W. H. (Bill) Salier
Academic background and interests
Present Position
2007– |
Vice Principal, Moore Theological College |
Qualifications
1982 |
B.Ed. (Sydney) |
1989 |
M.Ed.(with Merit) ( Sydney ) |
1992 |
B.Th. (Honours 1) Australian College of Theology |
1993 |
Deaconed (Anglican Church of Australia , Sydney Diocese) |
1993 |
Dip.A. (Hons 1) Moore College |
1997 |
Priested (Anglican Church of Australia , Sydney Diocese) |
1999 |
M.Th. ( Australian College of Theology) |
2003 |
Ph.D ( Cambridge ) |
Previous Experience
1982–1988 |
Primary School Teacher |
1989–1992 |
Student, Moore College |
1993–1996 |
Assistant Minister, St Luke’s Liverpool |
1996–1999 |
Lecturer, Moore Theological College |
1999–2000 |
Lecturer, Oak Hill College , London |
2003–2006 |
Lecturer, Moore Theological College |
Professional Activities
1989–1993 |
Managing Editor, ‘Nurture Magazine’, National Union of Parent-Controlled Christian Schools |
2003– |
Chairman, Claremont College School Council |
2003– |
Member Youthworks Education Committee |
2005– |
Member Sydney Anglican Synod |
Recent Postgraduate Teaching Experience
2005 Taught MA (Theol) course work unit: ‘Fourth Gospel as Narrative Theology’
Co-supervisor of M.Th. theses (not yet submitted) ‘The interconnection between “knowing” and “loving” in John’s Gospel’
Co-supervisor of M.Th. theses (not yet submitted) ‘The interpretation method known as “history of effects”: its philosophical milieu, method and influence’’
Co-supervisor of Ph.D. thesis (not yet submitted) ‘The vocabulary of ‘teaching’, ‘thinking’ and learning’ in 1 Corinthians and the Pastoral Epistles’.
Publications
Books
The Rhetorical Impact of the Semeia in the Gospel of John. WUNT 2.186; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004.
Jesus. All About Life. Macquarie Park, NSW: Bible Society NSW, 2005. (Co-authored with Peter Downey)
Articles and Essays
‘What’s in a World? Ko/smoß in the Prologue of John’s Gospel’. Reformed Theological Review 56/3 (1997).
‘Smells like teen spirit? Understanding and communicating to the culture of generation X’. In Spirit and the Millenium: Christian Education in the Post Modern Era. Edited by Margaret Mears. Adelaide: Openbook, 2001.
‘The Temple in the Gospel According to John’. Pages 121-34 in Heaven on Earth. The Temple in Biblical Theology. Edited by T. Desmond Alexander and Simon Gathercole. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2004.
‘Jesus Christ is Lord’. Working Together 1 (2005): 12-13.
Research
‘The World of John's Gospel: the Meaning and Function of ko/smoß in the Gospel According to John’. M.Th. Thesis accepted by ACT, 1999.
The Rhetorical Impact of shmeia in the Fourth Gospel.’ Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, Thesis accepted 2003.
Current Research
Johannine Letters
The Influence of Isaiah in the Fourth Gospel
The Concept of Revelation and Scripture in the Fourth Gospel
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education