Hans Boersma

Hans Boersma (born 1961) is a theologian working in the Reformed tradition,[1] specialising in patristics, sacramental theology, and Nouvelle Théologie.[2]

Biography

Boersma 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 2005–2019. Boersma held the Danforth Visiting Chair at St. Louis University from 2015–2016. 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.[3]

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.[4]

Works
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Eucharistic Participation: The Reconfiguration of Time and Space (Regent College Publishing, 2013)

References
  1. Boersma, Hans (2006-04-01). Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross. p. 9. ISBN 9780801031335.
  2. "Hans Boersma". Regent College. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. "Nashotah Faculty-Staff". www.nashotah.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. "CATA Presidents (Past and Current)". The Canadian-American Theological Association. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020.


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