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Andrew Shepherd 2020 imageSenior Lecturer – Theology and Public Issues
BA(VUW), BD(Melbourne College of Divinity), PhD(Otago)

Wellington Anglican Centre / Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Mob +64 27 602 3500
Email andrew.shepherd@otago.ac.nz

Dr Andrew Shepherd is a Senior Lecturer in Theology and Public Issues. His working life has alternated between academic teaching roles and leadership responsibilities in Christian and non-profit organisations. After his initial degree in English Literature and History he completed post-graduate studies in theology. His doctoral thesis offered a theological ethic of hospitality in conversation with French philosophers, Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida.

Teaching

  • CHTH224 Theology and the Environment
  • CHTH324 Theology and the Environment (Advanced)
  • CHTH231 Christianity, War and Violence
  • CHTH331 Christianity, War and Violence (Advanced)
  • CHTH320 Public Theology and Social Justice
  • CHTH420 Public Theology and Social Justice (Advanced)

Preferred areas of supervision

I am available to supervise in any of the areas listed under Main research interests below and open to considering supervising or co-supervising any research project around the broad areas of Christian social ethics, ecological theology, and/or political theology.

Main research interests

  • Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics
  • The Ethics and Practice of Hospitality
  • Theology and Phenomenology
  • Theology and Economics
  • Peace Theology
  • Contemporary theologies of social transformation – including social movements and neo-monasticism

Current postgraduate students

  • Emma Gray (PhD) The formative relationship between the Eucharist and other practices of hospitality via Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice

Publications

Shepherd, A. (2022). Living faithfully in a neoliberal age? From market rationality to neo-monasticism. In J. Byassee, J. Kidwell, J. Wilson-Hartgrove & L. Wilson-Hartgrove (Eds.), Kingdom come: Reflections in honor of Jonathan R. Wilson. (pp. 58-70). Wipf & Stock.
Chapter in Book - Research
Shepherd, A. (2022). Te ao Māori, faith offer ways to reshape our ideas of tourism. Otago Daily Times, (15 July). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/te-ao-maori-faith-offer-ways-reshape-our-ideas-tourism
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Shepherd, A. (2021). Apocalyptic visions and anthems of hope: Climate change communication and future possibilities. International Journal of Public Theology, 15, 463-483. doi: 10.1163/15697320-01540014
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2020). Facing, naming and engaging violence: Reading Mark 5:1-20 in a military-digital complex age. Zadok Papers, S249, 2-10. doi: 10.3316/informit.597522140934410
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2020). COVID-19: An invitation to ecological repentance? Stimulus, 27(2), 12-18. Retrieved from https://hail.to/laidlaw-college/publication/1tI5uq8/article/DbwFVdI
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2014). The gift of the other: Levinas, Derrida, and a theology of hospitality. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 264p.
Authored Book - Research
Hoggard Creegan, N., & Shepherd, A. (Eds.). (2018). Creation and hope: Reflections on ecological anticipation and action from Aotearoa New Zealand. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 230p.
Edited Book - Research
Hoggard Creegan, N., & Shepherd, A. (Eds.). (2013). Taking rational trouble over the mysteries: Reactions to atheism. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 258p.
Edited Book - Research
Shepherd, A. (2022). Living faithfully in a neoliberal age? From market rationality to neo-monasticism. In J. Byassee, J. Kidwell, J. Wilson-Hartgrove & L. Wilson-Hartgrove (Eds.), Kingdom come: Reflections in honor of Jonathan R. Wilson. (pp. 58-70). Wipf & Stock.
Chapter in Book - Research
Shepherd, A. (2018). Restoring Karioi: Ecology, community and the practice of peace. In G. Troughton & P. Fountain (Eds.), Pursuing peace in Godzone: Christianity and the peace tradition in New Zealand. (pp. 178-193). Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Shepherd, A. (2018). Spirit, seabirds, & sacramentality: Ponderings on petrels and pneumatology. In N. Hoggard Creegan & A. Shepherd (Eds.), Creation and hope: Reflections on ecological anticipation and action from Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 44-61). Eugene, OR: Pickwick.
Chapter in Book - Research
Shepherd, A. (2016). Being grounded, taking flight: Reflections on petrels and pneumatology. In N. Darragh (Ed.), Living in the planet Earth: Faith communities and ecology. (pp. 103-110). Auckland, New Zealand: Accent.
Chapter in Book - Research
Shepherd, A. (2016). Restoring a mountain, reconciling communities: A Rocha in Aotearoa New Zealand. In C. Bell & R. S. White (Eds.), Creation care and the gospel: Reconsidering the mission of the church. (pp. 234-237). Peabody, MA: Hendrickson.
Chapter in Book - Research
Shepherd, A. (2013). Face to face with violence: Hitchens & religion, hospitality, and peace-building. In N. Hoggard Creegan & A. Shepherd (Eds.), Taking rational trouble over the mysteries: Reactions to atheism. (pp. 23-46). Eugene, OR: Pickwick.
Chapter in Book - Research
Shepherd, A. (2021). Apocalyptic visions and anthems of hope: Climate change communication and future possibilities. International Journal of Public Theology, 15, 463-483. doi: 10.1163/15697320-01540014
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2020). COVID-19: An invitation to ecological repentance? Stimulus, 27(2), 12-18. Retrieved from https://hail.to/laidlaw-college/publication/1tI5uq8/article/DbwFVdI
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2020). Creaturely theology. Word & World, 8, 17-22. Retrieved from https://ifesworld.org/journal
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2020). Facing, naming and engaging violence: Reading Mark 5:1-20 in a military-digital complex age. Zadok Papers, S249, 2-10. doi: 10.3316/informit.597522140934410
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2019). Being "rich towards God" in the Capitalocene: An ecological/economic reading of Luke 12.13-34. Bible Translator, 70(3), 240-260. doi: 10.1177/2051677019882979
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2010). Creation and Christology: The ecological crisis and eschatological ethics. Stimulus, 18(4), 51-57.
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2007). Arks and spaceships: Children's stories, political visions, and the environmental crisis. Stimulus, 15(4), 52-58.
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2007). The 'other', the 'gift', and 'priesthood': Zizioulas' eucharistic and eschatological theology of creation. Stimulus, 15(4), 3-8.
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2006). An Algerian and Aotearoa: Global aliens and strangers and the ethic of hospitality. South Pacific Journal of Mission Studies, 35, 4-11.
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2003). Evangelicals and development: Reclaiming a comprehensive vision of mission; reinterpreting "development". Stimulus, 11(3), 2-7.
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, A. (2022). Te ao Māori, faith offer ways to reshape our ideas of tourism. Otago Daily Times, (15 July). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/te-ao-maori-faith-offer-ways-reshape-our-ideas-tourism
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Shepherd, A. (2021). Cultural and faith narratives can help commission find answers. Otago Daily Times, (16 April). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/cultural-and-faith-narratives-can-help-commission-find-answers
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Shepherd, A. (2021). Freedom of choice does not exist in isolation: We are responsible for others too. Stuff, (10 November). Retrieved from https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126935240/freedom-of-choice-does-not-exist-in-isolation--we-are-responsible-for-others-too
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Shepherd, A. (2020). After revelations of abuse, what becomes of Jean Vanier's legacy? ABC: Religion & Ethics, (12 May). Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/religion/after-revelations-of-abuse-what-remains-of-legacy-of-jean-vanier/12236544
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Shepherd, A. (2020). Neoliberal 'choice' not grounded in humanity. Otago Daily Times, (16 October). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/news/decision-2020/neoliberal-%E2%80%98choice%E2%80%99-not-grounded-humanity
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Shepherd, A. (2018). Rich living: Food. A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved from https://www.arocha.org.nz/rich-living-booklets/
Other Research Output
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