Professor David Tombs

Howard Paterson Professor of Theology and Public Issues,
and Director, Centre for Theology and Public Issues MA(Oxford), STM(Union Theological Seminary, NY), MA, PhD(London)

Course adviser for MTheol and PhD students
Room 4S8, Arts Building
Tel +64 3 479 8450
Email david.tombs@otago.ac.nz

David Tombs took up the Director role at the Centre and the Howard Paterson Chair of Theology and Public Issues in January 2015. David is a lay Anglican theologian and has a longstanding interest in contextual and liberation theologies. He is author of Latin American Liberation Theologies (Brill, 2002).

His current research focusses on religion, violence, and public theology, and especially on Christian responses to gender-based violence, sexual abuse and torture. He welcomes proposals for Ph.D. projects in these areas. Previously David was a Lecturer in Theology at the University of Roehampton London (1992–2001). From 2001–2014 he lived and worked in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation for the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin.

View David's Inaugural Professorial Lecture"Latin American Liberation Theology and its Ongoing Legacy"

The Centre for Theology and Public Issues is a founding member of the Global Network for Public Theology (GNPT), which is an academic research partnership that promotes theological contributions on public issues, especially those issues affecting the poor, the marginalized and the environment.