: Rhetoric, Gender, Violence, SBL Press
2017
From Cross to Ascension: The Surprising Locus of Salvation in Luke-Acts, Australian Biblical Review
2017
A Failed Spectacle: The Role of the Crowd in Luke 23, Biblical Interpretation 25.3
2015
Ekphrasis, Vision, and Persuasion in the Book of Revelation, Mohr Siebeck
2013
Rebuke or Recall? Rethinking the Role of Peter in Mark’s Gospel, Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Professional Memberships
Society of Biblical Literature
Fellowship for Biblical Studies
Member of the University of Divinity's Centre for Research in Religion and Social Policy