Richard J. Gibson
Academic background and interests
Present Position
1994– |
Lecturer, Moore College |
Qualifications
1982 |
B.S.W. (UNSW) |
1989 |
B.Th. (Hons 1) (ACT) |
1990 |
Deaconed (Anglican Church of Australia , Sydney Diocese) |
1990 |
Dip.A. (Hons 1) ( Moore College ) |
1990 |
Priested (Anglican Church of Australia , Sydney Diocese) |
1995 |
M.Th. (ACT) |
2005 |
Ph.D. ( Macquarie ) |
Previous Experience
1982–1983 |
Trainee, Ministry Training Scheme |
1986–1989 |
Student, Moore College |
1990–1993 |
Curate, St James’ and St John’s Mt Druitt |
1997–1999 |
Study leave for post-graduate studies at Macquarie University |
Professional Activities
1994– |
Committee Member, College of Preachers |
1996–2003 |
General Editor of Explorations |
2003- |
Chairman, College of Preachers |
Recent Postgraduate Teaching Experience
Publications
Books
Explorations 10: Justification and Christian Assurance. Adelaide: Openbook, 1996. (Editor)
Explorations 11: Interpreting God’s Plan: Biblical Theology and the Pastor. Adelaide: Openbook, 1998. (Editor)
Explorations 12: Ripe For Harvest: Christian Mission in the New Testament and in our World. Carlisle/Adelaide: Paternoster/Openbook, 2000. (Editor)
Explorations 14: Who am I? Perspectives on Christian Anthropology. Carlisle: Paternoster (forthcoming). (Editor)
Articles
‘Prayer’. Pages 65–92 in Explorations 9: Responding to the Gospel. Edited by B. G. Webb. Adelaide: Openbook, 1995.
‘The Literary Coherence of 1 Timothy’. Reformed Theological Review 55 (1996).
‘Paul and the Evangelization of the Stoics’. In The Gospel to the Nations: Perspectives on Paul’s Mission. Essays in Honour of Peter Thomas O’Brien. Edited by P. G. Bolt and M. D. Thompson. Leicester: IVP, 2000.
Research
‘The Literary and Theological Coherence of 1 Timothy’. M.Th. thesis. ACT, 1995.
'As Dearly Loved Children: Divine and Human Emotion in Early Christian Thought and its Hellenistic Context.' Ph.D. thesis. Macquarie University, 2005.
Current Research
The status of the Septuagint in Jerome's correspondence with Augustine.
Lactantius on Anger.
The literary structure of Paul's epistle to the Romans.

