Christopher Rowland (theologian) explained
| Pre-Nominals: | The Reverend |
| Christopher Rowland |
| Birth Name: | Christopher Charles Rowland |
| Birth Date: | 21 May 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Doncaster, England |
| Module: | | Child: | yes | | Religion: | Christianity (Anglican) | | Church: | Church of England |
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| Module2: | | Child: | yes | | Thesis Title: | The Influence of the First Chapter of Ezekiel on Jewish and Early Christian Literature | | Thesis Year: | 1974 | | Discipline: | Theology | | Sub Discipline: | Biblical theology | | Notable Works: | Radical Christianity (1988) |
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Christopher Charles Rowland (born 21 May 1947) is an English Anglican priest and theologian. He was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1991 to 2014.[1]
Life
Rowland was born on 21 May 1947 in Doncaster, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and was educated at Doncaster Grammar School. He then studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, and for ordination in the Church of England at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.
He was ordained deacon in 1975 and priest in 1976, serving as curate at two parishes in the Newcastle upon Tyne area (Benwell 1975–1978, Gosforth 1978–1979). Between 1974 and 1979, he lectured in religious studies at Newcastle University, returning to Cambridge as a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1979. He was an assistant lecturer in divinity at the university from 1983 to 1985, then lecturer from 1985 to 1991.
In 1991, he was appointed Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford, a post that carries with it a fellowship at The Queen's College, Oxford. He retired from Oxford in 2014 and was appointed professor emeritus.[2] He was appointed Canon Theologian of Liverpool Cathedral in 2005.[3]
He influenced the scholars Michael J. Gorman[4] and Robin Griffith-Jones[5]
Works
Books
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . The Open Heaven: a study of apocalyptic in Judaism and early Christianity . New York . Crossroad . 1982 . 978-0-824-50455-7 . 8410967 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Christian Origins: an account of the setting and character of the most important messianic sect of Judaism . London . SPCK . 1985 . 978-0-281-04110-7 . 13004836 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Christian Origins: from Messianic movement to Christian religion . Minneapolis, MN . Augsburg Publishing . 1985 . 978-0-806-62173-9 . 12131161 . - differently titled US edition
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Radical Christianity: a reading of recovery . Maryknoll, NY . Orbis Books . 1988 . 978-0-883-44370-5 . 17806833 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Rogerson . J. W. . J. W. Rogerson . Lindars . Barnabas . Barnabas Lindars . The Study and Use of the Bible . History of Christian Theology . 2 . Basingstoke, Hants, UK; Grand Rapids, MI . Marshall Pickering; Eerdmans . 1988 . 978-0-802-80196-8 . 17549749 . registration .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Corner . Mark . Liberating Exegesis: the challenge of liberation theology to Biblical studies . Louisville, KY . Westminster, John Knox Press . 1989 . 978-0-664-25084-3 . 20800546 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Revelation . Epworth Commentaries . London . Epworth Press . 1993 . 978-0-716-20493-0 . 32857756 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Ashton . John . Fletcher-Louis . Crispin H. T. . Understanding, studying, and reading: New Testament essays in honour of John Ashton . Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Supplement Series . 153 . Sheffield, England . Sheffield Academic Press . 1998 . 978-1-850-75828-0 . 44685561 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Edwards . M. J. . Goodman . Martin . Martin Goodman (historian) . Price . S. R. F. . Apologetics in the Roman Empire: pagans, Jews, and Christians . Oxford; New York . Oxford University Press . 1999 . 978-0-198-26986-1 . 40158874 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology . Cambridge Companions to Religion . Cambridge; New York . Cambridge University Press . 1999 . 978-0-521-46144-3 . 39122856 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Bradstock . Andrew . Radical Christian Writings: a reader . Oxford; Malden, MA . Blackwell Publishers . 2002 . 978-0-631-22249-1 . 48100595 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Barton . John . John Barton (theologian) . Apocalyptic in History and Tradition . Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, Supplement Series . 43 . London . Sheffield Academic Press . 2002 . 978-0-826-46208-4 . 51568109 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Kovacs . Judith L. . Revelation: the Apocalypse of Jesus Christ . Blackwell Bible Commentaries . Malden, MA . Blackwell Publishing . 2004 . 978-0-631-23214-8 . 52922297 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Tuckett . Christopher M. . Christopher M. Tuckett . The Nature of New Testament Theology: essays in honour of Robert Morgan . Malden, MA; Oxford . Blackwell Publishing . 2006 . 978-1-405-11175-1 . 60741978 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . "Wheels within wheels": William Blake and the Ezekiel's merkabah in text and image . Père Marquette lecture in theology, 2007 . Milwaukee, WI . Marquette University Press . 2007 . 978-0-874-62587-5 . 81860428 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Morray-Jones . Christopher R. A. . Christopher R. A. Morray-Jones . The Mystery of God: early Jewish mysticism and the New Testament . Compendia rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum, Section 3: Jewish traditions in early Christian literature . 12 . Leiden; Boston . Brill . 2009 . 978-9-004-17532-7 . 316736889 .
- Book: Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . Blake and the Bible . registration . London; New Haven, CT . Yale University Press . 2010 . 978-0-300-11260-3 . 449853455 .
Articles
- Rowland . Christopher C. . 3 . The Vision of the Risen Christ in Rev i.13 ff.: The Debt of an Early Christology to an Aspect of Jewish Angelology . . 31 . 1980 . 1–11 .
Festschriften
- Book: Bennett . Zoë . Gowler . David B. . Radical Christian Voices and Practice: Essays in Honour of Christopher Rowland. Oxford . Oxford University Press . 2012 . 978-0-19-959977-6 .
- Book: Knight . Jonathan . Sullivan . Kevin P. . The Open Mind: essays in honour of Christopher Rowland . Library of New Testament Studies . 522 . London . T & T Clark . 2015 . 978-0-567-65851-7 . 890393310 .
- Book: Ashton . John . Revealed Wisdom: studies in Apocalyptic in honour of Christopher Rowland . Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity . 88 . Boston, MA . Brill . 2014 . 978-9-004-27203-3 . 872222399 .
Notes and References
- Web site: Prof. Christopher Rowland. University of Oxford. https://web.archive.org/web/20101115003851/http://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/staff-list/prof.-christoper-rowland.html. 2010-11-15. dead.
- Web site: Rowland, Prof. Christopher Charles . . Oxford University Press . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U33309 . 1 December 2017.
- Web site: Rowland, Rev. Prof. Christopher Charles. Who's Who 2010. Oxford University Press. November 2009. 7 February 2010.
- Book: Gorman . Michael J. . Michael J. Gorman . 2011 . Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness; Following the Lamb into the New Creation . Eugene, Oregon . Cascade Books . ix . 978-1-62189-262-5.
- Book: Griffith-Jones . Robin . 2000 . The Four Witnesses: The Rebel, the Rabbi, the Chronicler, and the Mystic . San Francisco . HarperSanFrancisco . 9780062516473 . x . registration .
