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, Theological Studies
Wycliffe College and the University of Toronto (May 2026)
Master of Divinity
BA, Philosophy
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Cedarville University (2005)
Selected Writings
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
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.
Other Writings
Conference Papers
“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.
“‘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.
“‘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.
“‘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.
Magazine Pieces
Review of Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers. Modern Reformation 21, no. 4 (July–August 2012): 48–49.
Teaching
Wycliffe College
Basics of Preaching
Fall 2024: Co-Instructor
Fall 2023: Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Anglican Theology
Fall 2022: Co-Instructor
Fall 2021: Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Christian Apologetics
Summer 2022: Teaching Assistant
Theological Interpretation of Scripture
Winter 2022: Teaching Assistant