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Raburridge CV Full Academic 24-Pages Feb 2020 THE REV’D CANON PROFESSOR RICHARD A. BURRIDGE MA, PGCE, PGDipTh, PhD, FKC FULL ACADEMIC CURRICULUM VITAE RECORD OF EDUCATION - QUALIFICATIONS 1) Bristol Cathedral School (County Scholar) Sept 1966 – Feb 1973 GCE O & A levels (Latin, Greek, Pure & Applied Maths) 2) University College, Oxford (Exhibitioner) Oct 1973 – June 1977 BA in Literae Humaniores (First Class Honours); MA March 1981 3) University of Nottingham School of Education Sept 1977 – July 1978 Postgraduate Certificate of Education (Classics with Maths) Distinction in the Theory of Education 4) Church of England Central Readers Board Examinations (Distinctions) June 1974 – July 1977 5) University of Nottingham Theology Dept Sept 1982 – June 1983 Postgraduate Diploma in Theology (Distinction) 6) St John’s College, Nottingham, Ordination training Sept 1982 – June 1985 7) University of Nottingham Theology Dept (part-time) Oct 1983 – Oct 1989 Postgraduate Research on Gospels, Genre and Graeco-Roman Biography PhD gained Dec 89 HONOURS AND PRIZES 1) Elected a Fellow of King’s College London 2002 2) Imitating Jesus Shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize, Guardian Festival, Hay on Wye 2009 3) Received the Ratzinger Prize from Pope Francis (first non-Catholic winner) 2013 4) Became Honorary Life Fellow, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park 2016 5) Elected Gresham Visiting Professor of Ethics and Theology, Gresham College, London 2018-2019 EMPLOYMENT RECORD 1) City Museum, Bristol, Spare-time volunteer and Vacation Assistant 1968 – 1972 2) VIP Petroleum, Bristol (Assistant/Temporary Manager) 1973 3) Westinghouse Brakes, Hannover, W. Germany (Summer vacation jobs) 1973, 1977 4) Sevenoaks School, Classics Master and House Tutor 1978 – 1982 5) Curate, St Peter and St Paul, Bromley Parish Church, Kent 1985 – 1987 6) Lazenby Chaplain, University of Exeter and part-time Lecturer in Departments of Theology and of Classics & Ancient History 1987 – 1994 7) The Dean, King’s College London 1994 – 2019 and Hon. Lecturer in New Testament Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies (DTRS) 1994 – 2019 also, Director of New Testament Studies in DTRS 2007 – 2015 also, Professor of Biblical Interpretation in DTRS 2008 – present ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1) Consultant, Writer and Tutor, Rochester Diocesan Foundation Course 1979 – 1982 2) Licensed Reader, St Mary’s Church, Kippington, Sevenoaks 1979 – 1982 3) Licensed Reader, St Helen’s Church, Stapleford, Nottingham 1982 – 1985 4) Sermon Tutor, Rochester Diocesan Association of Readers 1985 – 1987 5) Convenor, Central Bromley Ministers’ Fraternal. 1986 – 1987 6) Family Life Education Committee, Rochester Diocesan Board of Education 1986 – 1987 7) Elected Member, Council of Management, St John’s College, Nottingham Ltd. 1986 – 1999 Rev’d Canon Professor Richard A. Burridge Full Academic Curriculum Vitae 8) Tutor, St John’s College Extension Studies Courses: Certificate in Christian Studies: NT Introduction and NT Greek 1985 – 1990 Diploma in Religious Education: New Testament Unit 1990 – 1994 9) Lecturer and Academic Tutor, South West Ministry Training Course 1987 – 1994 10) Chaplain to the Northcott Theatre, Exeter 1987 – 1994 11) Diocesan Adviser to the Bishop of Exeter on New Religious Movements 1990 – 1994 12) Member of Exeter Diocesan Synod 1991 – 1994 13) Member of Council of Reference, Monarch Publications, Tunbridge Wells 1992 – 1998 14) Assistant priest and parish member, St Andrew’s Church, Whitehall Park, N19 1994 – 2002 15) Member of Academic Board, North Thames Ministry Training Course/St Mellitus College 1994 – 2016 16) Trustee of Christian Evidence Society; Chairman of CES 2001-2017 1994 – present 17) Chairman and Trustee of Montgomery Trust (Christian Education Movement) 1994 – 2019 18) Member of General Synod (representing University of London) 1994 – 2015 19) Chairman of the Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Fund & Annual Lecture 1994 – 2019 20) Member of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS) 1995 – present 21) Member of the Society for the Study of Theology (SST) 1995 – present 22) Member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) 1995 – present 23) ABM External Examiner to South West Ministry Training Course 1995 – 1999 24) Member of Church of England’s Communications Committee 1995 – 1998 25) Chairman of ABM’s Educational Validatory Sub-Committee/Panel 1995 – 2004 26) Bishops’ National Selector for Candidates for Ordained Ministry 1996 – present 27) Member of Advisory Council of Celebrate (Magazine for the Church of England) 1997 – 1999 28) General Editor of The People’s Bible Commentary Series, BRF 1997 – present 29) Commissary for the Bishop of the High Veld, Church of the Province of Southern Africa 1997 – 2009 30) General Synod Representative to Partners in Mission Consultation for the Province of West Africa at Accra, Ghana October 1998 31) Trustee of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Foundation of St Catherine’s, Cumberland Lodge 1998 – 2008 32) Adviser & writer to the National Millennium Experience Company, Greenwich Dome 1998 – 2000 33) Chair, Hermeneutics and Interpretation: Theory and Practice Seminar British New Testament Conference 1998 – 2004 34) Biblical Adviser to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales 1999 – 2019 35) Theological Consultant to the film Miracle Maker, (BBC/S4C/Icon Productions) 1995 – 2001 cinema world release at Easter 2000; on DVD/video from 2001 36) Adviser to the Seeing Salvation Exhibition at the National Gallery, London 2000 37) Member of the Structure and Funding of Ordination Training Working Party (Hind Commission), Archbishops’ Council 2000 – 2004 38) Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Silver Jubilee of Consecration, St Mary’s Johannesburg July 2001 39) Assistant priest and church member, St Luke’s Church, Holloway, N7 2002 – 2019 40) Member of the Bishop of Exeter’s Working Group on Transgendered Clergy 2003 – 2004 41) Visiting Professor, Regent’s College, Vancouver, Canada 2003 42) Chair, Bishop of Southwark’s Theological Issues Group 2004 – 2011 43) Chaplain to Hendon Golf Club, north London, NW7 2004 – 2019 44) Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Anglican Communion at II World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Catholic Foreign Students, Rome December 2005 45) Visiting Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA 2007 46) Member of Academic Advisory Committee/Academic & Programme Advisory Committee, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park 2007 – 2016 47) External Examiner, MAs in Theology, University of Durham 2008 – 2011 48) Cecil Woods Fellow and Visiting Professor, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA 2009 49) Church Commissioners’ Representative, Ethical Investment Advisory Group 2009 – 2017 Deputy Chair, EIAG 2010 – 2016 50) Consultant to ‘The Bible in the Life of the Church’ project, Anglican Communion 2009 – 2019 51) Sarum Canon Theologian, Salisbury Cathedral 2013 – present 52) Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, and North West University, South Africa 2014 53) Licensed priest, St Mary le Strand Church, London 2017 – 2019 54) Visiting Professor, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019 2 Rev’d Canon Professor Richard A. Burridge Full Academic Curriculum Vitae TEACHING EXPERIENCE (See also Lectures list for wider teaching in society) 1) AT SEVENOAKS SCHOOL, CLASSICS MASTER (1978 – 1982) Taught throughout the school from 11 – 18 year olds, including O-levels and A-levels in Latin, Greek and Classical Civilisation; also taught upper-sixth form for Oxford and Cambridge entrance examinations. 2) AS LAZENBY CHAPLAIN, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (1987 – 1994) and part-time Lecturer in Departments of Theology and of Classics & Ancient History Taught undergraduate courses for Classics & Ancient History on • Latin set books • Greek set books • Greek and Latin Prose composition Taught undergraduate courses for Theology on • Jesus and the Gospels • Pauline and Johannine Theologies • Ethics Also taught MA courses in Theology, and supervised theses at MPhil and PhD level, including • ‘Resurrection, Immortality and Bereavement’ (1993); later published as: Why do Christians Find It Hard to Grieve?, Geoff Walters, Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1997 3) AS DEAN, KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (1994 – 2019) – and Hon. Lecturer in New Testament in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, and latterly Director of New Testament Studies and Professor of Biblical Interpretation Taught and lectured upon undergraduate courses on • Jesus and the Gospels • Jesus in Context • Paul in Context • New Testament Ethics • Christology Postgraduate: I have been involved with teaching MA courses in Biblical Studies and Theology, courses in the MA in Ministry and Theology (Course Director for MA in Bible and Ministry), and the professional Doctorate of Ministry & Theology, DThMin I have supervised postgraduate theses at MPhil, PhD and DThMin level, including • The Genre of Josephus’ Vita: a comparative analysis of ancient literature in the search for autobiography in Antiquity (2014) • Ministry Review: a biblical and theological rationale (2009) • Concepts of Discipleship in Luke: The Relevance for the Indian Subaltern Context (2009) • “Under Heaven”: The Narrative-Geographical Implications of the Ascended Christ for the Believers (and their Mission) within Acts 1.1-11.18 (2006) • The Church as Event-in-Progress: A Trinitarian Response to the Provisionist Ecclesiology of Modern Ecumenism (2004) • African Cultures, African Church, Anglican Communion: Inculturation and the
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