Christopher Rowland (theologian)
Christopher Rowland | |
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| Born | Christopher Charles Rowland 21 May 1947 Doncaster, England |
| Spouse |
Catherine Rogers (m. 1969) |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity ( Anglican) |
| Church | Church of England |
| Ordained |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | The Influence of the First Chapter of Ezekiel on Jewish and Early Christian Literature (1974) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| Sub-discipline | Biblical theology |
| Institutions | |
| Notable works | Radical Christianity (1988) |
| Influenced | |
Christopher Charles Rowland (born 21 May 1947) is an English
Anglican priest and theologian. He was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1991 to 2014.[1]
Life
Rowland was born on 21 May 1947 in
Doncaster Grammar School. He then studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, and for ordination in the Church of England at Ridley Hall, Cambridge
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He was ordained deacon in 1975 and priest in 1976, serving as
Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1979. He was an assistant lecturer in divinity at the university from 1983 to 1985, then lecturer from 1985 to 1991.[2]
In 1991, he was appointed
He influenced the scholars Michael J. Gorman[4] and Robin Griffith-Jones[5]
Works
Books
- Rowland, Christopher C. (1982). The Open Heaven: a study of apocalyptic in Judaism and early Christianity. New York: Crossroad. OCLC 8410967.
- ——— (1985). Christian Origins: an account of the setting and character of the most important messianic sect of Judaism. London: SPCK. OCLC 13004836.
- ——— (1985). Christian Origins: from Messianic movement to Christian religion. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing. OCLC 12131161. - differently titled US edition
- ——— (1988). Radical Christianity: a reading of recovery. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. OCLC 17806833.
- ———; OCLC 17549749.
- ———; Corner, Mark (1989). Liberating Exegesis: the challenge of liberation theology to Biblical studies. Louisville, KY: Westminster, John Knox Press. OCLC 20800546.
- ——— (1993). Revelation. Epworth Commentaries. London: Epworth Press. OCLC 32857756.
- ———; Ashton, John; Fletcher-Louis, Crispin H. T., eds. (1998). Understanding, studying, and reading: New Testament essays in honour of John Ashton. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Supplement Series. Vol. 153. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press. OCLC 44685561.
- ———; Edwards, M. J.; OCLC 40158874.
- ———, ed. (1999). The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology. Cambridge Companions to Religion. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 39122856.
- ———; Bradstock, Andrew, eds. (2002). Radical Christian Writings: a reader. Oxford ; Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers. OCLC 48100595.
- ———; OCLC 51568109.
- ———; Kovacs, Judith L. (2004). Revelation: the Apocalypse of Jesus Christ. Blackwell Bible Commentaries. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. OCLC 52922297.
- ———; OCLC 60741978.
- ——— (2007). "Wheels within wheels": William Blake and the Ezekiel's merkabah in text and image. Père Marquette lecture in theology, 2007. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press. OCLC 81860428.
- ———; OCLC 316736889.
- ——— (2010). Blake and the Bible. London ; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. OCLC 449853455.
Articles
- ——— (1980). "The Vision of the Risen Christ in Rev i.13 ff.: The Debt of an Early Christology to an Aspect of Jewish Angelology". Journal of Theological Studies. 31: 1–11.
Festschriften
- Bennett, Zoë; Gowler, David B., eds. (2012). Radical Christian Voices and Practice: Essays in Honour of Christopher Rowland. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-959977-6.
- Knight, Jonathan; Sullivan, Kevin P., eds. (2015). The Open Mind: essays in honour of Christopher Rowland. Library of New Testament Studies. Vol. 522. London: T & T Clark. OCLC 890393310.
- Ashton, John, ed. (2014). Revealed Wisdom: studies in Apocalyptic in honour of Christopher Rowland. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Vol. 88. Boston, MA: Brill. OCLC 872222399.
References
- ^ "Prof. Christopher Rowland". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Rowland, Rev. Prof. Christopher Charles". Who's Who 2010. Oxford University Press. November 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
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- ISBN 978-1-62189-262-5.
- ISBN 9780062516473.
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