Daniel R. Patterson (BEd, MEd., MDiv, MA in Systematic Theology, PhD) is an Australian theologian who lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Having returned from Scotland where he completed his doctoral research in theological ethics under Brian Brock and Stanley Hauerwas, Daniel now lives with his wife and two girls in Bulgaria.
Daniel lectures in theology 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).
Books
Reforming a Theology of Gender: Constructive Reflections on Judith Butler and Gender Theory (Eugene: Cascade, 2022).
Edited Volumes
Brian Brock, Nadine Hamilton, and Daniel R. Patterson, eds., How to do Christian Ethics: Living in the Grammar of Christian Life Every Day (T&T Clark, 2025).
Chapters
Daniel R. Patterson,“Cancel Culture: Mobilizing Christian Ethics at the Scene of Judgment,” in How to do Christian Ethics: Living in the Grammar of Christian Life Every Day (T&T Clark, 2025).
Daniel R. Patterson, “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.
Articles
Daniel R. Patterson, “What is the most important question Christian thinkers ought to be asking about sex and gender right now?” Faith & Flourishing (Forthcoming, 2025).
Деніел Р. Паттерсон, “Образ і закон Адама ма Єви: заклик до Євангелія,” ШТУДІЇ: Журнал евангельского богословия 4, (2024): 63–84.
Book Reviews
Daniel R. Patterson, review of Gender as Love: A Theological Account of Human Identity, Embodied Desire, and Our Social Worlds, by Fellipe do Vale. Studies in Christian Ethics (forthcoming).