Benjamin Myers

Benjamin Myers (born 14 May 1978) is an Australian theologian who is the Director of the Millis Institute, at the Christian Heritage College in Brisbane, and a research fellow of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University in Canberra. 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 is also a member of Princeton University's Center for Theological Inquiry.

This article is about the theologian. For the electronic musician, see Benoit & Sergio. For the English writer and journalist, see Ben Myers. For the American poet and essayist, see Benjamin Myers (poet).

Myers specializes in systematic theology, English literature, and the history of ideas. He has published a major book on John Milton's theology,[1] as well as numerous articles on Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, T. F. Torrance, and other contemporary theologians. His most recent project is a monograph exploring the thought of the previous Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.[2][3] Myers is also widely known for being a pioneer in the Biblioblog movement. His blog, Faith & Theology,[4] attracts a wide international audience. He is an occasional contributor to the ABC Religion and Ethics programming.[5][6]

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

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.
  • "Milton and the Theology of Secular Politics," in The Turnbull Library Record 41 (2008), 37-49.
  • "'Following the Way Which Is Called Heresy': Milton and the Heretical Imperative," in Journal of the History of Ideas 69:3 (2008), 375-93
  • "Dialectical Critical Realism in Science and Theology: Quantum Physics and Karl Barth," in Science and Christian Belief 20:1 (2008), 49-66.
  • "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.
  • "The Impossibility of the Secular: Double Prevenience in Karl Barth's Ethics of Reconciliation," in Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 27:1 (2009), 88-99.

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

References
  1. Woods, Susanne. "Milton's Theology of Freedom - By Benjamin Myers". Milton Quarterly. 43: 57–58. doi:10.1111/j.1094-348X.2009.00210_1.x.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Volpe, Medi Ann. "Christ the Stranger: The Theology of Rowan Williams by Benjamin Myers (London: T&T Clark, 2012), x + 130 pp". Modern Theology. 29: 398–400. doi:10.1111/moth.12049.
  4. http://www.faith-theology.com/
  5. ABC Religion and Ethics
  6. Benjamin Myers, (13 Aug 2013), Reflected glory: Imitation, biography and moral formation in early Christianity, ABC Religion and Ethics, Benjamin Myers, (30 Oct 2015), Love Your Neighbour: Why Tony Abbott is (partly) Right and his Critics are (partly) Wrong, ABC Religion and Ethics
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