Stuart Lange
Senior Research Fellow
Theology
Laidlaw College
New Zealand
Biography
Stuart completed his PhD from the University of Otago, through a study on the history of twentieth-century evangelical Christianity in New Zealand. He also holds an MA with first class honours in History from Auckland University and a BD from the Melbourne College of Divinity. He joined the Academic Staff in 1990 and teaches courses on the History of Christianity. From 2006-2008 he was Vice Principal. Stuart’s major book (A Rising Tide: Evangelical Christianity in New Zealand, 1930-1965) was published by Otago University Press in 2013, and he is the writer and presenter of the DVD Te Rongopai: 200 Years of the Gospel in New Zealand, 1814-2014. Since 1992, Stuart has also been the senior minister at a nearby church, Massey Presbyterian, where he heads the staff team and regularly preaches.
Research Interest
Theology in dialogue with science, technology and new media, as well religion, media and popular culture.
Publications
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“Church and society and the bicentenary of Christianity in New Zealandâ€, Stimulus 23, 2 (April 2016): 12-20.
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Te MÄnihera, Kereopa, and Christian peace-making among MÄoriâ€, in Geoffrey Troughton (ed), Saints and Stirrers: The Peace Tradition in New Zealand. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2016 (forthcoming)
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“Admiring, Disdainful, or Somewhere in the Middle: Interpretations of Missionaries and Christianity among MÄori, in Geoffrey Troughton and Stuart Lange, eds. Sacred Histories in Secular New Zealand. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2016 (forthcoming, September).
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Co-edited book: Geoffrey Troughton and Stuart Lange, eds. Sacred Histories in Secular New Zealand. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2016 (forthcoming, September 2016).
