Current Research

My present research work is spread mainly over three areas.

Epistle to the Romans

I am still working on different projects related to the Epistle to the Romans. My main project for the moment is a rather technical book in English on the issue of History and Revelation in Romans based on a study of Rom 1.18-32. My position is that Rom 1.18 f. does not refer to natural theology but to God's revelation in history. This is an expansion of material presented in my book and my article on Romans 1.20 in ZNW 100.

Luke-Acts

I have also been working for several years on Luke and Acts with a focus on evangelism. See the notes in French I wrote for our local InterVarsity groups in the Spring of 2009. I am also working on a mid-level book in English on Evangelism in the New Testament that uses Acts extensively (as well as the NT in general and the early Church Fathers).

Hermeneutics and Philosophy

My third main area of work is hermeneutics and philosophy, with a focus on Natural Theology and theories of knowledge (which relates to my work on Romans 1), as well as the intersection of reading and orality and the consequences of such a study for the contemporary use of the Scriptures.

Literature

I am also a member of a doctoral committee at the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) for a Ph. D. on “God, Space and Place in British Contemporary Fiction.” This position allows me to combine my interest in theology, literature, and hermeneutics.