William Ross Hastings is a Zimbabwean Scottish
systematic theologian
Systematic theology, or systematics, is a discipline of Christian theology that formulates an orderly, rational, and coherent account of the doctrines of the Christian faith. It addresses issues such as what the Bible teaches about certain topic ...
who now lives in Canada. He is the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology, at
Regent College
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,
Vancouver
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.
Career
Hastings began his career as a high school chemistry teacher at
St. Martin's School in Rosettenville,
Johannesburg
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, where he was also a coach for rugby, cricket and tennis. Later he taught, and was the school headmaster, at Grainger Grammar School in
Newcastle upon Tyne
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in England. After obtaining his Ph.D. in chemistry, he taught at
Trinity Western University whilst also fulfilling a pastorate at Westminster Chapel in Burnaby, BC. He then pastored at Westview Bible Church in Montreal, and Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey, BC. After completing his PhD in theology at the
University of St Andrews
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in 2004, he started teaching theology at Regent College in 2006 and became the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology at Regent College, Vancouver in 2016. He become full professor in 2018.
Academic books
* The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Exploring Its Theological Significance and Ongoing Relevance (; ).
* Pastoral Ethics: Moral Formation as Life in the Trinity (; ).
* Theological Ethics: The Moral Life of the Gospel in Contemporary Context ( ).
* Total Atonement: Trinitarian Participation in the Reconciliation of Humanity and Creation ( ).
* Echoes of Coinherence: Trinitarian Theology and Science Together ( ).
* Where Do Broken Hearts Go? An Integrative, Participational Theology of Grief ( ).
* Jonathan Edwards and the Life of God: Toward an Evangelical Theology of Participation ( ).
* Missional God, Missional Church: Hope for Re-evangelizing the West ( ).
Selected publications
* W. Ross Hastings, ‘“Honouring the Spirit”: analysis and evaluation of Jonathan Edwards’ pneumatological doctrine of the incarnation.’ International Journal of Systematic Theology 7 (No.3) July 2005, 279-299.
* W. Ross Hastings, ‘Discerning the Spirit: Ambivalent assurance in the soteriology of Jonathan Edwards and Barthian correctives.’
Scottish Journal of Theology 63 (04), 2010, 437–455. ( ).
* W. Ross Hastings, “Jonathan Edwards on the Trinity: A Current Evaluation of its Place and Its Controversial Facets,”
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 59, No.3 (2016), 585–600.
* W. Ross Hastings, “Karl Barth: Human Identity and the Freedom of God in Christ” in Sources of the Christian Self: A Cultural History of Christian Identity, eds. James M. Houston and Jens Zimmermann (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018).
* W. Ross Hastings and William Watson, “Matthew Henry: Expounding the Scriptures,” in A Legacy of Preaching, vols. 1 and 2, eds. Benjamin Forrest, Kevin L. King, Bill Curtis and Dwayne Milioni (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2018), vol. 1, 427–439.
* W. Ross Hastings, “Theology and Science in Torrance,” in Thomas F. Torrance and Evangelical Theology: A Critical Analysis, eds. Myk Habets and R. Lucas Stamps, Bellingham, WA.: Lexham Press, 2023, 111–132.
* W. Ross Hastings, “Divine and Created Agency in Asymmetric Concursus: A Barthian Option” in Oliver Crisp and Fred Sanders, eds. Divine Action and Providence (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019), 115–136.
* W. Ross Hastings, “ ‘The Word Became Flesh’: Christian Theology and Science as Coinherent, Not Conflicted . . . A Post-Intellectual Approach” in Is the Gospel Good News? McMaster New Testament Studies Series, Stanley E. Porter and Hughson T. Ong, eds. (Eugene, OR.: Pickwick, 2019), 179–222.
* W. Ross Hastings, "Trinitarian," Kingdom Come: Reflections in Honour of Jonathan R. Wilson (Eugene, OR.: Wipf & Stock, 2022), 162–169.
Review articles
* W. Ross Hastings. Review of The Supreme Harmony of All: The Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards, Amy Plantinga Pauw. International Journal of Systematic Theology 5 (No.1), March 2003, 120-122 (attributed to “Ross Shaw” in error).
* W. Ross Hastings. Review of Listening to the Past: the Place of Tradition in Christian Theology, Steve Holmes. International Journal of Systematic Theology 6 (No. 4), 440-443. 2004. (Accession Number:
ATLA0001586795)
* W. Ross Hastings. Review of Jonathan Edwards: Philosophical Theologian (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003), Paul Helm and Oliver Crisp ((Eds.), 7 (No.3), July 2005. International Journal of Systematic Theology 7 (No. 3), 2005, 316-342. (
Accession Number: ATLA0001601472;
ISSN
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: 1463-1652)
* W. Ross Hastings. Review of Remembering Our Future: Explorations in Deep Church. Eds. Andrew Walker and Luke Bretherton (London/Colorado Springs/Hyderabad: Paternoster, 2007). CRUX, 43 (No.4), Winter 2007, 46-49. (
ISSN
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: 0011-2186; Accession Number: ATLA0001682521)
* W. Ross Hastings. Review of The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards, ed. Stephen J. Stein (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007). International Journal of Systematic Theology 10 (No.4), 2008, 473-476.
* W. Ross Hastings. Review of Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong. Conor Cunningham (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010). Regent Cosmos website on the Regent Marketplace website.
* W. Ross Hastings. Review of Jason S. Sexton, gen. ed., Stanley Gundry, series ed. Two Views on the Doctrine of the Trinity. CRUX, 51 (No.1), Spring 2016, 32-36. (
ISSN
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: 0011-2186;
Accession Number: ATLAn3850630)
* W. Ross Hastings, Review of Rodrick K. Durst, Reordering the Trinity: Six Movements of God in the New Testament (Grand Rapids MI: Kregel, 2016). CRUX, 53 (No.2), Summer 2017, 39-40. (
ISSN
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: 0011-2186;
Accession Number: ATLAn4305886)
* W. Ross Hastings, Review of Fleming Rutledge, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015). CRUX, 54 (No. 2), Summer 2018, 37-40. (
ISSN
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: 0011-2186;
Accession Number: ATLAn4379176)
* W. Ross Hastings, Review of Marty Folsom, Sharing God’s Life, Vol 3, Face to Face (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2016), CRUX, 55 (No.1), Spring 2019, 38-40. (
ISSN
An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit serial number used to uniquely identify a serial publication, such as a magazine. The ISSN is especially helpful in distinguishing between serials with the same title. ISSNs ...
: 0011-2186;
Accession Number: ATLAi9KZ190629002751)
* W. Ross Hastings, Substitution or Satisfaction?: Commentary by Douglas Farrow on the Atonement Theology of Aquinas and Anselm in Theological Negotiations (Grand Rapids: Baker Acad., 2018). CRUX, 55 (No. 2), Summer 2019, 15-23. (
ISSN
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: 0011-2186;
Accession Number: ATLAiG0V190819000441).
References
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Living people
Systematic theologians
Academic staff of Regent College
Academic staff of Trinity Western University