Professor Jennifer Strawbridge
I am Professor in New Testament and Early Christian Studies, and the G.B. Caird Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Mansfield College. I have published and edited numerous books and articles, including The Pauline Effect: The Use of the Pauline Epistles by Early Christian Writers, The First Letter of Peter: A Global Commentary, Deliver Us from Evil: Church, Theology, and Deliverance Ministry, and Now You are God’s People: Reflections on 1 Peter. I am currently working on a monograph on sightlessness in the New Testament and ancient world for Cambridge University Press, a work which sits at the intersection of three vibrant conversations in New Testament studies: sensory studies, reception history, and disability studies and theology. My colleague Erin Heim and I were Highly Commended for the 2024 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Inclusive Teaching and Assessment.
Research Interests: Pauline Literature; Patristic Reception of the New Testament; Disability Studies and the New Testament; Sensory Impairment in the New Testament; Contemporary Theological Approaches to the New Testament; 1 Peter
External Engagement:
Canon Theologian, Diocese of Blackburn
Pauline Theology Steering Committee, Society of Biblical Literature
Member, Faith and Order and Liturgical Commissions of the Church of England
Member, Church of England Theological Education Research Degrees Panel
Chair of Trustees, St Augustine’s Foundation Educational Trust
Board of Governors, Ripon College Cuddesdon
Member, Anglican Communion Science Commission
Editorships:
Editorial Board, Journal for the Study of the New Testament (formerly Editor in Chief 2021-2024)
Editorial Board, Cascade Library of Pauline Studies
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