Academic Engagement
I am an academic historian and theologian. I love diving deep into historical events, cultures, and people and bringing them to light. My academic work encompasses theology, particularly historical theology and the history of thought across the centuries. I engage with how people thought in the past and the implications for today at both Australian and international conferences.
My academic research explores the intersection of history, theology, and the Bible. I present at conferences in Australia and overseas. My academic papers come from my current research areas, which broadly focus on the sixteenth century and its accompanying historical and theological themes.
The Reformation of the sixteenth century and its impact on Europe and the world fascinate me. The changes that the Reformation brought to people's lives and societies were immense and shaped the world up to the present day in immense ways. Connected to Reformation studies, I love exploring the theological themes of the nature of the church, leadership and ministry, marriage (especially of the clergy), the growth of biblical literacy and accessibility, and the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Within the various European Reformations, I specialise in the English Reformation(s).
Academic speaking engagement examples
"Redeeming Mary: Mary in History and Mission"
Rome Scholars and Leaders Network, Rome, 2023
“Calvin and Sadoleto’s epistolary exchange: an exploration of unity, authority and salvation”
Evangelical History Association Annual Conference, Sydney, 2023
”The practice of and protest against clerical families in Tudor England”
Society for Reformation Studies annual conference, University of Cambridge, 2023
“Clerical Marriage in the Reformation: Biblical and Theological Issues”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network, Rome, 2022
“Thomas Cranmer, clerical celibacy and the English Reformation”
Moore College Reformation Anglicanism Symposium, Sydney, 2019
“The Stephen Gardiner – Thomas Cranmer Exchange: Lessons for us today”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network, Rome, 2019
“Theological and Structural Issues in the Roman Catholic Church in the Child Sexual Abuse Scandal”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network, Rome, 2019
“The Cardinal Sadoleto - John Calvin Exchange: Lessons for us today”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network, Rome, 2019
Three sessions on “The History of the Roman Catholic Church”:
The Early Church
Middle Ages to the Eve of the Reformation
The Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Papers presented at the annual meeting of the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network, Rome, 2018
“The History of the Bible in the Roman Catholic Church”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network, Rome, 2018