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Dr Sam Hey

Honorary Associate

Biography

Sam Hey has taught in a range of tertiary institutions including the University of Queensland, Christian Heritage College, and Tabor College. He completed his MA at the University of Queensland and his PhD at Griffith University. His doctoral thesis on the social history of Australian megachurches was published as a monograph in 2013.

Qualifications

Ph.D. (Griffith University), God in the Suburbs and Beyond: The emergence of an Australian megachurch and denomination – 2011

M.A. (Theology) (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia), Pentecostal Hermeneutics of the book of the Acts – 1997

B.Min. (Garden City School of Ministries) – 1992

B.Sc. (University of Tasmania) – 1979

Dipl.Ed. (University of Tasmania) – 1980

  • Research Publications

    Books

    • 2013
      • Hey, S. (2013). Megachurches: Origins, ministry and prospects. Wipf & Stock: Eugene, OR.

    Book Chapters

    • 2018
      • Hey, S. (2018). The Wesleyan Quadrilateral as an Aid to Formation in Tertiary Education In , Reimagining Christian Education: Cultivating Transformative Approaches (pp. ). Springer Nature, Singapore..

    Journal Articles

    • 2012
      • Hey, S. & Roux, J. (2012). Wesley and Beyond: Integrating the Wesleyan Quadrilateral and 'Praxis Cycle' to support tertiary student theological engagement. Journal of Adult Theological Education, 9, no. 2 192-209. | External link
    • 2001
      • Hey, S. (2001). Changing Roles of Pentecostal Hermeneutics. Evangelical Review of Theology, 25, no. 3 210-218.
    • 2000
      • Hey, S. (2000). Contemporary Developments in Pentecostal Hermeneutics. Pacific Journal of Theology, 3.

  • Scholarship

    Presentations

    • 2021
      • Examining Evangelical Music Contributions to Spiritual and Theological Formation (2021), ANZATS 2021, Online, 06 Jul 2021
    • 2018
      • Interpreting order in the universe and its implications for science and theology (2018), COSAC Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 24 Mar 2018
    • 2017
      • Finding Purpose amid Claims of a Purposeless Universe (2017), Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Schools (ANZATS), Australian Lutheran College, Adelaide, Australia, 11 Jul 2017
      • Finding Purpose amid Claims of a Purposeless Universe (2017), the School of Historical and Philosophical Enquiry, Studies in Religion and Theology Series, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 12 May 2017
      • Theological Reflection, the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, and Education for Ministry (2017), Christian Heritage College Research Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 01 Jan 2017
    • 2016
      • Theological Reflection and the Wesleyan Quadrilateral as aids to Christian Ministry Education (2016), Christian Heritage College Research Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 19 Jul 2016
      • Theological Reflection, the Wesleyal Quadrilateral, and Education for Ministry (2016), Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Schools (ANZATS), Trinity College, University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia, 04 Jul 2016
      • Theological Reflection, the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, and Education for Ministry (2016), Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Schools (ANZATS), Melbourne, Australia, 04 Jul 2016
      • Theological Reflection, the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, and Education for Ministry (2016), Studies in Theology Series, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 27 May 2016
    • 2015
      • Australian Megachurches: An examination of reasons for their growth (2015), Research Colloquium at Malyon Baptist College, Brisbane, Australia, 29 Sep 2015
      • 'Social change and the Australian Megachurches (2015), British Sociological Association (BSA) - Sociology of Religion (Socrel) Annual Conference, Sociology of Religion: Foundations and Futures, London, England, 08 Jul 2015
      • Social change and the Australian Megachurches' (2015), British Sociological Association (BSA) - Sociology of Religion (Socrel) Annual Conference, London, England, 08 Jul 2015
      • The Interaction of Pentecostal churches and Megachurches with Social Change (2015), School of Historical and Philosophical Enquiry, Studies in Religion and Theology Series, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 05 Jun 2015
      • Australian megachurches (2015), St Francis College Research Seminar, Brisbane, Australia, 14 May 2015
      • The Australian Mega-Church: Marketing machines or messengers from God? (2015), Barry Chant Public Lecture, Adelaide, Australia, 03 Feb 2015
    • 2006
      • Independent Charismatic Churches in a Period of Post Modernisation (2006), QUT, Social Change in the 21st Century, Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 27 Oct 2006

  • Teaching

    RES502 Action Research

  • Supervision

    • Current
      • Deshbhratar, A, A Theological and Scientific Study within the Framework of T. F. Torrance and James E. Loder: A New Perspective on the Relationship between God and the Natural World (PhD thesis)
    • Completed
      • 2024
        • Cat, C, Unrealised Pentecostal Divine Healing Expectations: A Pastoral Dialogue With The Psychology Of Religion And Coping (PhD thesis)
      • 2019
        • Pillay, J, What Factors May Facilitate Asian Pentecostal Migrants Integrating Into Australian Pentecostal Churches? (MPhil thesis)