Philip Church
Senior Research Fellow
Theology
Laidlaw College
New Zealand
Biography
Philip completed an MCS from Regent College in 1983 and an ACT MTh in 1996, both in New Testament studies. He was Registrar of Tyndale College from 1985 until 2000 as well as being a regular tutor for the College. Philip has recently completed a PhD in New Testament through Otago University. His research is in temple symbolism in the book of Hebrews. He is Chairman of the MECO (NZ) Trust, and on the boards of the Asia Theological Association (NZ) and A Rocha Aotearoa NZ. He joined Laidlaw in 2002, after a career in accountancy. He is the editor of Stimulus.
Research Interest
Theology in dialogue with science, technology and new media, as well religion, media and popular culture.
Publications
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“The Temple in the Apocalypse of Weeks and in Hebrews,†Tynbul 64.1 (2013): 109-28.
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“The Promised Land in the New Testament and in Particular in Hebrews.†Israel: 5 Views on People, Land and State, 15-25. Auckland, Vision Network of New Zealand, 2009.
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“Dispensational Christian Zionism: a strange but acceptable aberration or a deviant heresy� WTJ 71 (2009): 375-398.
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“The True Tent which the Lord has Pitched: Balaam’s Oracles in Second Temple Judaism and in the Epistle to the Hebrews. A Crowd of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in its Ancient Contexts, 145-157. Edited by Richard Bauckham, Daniel Driver, Trevor Hart and Nathan MacDonald. LNTS 387; London: Continuum, 2008
