Ordained priest in the Anglican church in 2017, Joe is a Lecturer/Kaiako for St John’s College in Auckland, the Anglican Studies Coordinator for the diocese of Wellington, and is currently researching discipleship and moral reasoning in the New Testament. He earned Master of Arts degrees in Theology as well as Church History in Boston, Massachusetts. His doctoral studies at the University of Aberdeen were on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theology of formation in Christ.

Joe is deeply passionate about everyday discipleship and its various shapes through history, equipping priests for ministry, and mentoring those called to an academic vocation for the church. He shares life with his wife Katrina and their sons.

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PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

“Indigenous Theology in the Post-Colonial West”, entry in T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Christian Theology, (London: T&T Clark, forthcoming), co-authored with Rt Rev. Te Kitohi Pikaahu, Rev. Dr Paul Reynolds, Rev. Katene Eruera, and Ven. Dr Lyndon Drake.

2016

“Formed by the Spirit: A Third Article Theology of Christian Spirituality” in Third Article Theology: A Pneumatological Dogmatics, Myk Habets ed., Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016, 283 – 296.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

2014

“Bridging the Gap: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s early theology and its influence on Discipleship”, The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Australasian Journal of Bonhoeffer Studies, 2:1, July 2014

“Formed Whilst Following: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Asymmetrical View of Agency in Christian Formation”, Theology Today, 71:1, April 2014, 106-120.

2012

“Con-formed to Christ: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Christian Formation”, Journal of Spiritual Formation & Soul Care, 5:2, Fall 2012, 226 – 242.