Publications
The following is a curated list of research and resources by Dr Andrew Shepherd, spanning academic monographs, edited volumes, peer-reviewed journal articles, and practical guides for community and church engagement.
Books & Edited Volumes
The Gift of the Other: Levinas, Derrida, and a Theology of Hospitality
Eugene, OR.: Pickwick Publications, 2014. (264 pages).
Creation and Hope: Reflections on Ecological Anticipation and Action from Aotearoa New Zealand
Andrew Shepherd and Nicola Hoggard Creegan, eds. Eugene, OR.: Pickwick Publications, 2018. (218 pages).
Taking Rational Trouble over the Mystery: Reactions to Atheism
Andrew Shepherd and Nicola Hoggard Creegan, eds. Eugene, OR.: Pickwick Publications, 2013. (236 pages).
Journal Articles
A Reacquaintance with Grief: the Anthropocene and Ecclesial Rites of Mourning International Journal of Public Theology 19, 3 (2025): 433–456.
Centring the Edge: Churches, Crises, & White-Hot Faith Journal of Anglican Studies, 2025, 1–19.
Apocalyptic Visions and Anthems of Hope: Climate Change Communication and Future Possibilities International Journal of Public Theology, 15:4 (2021): 463–483.
Facing, Naming and Engaging Violence: Reading Mark 5:1-20 in a Military-Digital Complex Age
Zadok Papers, no. 249/250 (December 2020): 2–10.
COVID-19—An Invitation to Ecological Repentance? Stimulus The Journal of Christian Thought and Practice, 27:2 (May 2020).
Creaturely Theology: Sharing life & worship with other species.
IFES Word & World, Issue 8, (January 2020): 17-22.
Being ‘Rich towards God’ in the Capitalocene: An Ecological/Economic Reading of Luke 12.13-34.
The Bible Translator 70:3 (December 2019): 240–60.
Creation & Christology: The Ecological Crisis and Eschatological Ethics
Stimulus – The Journal of Christian Thought and Practice, 18:4 (November 2010): 51-57.
Podcasts
Ngā Here – The Many Connections
Ngā Here is an interdisciplinary podcast series developed through a collaboration between Dr Andrew Shepherd, James Beck (A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand), and Waiora Te Moni (Te Wānanga Ihorangi). Using the opening narratives from the Bible of Genesis 1-11 as its launching pad, the series weaves together insights from the Christian theological tradition and Te Ao Māori to offer ethical reflections on some of the pressing challenges of late-modernity - climate change and ecological destruction, unsustainable economies, human violence, the legacies of colonisation, and the impact of human technologies.
Book Chapters
“Health, Climate Change and Spirituality.” In Planetary Health in Practice, ed. Linda Murray, New York, Oxford University Press, [forthcoming].
“Justice and Joy.” In T&T Clark Handbook of the Doctrine of Creation, ed. Jason A. Goroncy, London: Bloomsbury/T&T Clark, 2024, 422-434
“Living Faithfully in a Neoliberal Age?: From Market Rationality to Neo-Monasticism.” In Kingdom Come: Reflections in Honor of Jonathan R. Wilson, eds. Jason Byassee, Jeremy Kidwell, and Jonathan and Leah Wilson-Hartgrove, Eugene, OR.: Cascade, 2022, 44-52.
“Restoring Karioi: Ecology, Community, and the Practice of Peace.” In Pursuing Peace: Stories from Godzone, eds. Geoffrey Troughton and Philip Fountain, 185-200. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2018.
“Spirit, Seabirds, & Sacramentality: Ponderings on Petrels and Pneumatology.” In Creation and Hope: Reflections on Ecological Anticipation and Action from Aotearoa New Zealand, eds. Andrew Shepherd andNicola Hoggard Creegan, 44-61.Eugene, OR.: Pickwick Publications, 2018.
“Restoring a Mountain, Reconciling Communities: A Rocha in Aotearoa New Zealand.” In Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church, eds. Colin Bell and Robert S. White, 234-237. Peabody, MA.:Hendrickson, 2016.
“Being Grounded, Taking Flight: Reflections on Petrels and Pneumatology.” In Living in the Planet Earth: Faith Communities and Ecology, ed. Neil Darragh, 103-110. Auckland: Accent, 2016.
“Face to Face with Violence: Hitchens & Religion, Hospitality & Peace-Building.” In Taking Rational Trouble over the Mystery: Reactions to Atheism, eds. Andrew Shepherd and Nicola Hoggard Creegan, 23-46. Eugene, OR.: Pickwick Publications, 2013.
"This life of non-violence is based upon the confidence that, just as Egypt’s empire of slavery was eventually washed away, so too, Rome’s dehumanising violence stands judged and ultimately will be vanquished by the reign of God’s justice."
Andrew Shepherd
Rich Living Resources
Non-refereed Journal Articles, Reports, and Resources
Green Event Planning. Resource Document prepared for Emissions Reductions Work Group of Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand for adoption by Church Property Trustees and Presbytery Architecture Advisory Groups of Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (2024). https://drive.google.com/file/d/15F_6DPtaSHwqu1wbIEApIp55G1ezjmdF/view
Building for the Future. Resource Document prepared for Emissions Reductions Work Group of Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand for adoption by Church Property Trustees and Presbytery Architecture Advisory Groups of Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (2024). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LGU8_DpY02AqdmLz63EHK5CCcgo2g6-_/view
“Imagination & the Bible: Learning from Neuroscience.” SUNZ Adventure (May 2017): 12-13. https://issuu.com/scriptureunionnewzealand/docs/su_adventure_magazine_may_2017
“Safeguarding the Integrity of Creation.”NZCMS Intermission, Issue 27, (June 2016): 18-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20170411103131/http://www.nzcms.org.nz/integral-mission-safeguarding-the-integrity-of-creation-issue-27/
“Light for the Path.”SUNZ Adventure (Dec 2015): 25. https://issuu.com/scriptureunionnewzealand/docs/sunz_adenture_magazine_december_201
“Bringing the Bible to Youth.” SUNZ Adventure (Sept 2015): 19. https://issuu.com/scriptureunionnewzealand/docs/sunz_adventure_magazine_september_2_24474b1d5c21e7
“Forecasting the Future: Credit, Debt and Perfect Storms,” in Stimulus – The Journal of Christian Thought and Practice, Vol.20.1, April 2013. https://www.arocha.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2018/03/Stimulus-Vol-20-Is 1_editorial.pdf
“Crisis and the Community of Creation.” Refresh – A Journal of Contemplative Spirituality, 12:1 (Summer 2013): 3-8. https://www.sgm.org.nz/uploads/2/0/1/6/20165561/refresh_12_1.pdf
“The Ecological Crisis: A Christian Response.”SPANZ (Publication of Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand), Issue 52, (Summer 2012): 2. https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/sites/default/files/Dec_2012_Spanz_Magazine_Issue52.pdf
“A Walk in the Garden: Being Wooed by Creation.”Refresh – A Journal of Contemplative Spirituality, 11:1, (Summer 2012): 19-23. https://www.sgm.org.nz/uploads/2/0/1/6/20165561/refresh_11_1.pdf
“2011 NZ General Election: issues & discussion papers.” Prepared for Centre for Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago, October 2011. [http://www.otago.ac.nz/ctpi/resources/otago023959.html].
“A Spirituality of Home-Making in a Property-Dealing World.”Refresh – A Journal of Contemplative Spirituality, 8:2 (Summer 2008): 21-25. [Republished in the Journal of the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand Inc, No.39, (December 2008): 3-6.] https://www.sgm.org.nz/uploads/2/0/1/6/20165561/refresh_8_2.pdf
“God is Communion: A Spirituality of Being.”Refresh – A Journal of Contemplative Spirituality, 8:1 (Winter 2008): 21-25. https://www.sgm.org.nz/uploads/2/0/1/6/20165561/refresh_8_1.pd