Reverend Doctor Steve Taylor
Academic Status
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
PhD, University of Otago (2004). A New Way of Being Church? used a practical theology model to exploring church, mission and worship in the contemporary environment.
Masters in Theology, University of Auckland (1996). Angst and Atonement, gained first class honours for a critical investigation of contextual atonement images in a postmodern New Zealand urban context.
Bachelor in Theology, University of Auckland (1995).
Bachelor of Horticulture, Lincoln University (1992).
2015 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching. For leading sustained innovation in theological pedagogy over six years, implementing quality improvements that ensure the embedded diversity of the student body is a resource in contextualising, personalising and deepening the overall teaching and learning experience.
2014 EHL Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
2014 EHL Community of Practice research
I run my own website, on which I write regularly on culture, change, mission and leadership. This can be found at http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz. Resources produced here have been used by people around the world.
I have, since 2005, written a monthly column for Touchstone magazine, exploring theological themes in film.
I work with a range of church groups in regard to leadership, community engagement and new forms of church. Recent examples include
- Keynote addresses (4) General Assembly, Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, Wellington, October 2014
- Keynote speaker, National Ministers Conference, Uniting Church in Australia, in Sydney, rural Queensland and Jerusalem.
- Keynote address to Catholic Education, Adelaide, March 2012
- Keynote conference speaker, Summer Spirit, Perth, Western Australia, February 2012
- contemporary spirituality
- religious expressions of spirituality
- theological perspectives on film
I am the author of Built for Change: a practical theology of innovation and collaboration in leadership (Mediacom, 2016) and The Out of Bounds Church? Learning to Create a Community of Faith in a Culture of Change, (Zondervan, 2005), which was translated into Korean in 2008.
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