Benjamin Myers

Benjamin Myers (born 14 May 1978) is an Australian theologian at Alphacrucis University College, and a research fellow of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University. From 2009 to 2017 Myers was a lecturer at United Theological College within the School of Theology of Charles Sturt University. Prior to taking up a post at CSU, Myers was a researcher at the University of Queensland's Centre for the History of European Discourses. He has also been a member of Princeton's Center of Theological Inquiry and a visiting scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Myers specializes in systematic theology, English literature and modern Anglican thought. He has published a major book on John Milton's theology,^[1] as well as numerous articles on Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, Sarah Coakley, Benedict XVI and other modern theologians. His book on the thought of the previous Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams,^[2][3] was named one of the best books of 2012 in The Guardian^[4] and The Christian Century.^[5] His book on the Apostles' Creed was an ECPA Book Award Finalist^[6] and a SparkLit Christian Book of the Year Award Finalist in 2019.^[7]

Myers is also widely known for being a pioneer in the Biblioblog movement. His blog, Faith & Theology,^[8] was one of the original theology blogs and attracted a wide international audience for many years. A selection of writing from the blog was published as a book in 2013.^[9] Myers is an occasional contributor to ABC Radio National^[10] and ABC Religion and Ethics.^[11] He has also published a children's book on the Apostles' Creed with illustrator Natasha Kennedy.^[12]

Myers currently resides in Brisbane.

Works

Books

• Milton's Theology of Freedom Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, 2006. ISBN 978-3-11-018938-4
• Christ the Stranger: The Theology of Rowan Williams New York: T&T Clark, 2012. ISBN 978-0-567-59971-1
• Salvation in My Pocket: Fragments of Faith and Theology Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2013. ISBN 978-1-60899-757-2
• The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018 ISBN 978-1-68359-088-0
• (with Natasha Kennedy) The Apostles' Creed: For All God's Children Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2022 ISBN 1683595742

Selected articles

• "Predestination and Freedom in Milton’s Paradise Lost," in Scottish Journal of Theology 59:1 (2006), 64-80.
• "Prevenient Grace and Conversion in Paradise Lost," in Milton Quarterly 40:1 (2006), 22-39.
• "The Difference Totality Makes: Reconsidering Pannenberg’s Eschatological Ontology," in Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 49:2 (2007), 141-55.
• "Karl Barth as Historian: Historical Method in the Göttingen Lectures on Calvin, Zwingli and Schleiermacher," in Zeitschrift für dialektische Theologie 23:1 (2007), 96-109.
• "'Following the Way Which Is Called Heresy': Milton and the Heretical Imperative," in Journal of the History of Ideas 69:3 (2008), 375-93
• "Faith as Self-Understanding: Towards a Post-Barthian Appreciation of Rudolf Bultmann," in International Journal of Systematic Theology 10:1 (2008), 21-35.
• "The Stratification of Knowledge in the Thought of T. F. Torrance," in Scottish Journal of Theology 61:1 (2008), 1-15.
• "Does Theology Belong in the University? Schleiermacherian Reflections from an Australian Context," in International Journal of Public Theology 15:4 (2021), 484-495.
• "Affliction and Resignation in George Herbert: Reflections on Human Agency in a Global Pandemic," in New Blackfriars 103:1103 (2022), 113-127.

Chapters in edited volumes

• "Disruptive History: Rowan Williams on Heresy and Orthodoxy," in On Rowan Williams: Critical Essays, ed. Matheson Russell (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2009), 47-67. ISBN 978-1-55635-973-6
• "From Faithfulness to Faith in the Theology of Karl Barth," in The Faith of Jesus Christ: Exegetical, Biblical, and Theological Studies, ed. Michael F. Bird and Preston M. Sprinkle (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2009), 291-308. ISBN 978-1-59856-429-7
• "A Tale of Two Gardens: Augustine’s Narrative Interpretation of Romans 5," in Apocalpytic Paul: Cosmos and Anthropos in Romans 5-8 (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2013), 39-58.
• "The Patristic Atonement Model," in Locating Atonement: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015), 71-88.
• "‘Truth, Not Custom’: Joseph Ratzinger on Faith and Reason," in The Theology of Benedict XVI: A Protestant Appreciation, ed. Tim Perry (Bellingham: Lexham Press, 2019).

References

External links

• https://www.ac.edu.au/faculty-and-staff/ben-myers/
• https://alphacrucis.academia.edu/BenMyers
• http://www.faith-theology.com/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20171020192159/http://arts-ed.csu.edu.au/schools/theology/staff/profiles/academic-staff/ben-myers

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