Bill Loader

William (Bill) R. G. Loader is a professor at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia, where he is undertaking a five year Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship on: "Attitudes towards Sexuality in Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic Greco-Roman Era". Loader is a minister of the Uniting Church in Australia.From 1978, Loader was New Testament Lecturer at the Perth Theological Hall of the Uniting Church in Australia teaching in the Theology Programme in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities (and is currently Principal of the Perth Theological Hall.); from 1986, he has been lecturer and later Professor of New Testament at Murdoch University (1998-2003 also as Head of the School of Social Inquiry); Loader is the Editor of "Colloquium", the journal of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Theological Studies (ANZSTS).

His academic degrees and qualifications are:
* BA (Auckl) - Bachelor or Arts (classics) (1966), University of Auckland, New Zealand
* Ministerial education (1964-1967) at Trinity Methodist Theological College, Auckland
* BD (Otago) - Bachelor of Divinity (1968), University of Otago, New Zealand
* Dr theol - Doctor of Theology (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (1972), Mainz, Germany) - Supervisor: Professor Dr Ferdinand Hahn; Dissertation published in revised form in 1981: "Sohn und Hoherpriester. Eine traditionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung zur Christologie des Hebräerbriefes", WMANT 53 (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1981)

Books and Publications

Loader is perhaps best known for his on-line book, "Dear Kim, This is what I believe: Explaining Christian Faith Today" [http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/DearKim.htm] that is written in a style reminiscent of the Gospel of Mark and Acts in being actually or supposedly a letter to person.
* "Sexuality and the Jesus Tradition" (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005)
* "The Septuagint, Sexuality and the New Testament: Case Studies on the Impact of the LXX in Philo and the New Testament" (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).
* "Jesus' Attitude towards the Law. A Study of the Gospels" (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002)
* "Jesus and the Fundamentalism of his Day. The Gospels, the Bible and Jesus" (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001; Melbourne: Uniting Education, 1998)
* Articles on Baptism: "The Kiss of Baptism" and "Baptism in Context";
* "The Passion of the Christ" and the Passion of Jesus - a Reflection on Mel Gibson's film;
* "Approaches to Scripture: Considering the Options";
* "Companions and Competitors" - and Context?" on John P. Meier's, "Marginal Jew: Vol 3";
* "Simple Choices?" on John Dominic Crossan's, "The Birth of Christianity'
* Lectionary Resources: "First Thoughts" on Gospel Passages from the Lectionary;
* Studies: "Being the Church Then and Now: Issues from the Acts of the Apostles";
* Liturgical Resources and Reflections: "The Presence of God"; "He made himself known in the breaking of the bread"; "Blessed are the Poor in Spirit"; "A Service of the Eucharist";

Memberships and awards

* Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
* Catholic Biblical Association of America
* Catholic Biblical Association of Australia
* Society of Biblical Literature
* Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA)
* holder of an Australian Centenary Medal 'for services to Australian society and the humanities in the area of religion'

ee also

*List of Protestant authors
*List of Methodist theologians

External links

* [http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/home.html Bill Loader's academic home page]