Robert Ellis (theologian) explained

Honorific Prefix:	Revered Doctor
Robert Anthony Ellis
Office:	Principal of Regent's Park College, Oxford
Term Start:	2007
Term End:	2021
Predecessor:	Paul Fiddes
Successor:	Malcolm Evans (academic lawyer)
Birth Date:	24 August 1956 df=y
Birth Place:	Cardiff, Wales
Nationality:	Welsh
Alma Mater:	Regent's Park College, Oxford
Awards:	Being Attentive (Festschrift) (2021)

Robert Anthony Ellis (born 24th August 1956) is a British academic and Baptist minister, who is Principal Emeritus (2007-2021) and Senior Research Fellow of Regent's Park College, Oxford.

He is an ordained minister in the Baptist Union of Great Britain and has served congregations in Milton Keynes and Bristol. He was Principal of Regent's Park College from 2007 to 2021.^[1] Ellis also plays a major role in Training and Formation for Baptist Ministers' training at the College.

Education

In 1978 Ellis went to Regent's Park College, Oxford to read Theology achieving an MA (1981) and his DPhil in 1984.

Career

Ellis was Tutor in Christian Doctrine at Bristol Baptist College (1991-2001) before being appointed to the staff at Regent’s Park, initially as Fellow and Tutor in Pastoral Studies (2001-2007), then as Principal (2007-2021) and now as Senior Research Fellow.

Professional activities

Ellis has expertise in pastoral theology and systematic theology, theology of intercession, and Christianity and culture - especially theology and film, and theology and sport.

He serves on the Advisory Committee of the Vatican-sponsored programme 'Sport at the Service of Humanity.'^[2] He delivered the McCandless Lecture at Georgetown College in 2005 and again in 2010.

He has been Moderator of the Baptist Union of Great Britain Ministry Executive.

Publications

Theses

Ellis . Robert A. . Can God Act in History? A Whiteheadian Perspective . Ph.D. . . 1984 . 499852545 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Teaching Theology in the Academy: Preparing Men and Women for Ministry . . Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education . 2004 .

Academic Books

Book: Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Answering God: Towards a Theology of Intercession . Milton Keynes, UK . Paternoster . 2005 . 9781842273401 . 58482871 .
Book: Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . The Games People Play: Theology, Religion, and Sport . Eugene OR . Wipf & Stock . 2014 . 9780718843243 . 892430480 .

Edited Works

Book: Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Goodyear . Peter . Peter Goodyear . Spaces of Teaching and Learning : Integrating Perspectives on Research and Practice . Singapur . Springer . 2018 . 9789811071546 . 1029110642 .

Chapters in books

Book: Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Covenant and Creation . Clarke . Anthony . Anthony Clarke (theologian) . Bound for Glory? God, Church and World in Covenant . Oxford . Whitley Publications . 2002 . 0953974812 . 20–33 .
Book: Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Reading Films . Clarke . Anthony . Anthony Clarke (theologian) . Fiddes . Paul S. . Paul S. Fiddes . Flickering Images: Theology and Film in Dialogue . Oxford . Regent's Park College . 2005 .
Book: Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Pondering Providence: Sliding Doors . Clarke . Anthony . Anthony Clarke (theologian) . Fiddes . Paul S. . Paul S. Fiddes . Flickering Images: Theology and Film in Dialogue . Oxford . Regent's Park College . 2005 .
Book: Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Baptist Ministers as Leaders . Lalleman . Pieter J. . Pieter J. Lalleman . Challenging to Change: Dialogues with a Radical Baptist Theologian - Essays presented to Dr Nigel G. Wright on his sixtieth birthday . London . Spurgeon’s College . 2009 . 9780950068237 . 700526743 .
Book: Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Play up! Play up! And play the game: cricket and our place in the world . Finamore . Stephen . Stephen Finamore . Weaver . John . John B. Weaver . Wisdom, Science and the Scriptures: Essays in Honour of Ernest Lucas . Bristol . Regents Park College . 2012 . 243–62 .
Book: Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Film Noir and the Bible . Burnette-Bletsch . Rhonda . Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch . The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and its Reception in Film . Boston, MS . De Gruyter . 2016 .
Book: Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Help us to search for Truth: Baptists and Doing Theology . Blyth . Myra . Myra Blyth . Goodliff . Andy . Andy Goodliff . Gathering Disciples: Essays in Honour of Christopher Ellis . Eugene OR . Pickwick . 2017 . 9781498231572 . 1–25 .

Articles in journals

Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . From Hegel to Whitehead . The Journal of Religion . 61 . 4 . 403–421 . October 1981 . 1202837. 10.1086/486891 . 170809016 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . How Relative Should Theology Be? . Baptist Quarterly . 29 . 5 . January 1982 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . God's Adventure of Love: an introduction to some leading ideas of Process Theology, and their pastoral implications . The Fraternal . January 1985 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . God and History: an essay on the interface of theological and historical methods . Baptist Quarterly . April 1987 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . God and Action . Religious Studies . 24 . 4. 463–481 . 1989 . 20019305. 10.1017/S0034412500019557 . 170185539 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . The Vulnerability of Action . Religious Studies . 25 . 2. 225–233 . 1990 . 20019342. 10.1017/S0034412500001839 . 170179021 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Preaching Christ Crucified . Epworth Review . May 1992 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Gathered at the Table: Reflections on the Lord's Supper . Baptist Ministers' Journal . April 1999 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . On a journey of the Spirit . Baptist Ministers' Journal . July 2000 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Movies and Meaning – an introduction to theology in secular film . Expository Times . June 2001 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy: The Pastor and the suffering God . Transformation . 22 . 3. 166–175 . 2005 . 43052917. 10.1177/026537880502200306 . 171224692 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . And the Life Everlasting: A Theological Reflection on Death and Dying . Transformation . 24 . 2. 86–94 . 2007 . 43052696. 10.1177/026537880702400204 . 142162946 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Bringing out the Meaning: Deacy, Nolan, Scorcese and what films "mean" . The Journal of Religion and Film . 13 . 2 . 2009 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . Faster, Higher, Stronger: – Sport and the point of it all . Anvil . 28 . 1 . 2012 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . The meanings of sport: an empirical study into the significance attached to sporting participation and spectating in the UK and US . Practical Theology . 5 . 2 . 2012 .
Ellis . Robert A. . 3 . The Church as Praying Community . International Congregational Journal . 14 . 2 . Autumn 2015 .

Sources

Notes and References

Web site: New Principal sought for the College . Regent's Park College, Oxford . 31 March 2021 . 8 October 2021.
Web site: Sport at the Service of Humanity.