Andrew Dunstan

BMin, BTh (Hons), MEd (cand), MPhil, DPhil (Oxford)

Andrew became Assistant Dean of Bible & Theology in 2025. He originally joined the faculty as Lecturer in Christian Thought in 2024 and teaches in the fields of systematic theology, Christian ethics, and apologetics.

He completed both a master's and doctorate at Oxford University, where he was a tutor in theology and a Junior Research Associate of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture, before serving as Lecturer in Systematic Theology and Church History at Malyon Theological College in Brisbane (2013–2023).

Prior to this, he was both an associate pastor at North-East Baptist Church (Brisbane) and a social worker (2005–2008). He has also served as an elder in numerous Baptist churches.

His research interests include Protestant orthodoxy, modern theology, epistemology, the doctrine of God, theological anthropology, Karl Barth, and theological aesthetics.

Recent Publications:

‘The Beauty and Holiness of God’, in T. Baylor and T. Wittman (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Divine Attributes in Christian Theology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026).

Karl Barth’s Analogy of Beauty: Its Basis and Implications for Theological Aesthetics. Barth Studies Series, edited by G. Hunsinger, K. Johnson and H. Reichel. Abingdon: Routledge (2022).

‘Karl Barth’s Concept of Beauty in the Context of Glory: A Challenge to the Balthasarian Reading’, in A. Bodrov and M. Tolstoluzhenko (eds), The Theology of Beauty (Moscow: St Andrews Press, 2013), 148-157.