Preston Parsons
Adjunct Faculty
I successfully defended my PhD thesis in September 2017 at the University of Cambridge. During my doctoral studies, I worked as a research assistant to Professor David F. Ford.
I previously earned degrees in Religious Studies and Conflict Resolution Studies at the University of Winnipeg; an MDiv at Church Divinity School; and an MA in History at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif.
Also prior to my PhD studies, I served as the rector of the parish of St. Mary Magdalene in the Diocese of Rupert’s Land (Anglican Church of Canada).
I previously earned degrees in Religious Studies and Conflict Resolution Studies at the University of Winnipeg; an MDiv at Church Divinity School; and an MA in History at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif.
Also prior to my PhD studies, I served as the rector of the parish of St. Mary Magdalene in the Diocese of Rupert’s Land (Anglican Church of Canada).
My most recent research has been on theologies of friendship, and the work of Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Other areas of interest include early church history and theology; the theology of Flannery O’Connor; and theologies of disability.
- Anglican Foundation Theological Bursary (2011, 2012)
- St. Boniface Trust Scholarship (2011, 2012, 2013)
- Commonwealth Trusts Scholarship (2011)
- Lucas Scholarship (2004)
- Richard Meaux Benson Scholarship, Society of St. John the Evangelist (2002, 2003, 2004)
- “Who is Dietrich Bonhoeffer, for Us, Today? A Survey of Recent Studies of Bonhoeffer,” Anglican Theological Review 97.4 (Autumn 2015).
- “Friendship and Interpretation in Eberhard Bethge, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and John’s Gospel,” Canadian Theological Review 3.1 (2014).
- “Blood of the Lamb.” In Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2012.
- “The Power of God Has Broken Our Complacency Like a Bullet in the Side: Notes of Grace, Illness and Violence in Popular Culture,” Didaskalia 22 (Fall 2011): 1-18.
- “Preface.” In Human Sexuality and the Nuptial Mystery. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010.