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on Marienburger Allee (2025)
Hi, my name is Jon (no 'h'; it's Jonathan) and I am an active theologian in Canada with a PhD from the University of Aberdeen. 
 
My books and some articles can be found in the sidebar (and almost everything is in my CV). I am currently working on a book for T&T Clark on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology of "mandates" ("orders" or "estates"). 
 
I have taught theology and ethics in Calgary, Canada, and Bristol, England. I have also pastored in the Alliance Canada, where I was baptized (in 1998) and ordained (in 2006). In 2026 I will be teaching two online Summer School courses for St Stephen's University as well as a Spring course on Bonhoeffer at Wycliffe College in Toronto.
 
I have a variety of research interests that could translate into speaking engagements, in areas such as forgiveness and reconciliation, gender and sexuality, disability and the church, theology in film and fiction, and the life and works of Bonhoeffer. 
 
At first this was my blog; a site for gathering thoughts, practicing writing, and carrying on conversations. In that time I was a pastor, a student, and a lecturer. (For a time I also blogged at Theology Out of Bounds with "College Bounds" office mates from Aberdeen.) Since the PhD my writing efforts have mostly gone elsewhere, but this remains my web page for occasional essays and an up to date CV. 
 
Nothing here is ever the final word, and it should go without saying that the opinions are (or were) my own. I hope anything borrowed from here will be cited appropriately, bearing in mind that my views were 'live' and may now be somewhat dated. 

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