Michael Mawson
Doctor Michael Mawson | |
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| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Theologian |
| Title | Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor of Theological and Religious Studies |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA, MA, PhD |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington University of Notre Dame |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| Institutions | Charles Sturt University University of Aberdeen University of Auckland |
| Main interests | Disability Theology, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Theological Ethics |
Michael Mawson (born 1978) is the Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor of Theological and Religious Studies at University of Auckland, a post that has previously been held by Elaine Wainwright and Joseph Bulbulia. He is an international expert on the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and has published widely in the area of Christian Ethics.
Background[edit]
Mawson grew up in New Zealand. He has degrees in Religious Studies from Victoria University of Wellington and holds a PhD in theology from the University of Notre Dame, USA. Prior to taking up the Maclaurin Goodfellow chair, Mawson taught in the School of Theology at Charles Sturt University, Australia, and the Department of Divinity at University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Professional activities[edit]
Mawson was co-organiser of the 2014 international conference The Freedom of a Christian Ethicist (with Brian Brock) whose proceedings were published by T&T Clark/Bloomsbury.[1] He has edited and co-edited special issues of the leading journal Studies in Christian Ethics.[2][3] He is co-editor of the T&T Clark book series New Studies in Bonhoeffer's Theology and Ethics (with Jennifer McBride and Philip G. Ziegler).[4] He is a fellow of the James M. Houston Centre for Humanity and the Common Good, directed by Jens Zimmermann.[5] He was also an invited member of the funded interdisciplinary research group, Human Flourishing in a Technological World.[6]
He was an invited participant in Oxford University's 2020 MacDonald Centre's conference, Ageing and Despair: Towards Patience and Hope for Health and Care.[7] He is co-organiser of the XIV International Bonhoeffer Congress in 2024 (with Dianne Rayson)[8] and a member of the executive committee of the International Bonhoeffer Society, English Language Section.[9]
Selected works[edit]
Mawson's theological contributions have centred on Protestant Christian ethics, particularly the legacy of the 20th Century Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.[10] but also covers gerontological ethics[11] and questions of disability[12] among other issues.[13][14][15][16][17]
Books[edit]
- Standing Under the Cross: Essays on Bonhoeffer’s Theology (T&T Clark Bloomsbury, 2022)[18]
- Christ Existing as Community: Bonhoeffer’s Ecclesiology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).[19]
Edited books[edit]
- The Ethics of Grace: Engaging Gerald McKenny, edited by Michael Mawson and Paul Martens (London: T&T Clark Bloomsbury, 2022)[20]
- The Oxford Handbook of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, edited by Michael Mawson and Philip G. Ziegler (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019)[21]
- Christ, Church and World: New Studies in Bonhoeffer's Theology and Ethics, edited by Michael Mawson and Philip G. Ziegler (London: T&T Clark, 2016)[22]
- The Freedom of a Christian Ethicist: The Future of a Reformation Legacy, edited by Michael Mawson and Brian Brock (London: T&T Clark, 2016)[23]
- Ontology and Ethics: Bonhoeffer and Contemporary Scholarship, edited by Michael Mawson and Adam C. Clark (Eugene: Pickwick, 2013)[24]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Freedom of a Christian Ethicist".
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2018). "Guest Editorial: Luther and Christian Ethics". Studies in Christian Ethics. 31 (4): 391–392. doi:10.1177/0953946818792164. S2CID 149750608.
- ^ Mawson, Michael; Tranter, Samuel (2021). "Guest Editorial: Apocalyptic Theology and Christian Ethics". Studies in Christian Ethics. 34 (4): 423–425. doi:10.1177/09539468211031355. S2CID 237765371.
- ^ "T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer's Theology and Ethics: Bloomsbury Publishing (US)".
- ^ "Blog 2".
- ^ "Human Flourishing". 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Ageing and Despair: Toward Patience and Hope for Health and Care".
- ^ https://www.utc.edu.au/xiv-international-bonhoeffer-congress-2024/
- ^ "Board of Directors".
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2021). "Living in the Forms of the Word: Bonhoeffer and Rosenzweig on the Apocalyptic Materiality of Scripture". Studies in Christian Ethics. 34 (2): 455–466. doi:10.1177/09539468211031398. S2CID 237691614. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2021). "Should we Pursue Success and Spirituality in Ageing? Framing Religious Contributions to Ageing Research". Journal of Population Ageing. 14 (1): 373–386. doi:10.1007/s12062-021-09336-4. S2CID 237772721. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2022). "Attending to Aging and Decline: Insights from Disability Theology". Journal of Disability & Religion. 27 (2): 323–341. doi:10.1080/23312521.2022.2043803. S2CID 247091756. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2019). "Lutheran or Lutherish? Framing Bonhoeffer's Reception of Luther". Modern Theology. 35 (2): 352–359. doi:10.1111/moth.12471. S2CID 172092843. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2018). "The Weakness of the Word and the Reality of God: Luther and Bonhoeffer on the Cross of Discipleship". Studies in Christian Ethics. 31 (4): 452–462. doi:10.1177/0953946818793071. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2014). "Theology and Social Theory: Reevaluating Bonhoeffer's Approach". Theology Today. 71 (1): 69–80. doi:10.1177/0040573613518549. S2CID 146157074. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2013). "The Spirit and the Community: Pneumatology and Ecclesiology in Jenson, Hütter and Bonhoeffer". International Journal of Systematic Theology. 15 (4): 453–468. doi:10.1111/ijst.12038. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2009). "Understandings of nature and grace in John Milbank and Thomas Aquinas". Scottish Journal of Theology. 62 (3): 347–361. doi:10.1017/S0036930609004773. S2CID 170984316. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2022). Standing Under the Cross: Essays on Bonhoeffer's Theology. T&TClark. p. 224. ISBN 9780567709462.
- ^ Mawson, Michael (2018). Christ Existing as Community: Bonhoeffer's Ecclesiology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198826460.
- ^ Mawson, Michael; Martens, Paul, eds. (20 October 2022). The Ethics of Grace: Engaging Gerald McKenny. T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics. London: T&T Clark Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780567694676.
- ^ Mawson, Michael; Ziegler, Philip G, eds. (2019). The Oxford Handbook of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Oxford Handbooks. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198753179.
- ^ Mawson, Michael; Ziegler, Philip G, eds. (2016). Christ, Church and World: New Studies in Bonhoeffer's Theology and Ethics. T&T Clark Theology. Oxford: T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567665911.
- ^ Mawson, Michael; Brock, Brian, eds. (2016). The Freedom of a Christian Ethicist: The Future of a Reformation Legacy. T&T Clark Theology. Oxford: T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567665959.
- ^ Mawson, Michael; Clark, Adam C., eds. (2013). Ontology and Ethics: Bonhoeffer and Contemporary Scholarship. T&T Clark Theology. Oxford: Pickwick. ISBN 9781620325308.
