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John Hitchen

Professor
Theology
Laidlaw College
New Zealand

Professor Social and Political Sciences
Biography

John’s preparation for cross-cultural missionary service included a BA in education, youth work in Christchurch, BD studies at Laidlaw and pastoral experience at Rutland St Chapel. With his wife Ann, he served as Dean and Principal of Christian Leaders Training College in Papua New Guinea. John’s PhD from the University of Aberdeen, focused on 19th century mission in the Pacific. Returning to New Zealand in 1984, John again served with Rutland St Chapel before appointment to Laidlaw as Dean of the Christchurch branch in 1987. He served as National Principal from 1990 to 1998.

Research Intrest

Theology in dialogue with science, technology and new media, as well religion, media and popular culture.

List of Publications
‘Evangelism and Mission – What is the Gospel?’ Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology, Vol 19(1) Spring 2001: 4-30
Relations between Missiology and Anthropology Then and Now – Insights from the Contribution to Ethnography and Anthropology by Nineteenth Century Missionaries in the South Pacific’, Missiology, Vol 30(4) October 2002:455-478.
Kenneth Fleck, Elizabeth Ann Smythe, and John M. Hitchen, ‘Hermeneutics of Self as a Research Approach’ in International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol 10(1) 2010:14-29
‘Confirming the Christian Scholar and Theological Educator’s Identity through New Testament Metaphor,’ Evangelical Review of Theology, 35:2 (July 2011): 276-287
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