Senior Research Fellow
Theology
Laidlaw College
New Zealand
Stuart completed his PhD from the University of Otago, through a study on the history of twentieth-century evangelical Christianity in New Zealand. He also holds an MA with first class honours in History from Auckland University and a BD from the Melbourne College of Divinity. He joined the Academic Staff in 1990 and teaches courses on the History of Christianity. From 2006-2008 he was Vice Principal. Stuart’s major book (A Rising Tide: Evangelical Christianity in New Zealand, 1930-1965) was published by Otago University Press in 2013, and he is the writer and presenter of the DVD Te Rongopai: 200 Years of the Gospel in New Zealand, 1814-2014. Since 1992, Stuart has also been the senior minister at a nearby church, Massey Presbyterian, where he heads the staff team and regularly preaches.
Theology in dialogue with science, technology and new media, as well religion, media and popular culture.