Benjamin Myers (born 14 May 1978) is an Australian theologian at Alphacrucis University College, and a research fellow of the Centre for Centre for Religion, Ethics and Society (CRES) at Charles Sturt University. From 2009 to 2017 Myers was a lecturer at United Theological College within the School of Theology of Charles Sturt University. Prior to taking up a post at CSU, Myers was a researcher at the University of Queensland's Centre for the History of European Discourses. He has also been a member of Princeton's Center of Theological Inquiry and a visiting scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Myers specializes in systematic theology, English literature and modern Anglican thought. He has published a major book on John Milton's theology,Benjamin Myers, Milton's Theology of Freedom. as well as numerous articles on Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, Sarah Coakley, Benedict XVI and other modern theologians. His book on the thought of the previous Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, was named one of the best books of 2012 in The Guardian"Books of the Year 2012," in The Guardian (November 25, 2012). and The Christian Century."Books: Theology and Philosophy," in The Christian Century (November 25, 2012). His book on the Apostles' Creed was an ECPA Book Award Finalist2019 ECPA Book Award Finalists. and a SparkLit Christian Book of the Year Award Finalist in 2019.2019 Australian Christian Literature Awards.
Myers is also widely known for being a pioneer in the Biblioblog movement. His blog, Faith & Theology, was one of the original theology blogs and attracted a wide international audience for many years. A selection of writing from the blog was published as a book in 2013.Benjamin Myers, Salvation in My Pocket: Fragments of Faith and Theology. Myers is an occasional contributor to ABC Radio National"Soul Search: I Believe - Ben Myers on Creeds in the Contemporary World", ABC Radio National (February 28, 2021). and ABC Religion and Ethics.Benjamin Myers, (August 13, 2013), Reflected glory: Imitation, biography and moral formation in early Christianity, ABC Religion and Ethics, Benjamin Myers, (October 30, 2015), Love Your Neighbour: Why Tony Abbott is (partly) Right and his Critics are (partly) Wrong, ABC Religion and Ethics He has also published a children's book on the Apostles' Creed with illustrator Natasha Kennedy.Megan Fowler, "D is for Discipleship, E is for Eschaton," in Christianity Today (November 22, 2021).
Myers currently resides in Brisbane.
Works
Books Milton's Theology of Freedom Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, 2006. Christ the Stranger: The Theology of Rowan Williams New York: T&T Clark, 2012. Salvation in My Pocket: Fragments of Faith and Theology Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2013. The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018 (with Natasha Kennedy) The Apostles' Creed: For All God's Children Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2022
Selected articles "Predestination and Freedom in Milton’s Paradise Lost," in Scottish Journal of Theology 59:1 (2006), 64-80. "Prevenient Grace and Conversion in Paradise Lost," in Milton Quarterly 40:1 (2006), 22-39. "The Difference Totality Makes: Reconsidering Pannenberg’s Eschatological Ontology," in Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 49:2 (2007), 141-55. "Karl Barth as Historian: Historical Method in the Göttingen Lectures on Calvin, Zwingli and Schleiermacher," in Zeitschrift für dialektische Theologie 23:1 (2007), 96-109. "'Following the Way Which Is Called Heresy': Milton and the Heretical Imperative," in Journal of the History of Ideas 69:3 (2008), 375-93 "Faith as Self-Understanding: Towards a Post-Barthian Appreciation of Rudolf Bultmann," in International Journal of Systematic Theology 10:1 (2008), 21-35. "The Stratification of Knowledge in the Thought of T. F. Torrance," in Scottish Journal of Theology 61:1 (2008), 1-15. "Does Theology Belong in the University? Schleiermacherian Reflections from an Australian Context," in International Journal of Public Theology 15:4 (2021), 484-495. "Affliction and Resignation in George Herbert: Reflections on Human Agency in a Global Pandemic," in New Blackfriars 103:1103 (2022), 113-127.
Chapters in edited volumes "Disruptive History: Rowan Williams on Heresy and Orthodoxy," in On Rowan Williams: Critical Essays, ed. Matheson Russell (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2009), 47-67. "From Faithfulness to Faith in the Theology of Karl Barth," in The Faith of Jesus Christ: Exegetical, Biblical, and Theological Studies, ed. Michael F. Bird and Preston M. Sprinkle (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2009), 291-308. "A Tale of Two Gardens: Augustine’s Narrative Interpretation of Romans 5," in Apocalpytic Paul: Cosmos and Anthropos in Romans 5-8 (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2013), 39-58. "The Patristic Atonement Model," in Locating Atonement: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015), 71-88. "‘Truth, Not Custom’: Joseph Ratzinger on Faith and Reason," in The Theology of Benedict XVI: A Protestant Appreciation, ed. Tim Perry (Bellingham: Lexham Press, 2019).
References
External links https://www.ac.edu.au/faculty-and-staff/ben-myers/ https://alphacrucis.academia.edu/BenMyers http://www.faith-theology.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20171020192159/http://arts-ed.csu.edu.au/schools/theology/staff/profiles/academic-staff/ben-myers