Kenneth Laing, PhD

Part-time Instructor of Religious Studies

Ph.D. (University of Aberdeen)
M.Th. (University of Aberdeen)

B.A. (Trinity Western University)

Expertise

  • Patristic theology
  • The Church Fathers
  • Early church history
  • Irenaeus
  • New Testament Canon formation
  • The doctrine of Scripture
  • Biblical hermeneutics
  • Evangelical theology
  • History of evangelicalism

Recent Publications

Books:

Irenaeus, the Scriptures, and the Apostolic Writings: Reevaluating the Status of the New Testament Writings at the End of the Second Century. London: T&T Clark, 2022.

Peer-reviewed articles:

“The Logos and the Authority of Scripture: A Proposal Motivated by Irenaeus’ Trinitarian Account of Revelation,” International Journal of Systematic Theology 20.4 (2018): 455-71.

Conference Papers:

“The Inseparability of Salvation and Revelation in the Theology of Irenaeus.”

Symposium for Biblical and Early Christian Studies, 2018.

 

“Re-interpreting Irenaeus on Tradition and the New Testament.”

Pluscarden Systematic Theology Colloquium, 2016.

  • RELS 160 Intro to Theology
  • RELS 360 Christian Apologetics
  • RELS 476 Christian Worldviews in Historical and Cultural Context
  • RELS 477 NT Canon: Development & Theology