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John Griffiths

Rev Dr John Griffiths

Lecturer in Biblical Studies

Biography

John Griffiths is Lecturer in Biblical Studies and editor-in-chief of the Australasian Pentecostal Studies journal. His research explores the interface between New Testament studies and Pentecostal theology.

John is a member of the Biblical Studies, Ecotheology and Sustainable Development and Pentecostal Studies research clusters.

Qualifications

Ph.D. (Flinders University), The Spirit as Gift – 2020

B. Th. (Hon.) (Flinders University), When The Punishment Does Not Fit The Crime – 2015

  • Research Publications

    Books

    • 2022
      • John D. Griffiths (2022). The Spirit as Gift in Acts: The Spirit's Empowerment of the Early Jesus Community. Brill. | External link

    Book Chapters

    • 2023
      • John D. Griffiths (2023). In the Last Days: Alteration, Eschatology, and the Spirit In Peter G. Bolt, Jesus: Beginning, Middle, & End of Time? Eschatology in Gospels & Acts Research (pp. 317-30). SCD Press.
    • 2021
      • John D. Griffiths (2021). All the Earth, Let Us Sing: Searching for a Latent Pentecostal Ecology in Australian Pentecostal Worship In Christina Nellist, Climate Crisis and Sustainable Creaturely Care: Integrated Theology, Governance and Justice (pp. 81-102). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. | External link
      • John D. Griffiths (2021). Wonders in the Heavens Above, Signs on the Earth Below: Pacific Islands Pentecostalism, Climate Change and Acts 2 In Johannes M. Luetz & Patrick D. Nunn, Beyond Belief: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands (pp. 329-44). Springer International. | External link

    Journal Articles

    • 2025
      • John D. Griffiths (2025). Upon All Flesh: An Ecological Reading of Acts 2.17–21. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 47.3 437-53. | External link
      • John D. Griffiths (2025). A Holy Human Spirit: Revisiting πνεῦμα ἅγιον in Luke-Acts. Pneuma, 47.1 29-47. | External link
    • 2023
      • John D. Griffiths (2023). Tongues as of Fire: Pentecost as a Temple Inauguration Theophany. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 31.2. | External link
    • 2021
      • John D. Griffiths (2021). Spirit-Baptised Creation: Locating Pentecost in the Meta-Narrative of Creation and Its Implications for a Pentecostal Ecology. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, 22, 1 46-60. | External link
    • 2017
      • John D. Griffiths (2017). When the Punishment does not Fit the Crime. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, 19 99-118. | External link

  • Scholarship

    Internal and External Grants

    • 2024
      • AC Conference Funding, $2000, AC
      • Special Studies Program Grant, $40000, AC
    • 2023
      • AC Conference Funding, $2000, AC
    • 2020
      • An Ecological Reading of Pentecost, $4000, ARTFinc

    Presentations

    • 2021
      • In The Last Days: Eschatology, the Spirit and the Church (2021), 2021 SCD CGAR Conference, Online, 30 Sep 2021
      • Spirit-Baptised Flesh: An Ecological Reading of Acts 2:17-21 (2021), ANZATS 2021, Online, 05 Jul 2021
    • 2020
      • Understanding Ecological Crises from an Enchanted Worldview: A Review and Prospects of a Pentecostal Ecology (2020), GloPent, Online, 31 Oct 2020

    Professional Memberships


    Society For Pentecostal Studies (since 2020)


  • Teaching

    ANL151 New Testament Greek 1
    ANL251 New Testament Greek 2
    ANL351 New Testament Greek 3
    ANL402 New Testament Greek I
    ANL502 New Testament Greek II
    ANL503 New Testament Greek III
    BIB215 The Spirit in the Old Testament
    BIB216 John’s Gospel and Revelation
    BIB340 Jesus and the Gospels
    BIB341 Acts of the Apostles

  • Supervision

    • Current
      • Bakker, A, The Forty Days of Resurrection Appearances in Luke 24:1−53 and Acts 1:1−11 as Preparation for the Apostles’ Post-Ascension Mission (PhD thesis)
    • Completed
      • 2024
        • Toh, L, Sung Theology: A Comparative Textual Analysis of the Original Song Lyrics of New Creation Church, Singapore, and Those of Hillsong Church, Australia (PhD thesis)