In Andrew’s role as a public theologian, he seeks to bring the wisdom of the Christian tradition into the public square to reflect on the ethical implications of the contemporary polycrisis. This archive gathers his recent engagement with the critical issues facing Aotearoa - from climate change and economic inequality to social polarisation and the rapid acceleration of digital technologies.
Public Theology
Cultural Commentary
Trump's Holy War w/ Dr. Andrew Shepherd: 25 March 2026
https://95bfm.com/bcast/trumps-holy-war-w-dr-andrew-shepherd-25-march-2026
In the face of such anxiety, we need to open ourselves to hope
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360922942/face-such-anxiety-we-need-open-ourselves-hope
Comparisons with AI raise questions about the uniqueness of our brains
https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/comparisons-ai-raise-questions-about-uniqueness-our-brains
Cyclone Gabrielle will have been apocalyptic if it inspires change
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/131287683/cyclone-gabrielle-will-have-been-apocalyptic-if-it-inspires-change
“You Have Searched Me & Know Me” Surrendering Our Freedom Through Surveillance.
https://anglicanmovement.nz/blog/11e0mwocbwsm5ywd7lcny3z0rnysvm
“Interview on ‘The Panel with Wallace Chapman’ to discuss President Trump vs Pope Leo XIV” RNZ, 14 April, 2026.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/thepanel/audio/2019030949/the-panel-with-sue-kedgley-and-rajorshi-chakraborti-part-1
Poly-crisis, climate-crisis, and the need for a moral imagination (2025)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TAAjvVPgbHCNicXVHiMYc?si=LHkj26coRO2OyjbYTt1O8g&nd=1&dlsi=82e52121dfae440c
Expose injustice, change hearts, transform mindsets and be a peacemaker
https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/expose-injustice-change-hearts-transform-mindsets-and-be-peacemaker
Defence spending boost puts peacemaker role in doubt
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360847349/defence-spending-boost-puts-peacemaker-role-doubt
Endure and remain true to an ethic of all-embracing and forgiving love
https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/endure-and-remain-true-ethic-all-embracing-and-forgiving-love
Against a bleak global backdrop, a song stirs hope
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360727884/against-bleak-global-backdrop-song-stirs-hope
Humility could be the antidote to increasing social polarisation
https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/humility-could-be-antidote-increasing-social-polarisation
Podcasts and Interviews
THE GOD OF "I" & AI - A DANGEROUS NEW TOWER OF BABEL - Radio Rhema (2026)
https://www.rhema.co.nz/listen-on-demand/video-podcast/thoughts-and-comments/audio/the-god-of-i-ai-a-dangerous-new-tower-of-babel
Presentations and Lectures
Distraction & Self-Absorption in the Attention Economy - Radio Rhema (2025)
youtube.com/watch?v=urmq-MdECXU&list=PLTNpbZuT2PJJjw5u0R4OkDz-XU16xLqF3&index=2
Webinar - Salvific Myths and Dystopian Realities: A Critical Theological Reflection on the Technologies of AI. Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8N8h6bqoUc
Webinar - Contours of an Ecological Theology for the 21st Century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDH5AZ9mNsU
Sermons
Lecture - Ministry by marketing, management, models & metrics: Commodifying the Church.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eUyJ9vN-lU&t=36s
Webinar - Facing, Naming and Engaging Cultures and Systems of Violence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGGRQ-CSD0E&list=PLMsugXgjduxeavEVYuTCB4w-NGlprPkEJ&index=19
The Crisis of Freedom, the Start of the Anthropocene, and the End of the World? Faith, Crisis & Freedom Autumn Lecture Series. St Michael’s Church, Kelburn, Wellington, 8 June, 2022. [https://anchor.fm/smk-sermons/episodes/Andrew-Shepherd-The-Start-of-the-Anthropocene--the-End-of-the-World-e1jv0t9]
Sermons from St Luke’s Anglican Church, Waikanae, Aotearoa New Zealand:
https://www.anglican.co.nz/sermons/?sermon_speaker=andrew-shepherd
https://stpauls.org.nz/media/speaker/Andrew+Shepherd
Webinar - A ‘Throwaway’ Society?: Reflecting on Rubbish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmZHKxPBwHM&list=PLMsugXgjduxeavEVYuTCB4w-NGlprPkEJ&index=21
