David Munro Lewis
Thesis title: Theology, Ecology, and Cosmology in the Work of Chryssavgis, Maathai, and Johnsen: A World Christianity Perspective on the Sacredness of All Creation
PhD in World Christianity
Year of study: 4
- Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Contact details
PhD supervisors:
Address
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Semples Room
School of Divinity, Mound Place - City
- Edinburgh
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- EH1 2LX
Background
David Lewis is from Vancouver, Canada. He previously lived and worked in Cape Town, South Africa from 2012-2017, where his interest in both African theology and World Christianity first emerged. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh. His current doctoral research examines the work of John Chryssavgis, Wangari Maathai and Tore Johnsen, examining the relationship between Christian theology and ecology, inquiring how a World Christianity approach to ecology might help Christians engage with the issue of ecological crisis from various cultural and denominational perspectives.
CV
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Qualifications
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy - AFHEA (2025)
MTh in World Christianity, Regent College, Vancouver, Canada (2021)
MA in Theological Studies, Regent College, Vancouver, Canada (2020)
BA (Honours) in History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2010)
Responsibilities & affiliations
Memberships:
Yale-Edinburgh Group on World Christianity and the History of Mission
Society for the Study of Theology
American Academy of Religion
Undergraduate teaching
University of Edinburgh:
- History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B, 2022-23 (Semester 2)
- History of Christianity as a World Religion 1B, 2024-25 (Semester 2)
Postgraduate teaching
University of Edinburgh:
- Theology, Ecology, and Climate Change: Christian Thought in a Changing World, 2023-24 (Semester 2)
Regent College:
- Perspectives on Spirituality in the Majority World (APPL 775), 2019-20 (Semester 1)
- Research TA for Prof. Diane Stinton, 2019-20 (Semesters 1 & 2)
Research summary
My interests include World Christianity, African theology, cosmology, ecotheology, and Indigenous theologies and their engagement with Christian thought.
Affiliated research centres
Conference details
- Society for the Study of Theology (SST) Conference 2023
- Yale-Edinburgh Conference 2023
- American Academy of Religion (AAR) Conference 2024
- Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference 2025