Dr Austin Stevenson
I am an early career researcher working on vaccine hesitancy among religious communities, in partnership with the Oxford Vaccine Group and the Vaccine Knowledge Project <https://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/>. I completed a PhD in Theology at the University of Cambridge in 2021, in which I explored how certain philosophical ideas impact what it means to study Jesus as a historical figure, and how critical reflection on these concepts might enable religious traditions to engage more positively with critical historiography. I hold an MA and ThM in Theology from Regent College in Vancouver, BC and a bachelor’s degree in music.
I teach Christian theology and philosophy of religion, and I love equipping students to think critically and creatively about the biggest questions, such as God, being, truth, beauty, and goodness. I am also passionate about the arts, especially music and literature, and how they intersect with theology. Much of my work engages with the thought of the medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274).
Books
The Consciousness of the Historical Jesus: Historiography, Theology, and Metaphysics. Studies in Systematic Theology (London: T&T Clark, Forthcoming).
Articles
“‘Concerning that Day and Hour’: In Defence of Patristic Exegesis,” Journal of Theological Interpretation (Forthcoming).
“‘My body is a temple’: Vaccine hesitancy, religious exemptions, and the integrity of Christian witness,” ABC Religion & Ethics (2021). www.abc.net.au/religion/vaccines-religious-exemptions-and-christian-witness/13580026
“The Unity of Christ and the Historical Jesus: Aquinas and Locke on Personal Identity,” Modern Theology 37:4 (Oct 2021): 851–64. doi.org/10.1111/moth.12663
“How Conspiracy Theories Undermine the Common Good,” ABC Religion & Ethics (2020). www.abc.net.au/religion/how-conspiracy-theories-undermine-the-common-good/12373294
“The Self-Understanding of Jesus: A Metaphysical Reading of Historical Jesus Studies,” Scottish Journal of Theology 72 (2019): 291–307. doi.org/10.1017/S0036930619000346
“The Eternal Generation of the Son: The Christological Significance for Origen and Nicaea,” Crux: A Quarterly Journal of Christian Thought and Opinion 79 (Fall 2015): 13–22.
Edited Works
“Theological Genealogies of Modernity,” Special issue of Modern Theology. Edited by Darren Sarisky, Pui-Him Ip, and Austin Stevenson (Forthcoming).
New Trinitarian Ontologies, Volume 2. Edited by John Milbank, Austin Stevenson, and Alexander Abecina. Interventions (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, Forthcoming).
www.austin-stevenson.com
Dr Austin Stevenson
I am an early career researcher working on vaccine hesitancy among religious communities, in partnership with the Oxford Vaccine Group and the Vaccine Knowledge Project <https://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/>. I completed a PhD in Theology at the University of Cambridge in 2021, in which I explored how certain philosophical ideas impact what it means to study Jesus as a historical figure, and how critical reflection on these concepts might enable religious traditions to engage more positively with critical historiography. I hold an MA and ThM in Theology from Regent College in Vancouver, BC and a bachelor’s degree in music.
I teach Christian theology and philosophy of religion, and I love equipping students to think critically and creatively about the biggest questions, such as God, being, truth, beauty, and goodness. I am also passionate about the arts, especially music and literature, and how they intersect with theology. Much of my work engages with the thought of the medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274).
Books
The Consciousness of the Historical Jesus: Historiography, Theology, and Metaphysics. Studies in Systematic Theology (London: T&T Clark, Forthcoming).
Articles
“‘Concerning that Day and Hour’: In Defence of Patristic Exegesis,” Journal of Theological Interpretation (Forthcoming).
“‘My body is a temple’: Vaccine hesitancy, religious exemptions, and the integrity of Christian witness,” ABC Religion & Ethics (2021). www.abc.net.au/religion/vaccines-religious-exemptions-and-christian-witness/13580026
“The Unity of Christ and the Historical Jesus: Aquinas and Locke on Personal Identity,” Modern Theology 37:4 (Oct 2021): 851–64. doi.org/10.1111/moth.12663
“How Conspiracy Theories Undermine the Common Good,” ABC Religion & Ethics (2020). www.abc.net.au/religion/how-conspiracy-theories-undermine-the-common-good/12373294
“The Self-Understanding of Jesus: A Metaphysical Reading of Historical Jesus Studies,” Scottish Journal of Theology 72 (2019): 291–307. doi.org/10.1017/S0036930619000346
“The Eternal Generation of the Son: The Christological Significance for Origen and Nicaea,” Crux: A Quarterly Journal of Christian Thought and Opinion 79 (Fall 2015): 13–22.
Edited Works
“Theological Genealogies of Modernity,” Special issue of Modern Theology. Edited by Darren Sarisky, Pui-Him Ip, and Austin Stevenson (Forthcoming).
New Trinitarian Ontologies, Volume 2. Edited by John Milbank, Austin Stevenson, and Alexander Abecina. Interventions (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, Forthcoming).
www.austin-stevenson.com