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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. (2024). Justice and joy. In J. Goroncy (Ed.), T&T Clark handbook of the doctrine of creation. (pp. 422-434). London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. Chapter in Book - Research

Shepherd, A. (2024). Attentiveness, moral formation, and a community of care. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association of Theological Studies (ANZATS) Conference: Context and Community. (pp. 31). Retrieved from https://anzats.edu.au Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Shepherd, A. (2024). High price to be paid for Government's ecological failings. The Press, (22 April). Retrieved from https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350249125/high-price-be-paid-governments-ecological-failings Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Shepherd, A. (2024). Finding the good in Good Friday, and in humanity. The Press, (28 March). Retrieved from https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350225378/finding-good-good-friday-and-humanity Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Beck, J.,Te Moni, W., and Shepherd, A. (2023). Haerenga Tuarua: Part 1: Finding our place. Ngā Here: The Many Connections. Retrieved from https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021350. [Podcast]. Other Research Output

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