Dr D.T. (Andy) Everhart is a Lecturer in Theology and Programme Director of the BA in Theology and Liberal Arts at London School of Theology. He is also contributing to a project on Language and Autism at the University of Leeds, focusing on what linguistic diversity can teach us about language to, with, and about God. His research primarily focuses on theological anthropology, especially Christological anthropology, and how Christ becoming human can inform our understanding of particularities like race and gender. He has also published on topics including Christology, the doctrine of the Trinity, Christian identity, the doctrine of sin, the theology of James Cone, the theology of Thomas F Torrance, science-engaged theology, and God’s relationship to time.

Andy is currently working on three projects. His main project is a monograph on Christological anthropology exploring the role of diversity, especially racial and gendered diversity, in the imago Dei. This book takes Christ’s incarnation as the most important lens for interpreting the meaning of the imago Dei and argues that we can best understand human diversity generally through understanding how Christ embodies his own particularity in his time on Earth.

Andy is also working on a book on ecclesiology, co-authored with Rev Dr Joshua Cockayne. This explores the role that liturgy, especially corporate liturgies, play in relating to God personally. The book argues that, while the individual’s relationship to God and individual acts of worship are important, corporate acts of worship provide unique ways to come to know God personally that cannot be achieved individually. We argue that corporate acts of worship allow us to know God personally from a variety of perspectives and challenge our own biases in knowing God personally. Thus, both individual and corporate acts of worship are needed to cultivate relationship with God through worship.

Finally, Andy is a co-editor of a collection of essays in charismatic and Pentecostal theology that engage the tools and methods of analytic theology. This volume includes essays from analytic theologians and philosophers interested in Pentecostal expressions of worship, as well as charismatic and Pentecostal theologians interested in analytic philosophy. The essays cover a variety of aspects of charismatic and Pentecostal theology, including its sources and methods, its doctrines, and its practices. Andy’s own essay in this volume explores how analytic philosophy of science might help us to think about the distinct roles of Scripture and gifts of knowledge as sources in Pentecostal/charismatic theological method.

Andy is passionate about teaching and training Christians to consider how their theology informs the life of faith. What we believe and how we live should be closely connected in our faith. His research and teaching could be described as “ethically sourced systematic theology,” approaching questions of doctrine with ethical implications in mind and approaching questions of Christian ethics in conversation systematic and theological resources. He is also passionate about bringing in a variety of disciplines to engage theology, such as philosophy, sciences, and the arts. This, he believes, encourages creativity in theological work and strengthens our approach to understanding God and the world he created.

You can find more about Andy’s research here: https://lst.academia.edu/DTEverhart