Research Interests
British and Continental Theologies during the “Long Reformation”
Patristic Development of Cosmology, Christology, and Trinitarian Ontology
Post-Structuralist Phenomenologies of Gift, Icon, and Language
Historical Approaches to the Theological Interpretation of Scripture
Education
PhD, Theology
Wycliffe College and the University of Toronto (Expected May 2026)
Master of Divinity
BA, Philosophy
BS, Mech. Eng.
Cedarville University (2005)
Research & Writing
Student Work
Doctoral Thesis
“Personhood, Energy, and Communion in the Thought of Richard Hooker.” PhD diss., Wycliffe College and the University of Toronto, 2026.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Journal Articles
“The Rhetorical Pisteis in John Damascene’s Defense of Icons.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 33, no. 4 (Winter 2025): 627–57.
“Early Protestant Riffs on Ephesians 4:18 in Martin Bucer and Richard Hooker.” Anglican and Episcopal History 94, no. 1 (March 2025): 92–120.
“The Theological Sources and Poetic Priorities of Milton’s Narrative Theodicy.” Scottish Journal of Theology 77, no. 3 (August 2024): 274–90.
Book Reviews
Review of Daniel F. Graves and Scott N. Kindred-Barnes, eds., Richard Hooker and the Christian Virtues. Pro Ecclesia 35 (Forthcoming 2026).
Review of Brian Douglas, Sacramental Poetics in Richard Hooker and George Herbert: Exploring the Abundance of God. Pro Ecclesia 32, no. 1–2 (February 2023): 169–74.
Conference Papers
2026
“‘Thou art unto me an husband of bloode’: Zipporah as a Figure of the Church in Richard Hooker’s ‘Working Theology’ of Baptism.” Paper presented at the Anglican Way Conference, February 2026.
2025
“The Christological Coherence of the Divine and Human Wills in Richard Hooker’s Lawes.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, October 2025.
“‘A certaine figurative resemblance’: Richard Hooker’s Figural Reading of Old Testament Narrative.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, March 2025.
2024
“‘Harmonious Dissimilitude’: The Dionysian Aesthetics of Richard Hooker’s Image Theory.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, October 2024.
2023
“‘Did they not all live the life of God?’: Early Protestant Riffs on Ephesians 4:18 in Martin Bucer and Richard Hooker.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, October 2023.
2021
“‘By cooperation with deitie and that in all thinges’: Dyoenergism and Participation in Richard Hooker’s Lawes.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, October 2021.
Other Published Writings
Magazine Pieces
Review of Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers. Modern Reformation 21, no. 4 (July–August 2012): 48–49.
Teaching
Wycliffe College
Fall 2024
WYP2301H – Basics of Preaching
Co-Instructor with Jeremy McClung
Fall 2023
WYP2301H – Basics of Preaching
Teaching Assistant for Peter Robinson
Fall 2022
WYT2505H – Introduction to Anglican Theology
Co-Instructor with Cole Hartin
Summer 2022
WYT2620H – Introduction to Christian Apologetics
Teaching Assistant for Andrew Bannister
Winter 2022
WYT6612H – Theological Interpretation of Scripture
Teaching Assistant for Joseph Mangina
Fall 2021
WYT2505H – Introduction to Anglican Theology
Teaching Assistant for Ephraim Radner
Employment & Ministry
3/2011–Present
Missionary
• SAMS-USA
12/2021–Present
Assistant Priest (Honorary)
• Christ the King Anglican Church
9/2022–8/2025
Freelance Piano Accompanist
• Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
• St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
9/2021–12/2024
Sessional Faculty & Teaching Assistant
• Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
5/2012–12/2020
Parish Priest & School Chaplain
• St. Andrew’s Anglican Parish
• St. Hilda’s Anglican Mission
• St. Barnabas’ Anglican Mission
3/2011–12/2011
Associate Pastor
• Parroquia Anglicana «San Marcos»
5/2009–12/2010
Associate Pastor
• Anglican Church of the Resurrection
7/2005–7/2006
Long-Term Volunteer
• Albergue Infantil «Hogar de Esperanza»