Biography
He holds a DPhil in New Testament studies from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining Scholar Leaders, he was a professor at the Biblical Seminary of Colombia in Medellín, he a wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Universität Bonn, and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow on the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. He is author of Eight Million Exiles (Eerdmans, 2023), Renouncing Everything (Paulist, 2016), and co-author of When the Son of Man Didn't Come (Fortress, 2016). His research interests include migration, eschatology, and Christian wealth ethics.
Research topics
- Responding to the crisis of forced displacement and the armed conflict in Colombia (where I teach theology) as part of the mission of the church and utilizing best practices from the social sciences.
- The development of Christian names for God, for the purpose of facilitating Muslim-Christian dialogue.
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