Short Biography

Currently, I am a Lecturer in the Philosophy, Religion and Theology Discipline Area at the University of Newcastle, Australia. My research in contemporary theology and continental philosophy of religion has led to projects on the theological meaning of “being” after Karl Barth and Martin Heidegger, the aporias of transcendence in Jürgen Habermas’ theory of secular reason, as well as my current work which investigates the codex book form of early Christian literature. I am the Program Leader for the Religion in Political Life Research Program and Convenor for the research Group for Religious and Intellectual Traditions (GRIT) at the UoN. I supervise PhD students on a range of subjects in theology and religious studies and teach undergraduate courses on World Religions (RELI1010) and the New Visibility of Religion (RELI3060). Examples of my research can be found in journals such as Modern Theology, New Blackfriars and Political Theology, as well as the recent book, Protestant Metaphysics after Karl Barth and Martin Heidegger. Further details on my work can be found through the links above. 

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Education

PhD, Religions and Theology, 2008
The University of Manchester, England
Dissertation title: Protestant Metaphysics according to Karl Barth and Martin Heidegger
Supervisor: Professor Graham Ward

MA, (with distinction), Religion, Culture and Gender, December 2004
The University of Manchester, England

MA, Theology and Biblical Studies, June 2003
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, USA

Employment Experience

Lecturer in Theology, August 2010-Present 
School of Humanities and Social Science, The University of Newcastle, Australia

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, September 2008 - September 2010
School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, The University of Manchester, UK

Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, January 2005-June 2008 
Religions and Theology Department, The University of Manchester, UK

Nobby’s Today

I live in a sleepy beachtown neighbourhood of Newcastle, Australia. When not teaching or writing I often try to walk out to Nobby’s Beach, the Lighthouse and sometimes snap a photo of the farthest point of the harbour break walkway:

Newcastle was named one of Lonely Planet’s Top 10 must see destinations in 2011: http://bit.ly/g1HIQQ