Hans Boersma (born 1961) is a Dutch-Canadian Anglican theologian specialising in patristics, sacramental theology, and nouvelle théologie.[4] He is of Reformed background,[5] but has become a convert and a priest in the Anglican Church in North America.[6]
Hans Boersma | |
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| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Netherlands |
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| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Anglican Church in North America[1] |
| Ordained | 2021 (deacon)[2] 2021 (priest)[3] |
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| Thesis | A Hot Pepper Corn (1993) |
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| Discipline | Theology |
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| School or tradition | Reformed Christianity |
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| Website | hansboersma |
Biography
editBoersma holds degrees from the University of Lethbridge, the Theological College of the Canadian Reformed Churches, and Utrecht University.
He previously taught at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC (1999–2005) and served as the J. I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College from 2005 to 2019. Boersma held the Danforth Visiting Chair at St. Louis University from 2015 to 2016. He currently holds the Chair to the Order of St. Benedict Servants of Christ Endowed Professorship in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House, a theological seminary in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.[7]
From 2003 until 2004, Boersma was the President of the Canadian-American Theological Association, a forum for scholarly contributions to the renewal of theology and biblical interpretation.[8]
Works
edit- Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition (Eerdmans, 2018)
- Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church (Baker Academic, 2017)
- Sacramental Preaching: Sermons on the Hidden Presence of Christ (Baker, 2016)
- The Oxford Handbook of Sacramental Theology, ed. Hans Boersma and Matthew Levering (Oxford University Press, 2015)
- Eucharistic Participation: The Reconfiguration of Time and Space (Regent College Publishing, 2013)
- Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford University Press, 2013)
- Heaven on Earth? Theological Interpretation in Ecumenical Dialogue, ed. Hans Boersma and Matthew Levering (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
- Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry (Eerdmans, 2011)
- Nouvelle Théologie & Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery (Oxford University Press, 2010)
- Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition (Baker, 2006) — Christianity Today 2005 Book Award Winner
References
edit- ^ Hans Boersma.
- ^ "Ordination to the Diaconate – Hans Boersma". YouTube.
- ^ "Seeing God w/ Hans Boersma". Apple Podcasts.
- ^ "Hans Boersma". Regent College. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ Blankenhorn, Bernhard (2014). "Review of Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry, by Hans Boersma". The Thomist. 78 (3): 474. doi:10.1353/tho.2014.0036. ISSN 2473-3725. S2CID 172063821.
- ^ Hans Boersma.
- ^ "Nashotah Faculty-Staff". www.nashotah.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ "CATA Presidents (Past and Current)". The Canadian-American Theological Association. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020.
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