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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.

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

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

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

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

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