Dr Andrew Shepherd, Our people, Theology Programme, University of Otago, New Zealand

Andrew Shepherd 2020 image 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 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
Preferred areas of supervision
Main research interests
Current Postgraduate Students
Publications

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

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Publications

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, November). Freedom of choice does not exist in isolation: We are responsible for others too. Opinion piece for Stuff News. 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

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. (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

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

Other Research Output

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

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. (2020). Creaturely theology. Word & World, 8, 17-22. Retrieved from https://ifesworld.org/journal

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. (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

Shepherd, A. (2010). Creation and Christology: The ecological crisis and eschatological ethics. Stimulus, 18(4), 51-57.

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. (2007). Arks and spaceships: Children's stories, political visions, and the environmental crisis. Stimulus, 15(4), 52-58.

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

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. (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. (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. (2020, November-December). The doctrine of creation: Justice and joy. Verbal presentation at the Joint Conference of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Biblical Studies (ANZABS) & the Systematic Theology Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (STAANZ), Christchurch, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Shepherd, A. (2019, June). A theology and practices of creation care for the 21st century. Verbal presentation at the Christ, the Cross, and Creation Care Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Shepherd, A. (2017, October). Facing fear, harnessing hope. Plenary presentation at the Beyond Blame: Christianity and the Future of Creation Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Shepherd, A. (2017, September-October). Mirrors, screen and photographs: Facing the 'Other' in an 'Age of Terror'. Keynote presentation at the Thought Matters Conference: Hospitality: Engaging the Other, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Shepherd, A. (2016, January). Taking flight, being grounded: Theological reflections on petrels and pneumatology. Verbal presentation at the Ecology and Hope Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Shepherd, A. (2015, November). Facing the Other. Verbal presentation at the "Peace, not war, shall be out boast": Historical, Theological and Contemporary Perspectives on Peace and Christianity in New Zealand Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Shepherd, A. (2014, November). How do we understand the evil that led to the huge death toll? How can we be empowered to live peacefully together? Verbal presentation at the World War I Study Day: How Shall We Remember Them? Auckland, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Shepherd, A. (2017). Imagination & the Bible: Learning from neuroscience. SUNZ Adventure, (May), 12-13.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Shepherd, A. (2016). Integral mission. Intermission!, 27. Retrieved from http://www.nzcms.org.nz/integral-mission-safeguarding-the-integrity-of-creation-issue-27/

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Shepherd, A. (2015). Light for the path. SUNZ Adventure, (December), 25.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Shepherd, A. (2015). Bringing the Bible to youth. SUNZ Adventure, (September), 19.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Shepherd, A. (2013). Crisis and the community of creation. Refresh, 12(1), 3-8.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Shepherd, A. (2012). The ecological crisis: A Christian response. Spanz, (52), 2.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Shepherd, A. (2012). A walk in the garden: Wooed by the Creator. Refresh, 11(1), 19-24.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Shepherd, A. (2008). A spirituality of home-making in a property-dealing world. Refresh, 8(2), 21-24.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Shepherd, A. (2008). God is communion: A spirituality of being. Refresh, 8(1), 21-25.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Shepherd, A. (2020, August). "You have searched me & know me": Surrendering our freedom through surveillance. Movement Online Blog, Anglican Diocese of Wellington. Retrieved from https://movementonline.org.nz/blog/11e0mwocbwsm5ywd7lcny3z0rnysvm

Other Research Output

Shepherd, A. (2020, July). The housing crisis & Christian responsibility. Movement Online Blog, Anglican Diocese of Wellington. Retrieved from https://movementonline.org.nz/blog/the-housing-crisis-amp-christian-responsibility

Other Research Output

Shepherd, A. (2020, May). After revelations of abuse, what becomes of Jean Vanier's legacy? [Opinion]. ABC Religion & Ethics. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/religion/after-revelations-of-abuse-what-remains-of-legacy-of-jean-vanier/12236544

Other Research Output

Shepherd, A. (2019, September). Commodification of the world and self: Freedom to flourish in the Anthropocene. Thought Matters, Booth College of Mission, Wellington, New Zealand. [Research Presentation (External Institution)].

Other Research Output

Shepherd, A. (2019, 5 February). Creation and hope. Otago Access Radio, Community or Chaos with Marvin Hubbard. Retrieved from https://accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=f8b964f9-8b77-4999-a4fc-ea16a9364886

Other Research Output

Shepherd, A. (2018, November). Shopping till collapse: Gifts and gratitude in a culture of over-consumption. A Rocha Blog. Retrieved from https://blog.arocha.org/en/shopping-till-collapse-gifts-and-gratitude-in-a-culture-of-over-consumption/

Other Research Output

Shepherd, A. (2018). Rich living: Food. A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved from https://www.arocha.org.nz/rich-living-booklets/

Other Research Output

Shepherd, A. (2017). Rich living: Water. A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved from https://www.arocha.org.nz/rich-living-booklets/

Other Research Output

Shepherd, A. (2017). Rich living: Climate change. A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved from https://www.arocha.org.nz/rich-living-booklets/

Other Research Output

Shepherd, A. (2014). [Review of the book Animal suffering and the problem of evil]. Stimulus, 21(1), 60-62. [Book Review].

Journal - Research Other

Shepherd, A. (2013). Forecasting the future: Credit, debt and perfect storms. Stimulus, 20(1), 2-3. [Editorial].

Journal - Research Other

Shepherd, A. (2008). [Review of the book Beyond homelessness: Christian faith in a culture of displacement]. Stimulus, 16(4), 44-45. [Book Review].

Journal - Research Other

Shepherd, A. (2011). 2011 NZ general election: Issues & discussion papers. Centre for Theology & Public Issues, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/ctpi/resources/otago023959.html. [Other Research Output].

Other Research Output

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