Director of Learning and Teaching
Major Dean G. Smith, BA (UQ), GradDipTh, MTh (BCT), PhD (UQ), Grad Cert HE (UTS)
Senior Lecturer in Theology and Philosophy
Research Faculty in Theology and Philosophy, Sydney College of Divinity; Senior Lecturer in Language, Literature & Culture in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University,
About: Dean is married to Rowena and together their lives are enriched by their three daughters and their partners, Lauren and Andrew, Stephanie and Josiah, and Hannah and Angus, and their three grandchildren, Olive, Isla and Hugh.
Prior to his retirement from active service in 2020, Dean served as a Salvation Army Officer for 30 years in a variety of appointments. These included four Corps (Church) appointments, two Booth College (Sydney) appointments as Education Officer and Dean of the School for Christian Studies, and a secondment to the Nazarene Theological College.
Dean is a research fellow of the Australasian Centre for Wesleyan Research (ACWR) and in 2016 he took on the role of Director of the Centre. Dean has "research-active status" in Theology and Philosophy from the Sydney College of Divinity, the University of Divinity and Flinders University for the purpose of supervising research higher degree students. His hobbies include photography, non-academic reading and listening to the music of the 70s.
Favourite Verse: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10, NIV)
Research Interests: Philosophical theology, Christology, process philosophy and theology, epistemology, metaphysics, the relationship between science and theology.
Recent Publications:
Fringer, Rob A. & Dean G. Smith (eds.) A Plain Account of Christian Faithfulness: Essays in Honor of David B. McEwan. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2020.
Smith, Dean G. “The Salvation Army and The Challenge of Theological Higher Education in a New Millennium.” in Word & Deed, XXI:1 (2018):
Smith, Dean G. “Exploring the Nexus between Academic Freedom and Ecclesial Expectations,” in Wondering About God Together: Research Led Learning and Teaching in Theological Education. Sydney: SCD Press, 2018.
Smith, Dean G. “The Church and Homosexual Practice: The Distraction of Competing Visions and a Way Forward for the Wesleyan Tradition.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 52:2 (2017): 165-186.
Smith, Dean G. “Growing Pains: A Reflection on the Experience of Suffering Accompanying an Epistemological Crisis.” Crucible 7:2 (2016):
Smith, Dean G. “The Sacramental Life: Towards an Integrated Christian Vision.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 50:2 (2015): 186-201.
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