Curriculum Vitae
Ph.D. (Theological Studies), Wycliffe College (University of Toronto), 2022
Thesis: The Metaphysics of the Gospel: Christ, Reality, and Ecumenism in the Theology of Robert W. Jenson
Supervisor: Joseph Mangina
M.A. (Christian Studies), McMaster Divinity College, 2016
Thesis: Karl Barth and the Eternal Generation of the Son: Orthodoxy and Modernity in Barthian Theology
Supervisor: Steven Studebaker
B.A. (Biblical Studies & Theology), Tyndale University, 2013
Pastoral Ministry focus; cum laude
Education
Publications
“The Word Alone? Sola Scriptura and Church Authority as Trinitarian Event in Calvin’s Theology,” Didaskalia, forthcoming.
“The Grammar of Salvation: The Function of Trinitarian Theology in the Works of Karen Kilby and Robert Jenson.” Pro Ecclesia, forthcoming.
“Christ, Reality, and Freedom: Trinitarian Metaphysics as Theology of Culture.” Journal of the Council for Research on Religion 2, no. 2 (2021): 35-52.
“Christ and the Church: Ephesians 4:8-10 as a Test of Theological Exegesis.” Pro Ecclesia 28, no. 4 (2019): 418-431.
“Revisiting Perfection: A Constructive Approach to the Wesleyan Doctrine of Sanctification.” Canadian American Theological Review 6, no. 2 (2018): 45-58.
“Sexuality and Community in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.” Scottish Journal of Theology 71, no. 1 (2018): 67-84.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Laffin, Michael Richard. The Promise of Martin Luther’s Political Theology. Toronto Journal of Theology 36, no. 1 (2020).
Guretzki, David. An Explorer’s Guide to Karl Barth. Toronto Journal of Theology 33, no. 2 (2018): 322-323.
Book Reviews
Presentations
“The Catholic Spirit: Robert Jenson’s Evangelical Catholicism and Wesleyan Theology.” Wesleyan Theological Society, Annual Meeting (March 2024).
“The Light and the Darkness: Karl Barth on Christ’s Twofold State and the Two Sides of Creation.” American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting (November 2022).
“Crushed for Our Inquiries: Luther’s Theologia Crucis, the Church, and Reconciliation in Canada.” Evangelical Missiological Society 2022 Regional Meeting - Canada Region (March 2022).
“In the Fullness of Time: History and the Presence of Christ in Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Metaphysics.” CATA Annual Meeting, Congress 2021 (May 2021).
“Christ, Reality, and Freedom: Trinitarian Metaphysics as Theology of Culture.” McGill Religious Studies Graduate Conference: Christian Theology After Christendom, McGill University (November 2019).
“The Evangelization of Metaphysics: Robert W. Jenson and the Barthian Critique of Religion.” Wesley Symposium, Tyndale University College & Seminary (April 2018).
“Revisiting Perfection: A Constructive Approach to the Wesleyan Doctrine of Sanctification.” CATA Regional Conference, Northeastern Seminary (October 2017).
“The Church and the Market: A Canadian Perspective on Faith and Economics.” CATA Regional Conference, Northeastern Seminary (March 2016).
“The Election of the Triune God in the Theology of Karl Barth.” Theological Research Seminar, McMaster Divinity College (November 2015).
Conference Papers
“God is an Event: A Study of ‘Event’ in Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology.” Lonergan Research Institute, Regis College (March 2018).
Presentation Responses
Teaching Experience
McMaster Divinity College
Adjunct Professor of Theology, 2023-2024
Courses:
Theology for the Contemporary Church (Fall 2023)
Missional Theology (Winter 2024)
Sessional Instructor, ‘Systematic Theology: Faith Seeking Understanding’ (web-based), 2020-present
Teacher’s Assistant, ‘Systematic Theology: Faith Seeking Understanding’ (web-based), Fall 2019
Teacher’s Assistant, ‘Systematic Theology I & II’ (web-based), 2018-2019
Tyndale Seminary
Sessional Instructor, ‘Systematic Theology I: The God of the Gospel’ (web-based), Winter 2023.
Teacher’s Assistant, ‘Gospel, Church, & Culture,’ Winter 2022
Teacher’s Assistant, ‘Systematic Theology I & II,’ 2021-2022
Teacher’s Assistant, ‘The Church, the Faith, and Our World,’ Winter 2022
Teacher’s Assistant, ‘Preaching,’ Fall 2019
Wycliffe College (University of Toronto)
Professional Experience
Parish Ministry Coordinator, St. Mary & St. Martha Anglican Church, 2021-present
Associate Pastor, Barrie Free Methodist Church, 2018-2019
Assistant Pastor, Rice Road Community Church, 2015-2017
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (University of Toronto)
Canadian Doctoral Scholarship (Wycliffe College)