Daniel R. Patterson (BEd, MEd, MDiv, MA, PhD) is an Australian theologian, academic, and researcher based in Perth, Western Australia. Having spent sixteen years living and serving in Bulgaria, Daniel returned to Australia in late 2025, bringing with him an international perspective shaped by theological education, cross-cultural ministry, and academic research.

He completed his PhD in Theological Ethics at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, under the supervision of Professors Brian Brock and Stanley Hauerwas. He currently lectures in theology at St Trivelius Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria. From January 2027, Daniel will take up a position as Senior Lecturer at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education in Perth, Australia.

Daniel's research explores the intersections of Christian theology, gender, sexuality, and the body, with a particular interest in the critical engagement between Christian theological traditions and the gender theory of Judith Butler. His wider intellectual interests span continental philosophy, queer theory, feminism, and the complex relationship between church and state. His work seeks to bring theological traditions into sustained and critical conversation with contemporary philosophical and cultural debates.

Daniel is a member of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics (SSCE), the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), the Society of Christian Ethics (SCE), and the Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Studies (ANZATS).