British Baptist Theologians 18: John Weaver

BSc and PhD in Geology at the University College of Wales, Swansea

MA Theology (Oxford)

1992-2001 Director of Pastoral Training and Tutor in Pastoral Theology, Regent’s Park College, Oxford

2001-2011 Principal, South Wales Baptist College, Cardiff

2008-2009 President, Baptist Union

1997 Templeton Award for MTh course taught in Science and Faith.

Publications

___ In the Beginning God: Modern Science and the Christian Doctrine of Creation (Smyth & Helwys, 1994)

___ ‘Developing patterns of ministerial training’, Baptist Ministers' Journal 250 (1995)

___ ‘Reconsidering Believers’ Baptism’, Baptist Ministers' Journal 257 (1997)

___ Earthshaping, Earthkeeping: A Doctrine of Creation (SPCK, 1999)

___ ‘The Eucharist: Celebration and Participation’, Baptist Minister's Journal Vol 272 (2000)

___ ‘A Baptist Response to the Notion of National Church’,  Law & Justice - Christian Law Review 145 (2002)

___ 'A Theology of Energy’, Baptist Minister's Journal 284 (2003)

___ 'Translocal Leadership: A Theological Reflection' in Translocal Ministry: Equipping the Churches for Mission edited by Stuart Murray (Baptist Union, 2004)

___ ‘Enabling Christians to forgive – the dynamics of reconciliation’, Baptist Ministers' Journal 289 (2005)

___ 'Finding God in the Holocaust: Schindler’s List' in Flickering Images: Theology and Film in Dialogue edited by Anthony Clarke and Paul Fiddes (Smyth & Helwys, 2005)

___ Outside-in: Theological Reflection on Life (Smyth & Helwys, 2006)

___ (ed.) with Margaret Hodson, The Place of Environmental Theology: A guide for seminaries, colleges and universities (Whitley/IBTS, 2007)

___ 'Spirituality in Everyday Life: the View from the Table' in Under the Rule of Christ: Dimensions of Christian Spirituality edited by Paul S. Fiddes (Smyth & Helwys, 2008)

___ 'Co-redeemers: a theological basis for creation care', Perspectives in Religious Studies 36.2 (Summer 2009)

___ Christianity and Science. SCM Core Text (SCM, 2010)

___ ‘Climate Change: Covenant making, breaking and restoration’, Journal of European Baptist Studies Vol 11.2 (January 2011)

___ 'Hopeful Disciples in a Time of Climate Change' in Wisdom, Science and the Scriptures: Essays in Honour of Ernest Lucas edited by Stephen Finamore and John Weaver (Regent's Park College, 2012)

___ With Ian Arbon, Sustainability and Ethics (Industrial Christian Fellowship & John Ray Initiative, 2014)

___ With Ian Randall and Phil Jump, Love @ Work. 100 years of the Industrial Christian Fellowship ( DLT, 2020)

___ With Phil Jump, Love:Work, Reflections and Prayers for a World at Work, (DLT, 2021)

___ ‘Exploitation of the Earth, Exploitation of People’ in Slavery-Free Communities: Emerging Theologies and Responses to Modern Slavery edited by Dan Pratt (SCM, 2021)