Daniel R. Patterson is an Australian theologian who lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Having returned from Scotland where he completed his PhD in theological ethics under Brian Brock and Stanley Hauerwas, Daniel now lives with his wife and two girls in Bulgaria.
Daniel lectures in theology and ethics at St. Trivelius Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria. He is also an adjunct researcher at Sheridan College, Perth, Australia.
His particular research interests include gender, sexuality, and the body. This finds particular expression where theology and the gender theory of Judith Butler intersect. Further to this, Dan reads in continental philosophy, queer theory, feminism, and is concerned with church/state relations.
He is a member of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics (SSCE), Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), The Society of Christian Ethics (SCE), and the Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Studies (ANZATS).
“The Law of Adam and Eve: Judith Butler Matters, and so does the Fall and Jesus,” in 1968: Culture and Counter Culture (Oregon: Pickwick, 2020), 292–309.