LLOYD GEERING

Emeritus Professor 'Lloyd George Geering' ONZ, PCNZM, CBE (born 1918) is a New Zealand theologian. He is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
He holds a D.D. from the University of Otago, a Masters Degree in Mathematics and was a minister in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and turned to theological teaching in 1956. He was tried and found not guilty of heresy in 1967 by the PCANZ.
Geering is a controversial commentator on theological issues and considers Christian and Muslim fundamentalism to be a social evil.
In 1967 Professor Geering gained a high profile when the Presbyterian Church charged him with heresy for his radical beliefs. During his "trial" he claimed that the remains of Jesus lay somewhere in Palestine, and that the resurrection had been wrongfully interpreted by churches as a resuscitation of the body of Jesus. He also rejects the notion that God is a supernatural being who created and continues to look over the world.
He is a member of the controversial Jesus Seminar and a participant in the program Living the Questions, an alternative to the Evangelical Alpha course; he is also a member of the Sea of Faith Network (New Zealand).
He was honored in 1988 as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 2001 as Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. In the 2007 New Year Honours List he was made a Member of the Order of New Zealand.
Geering is a patron of the Coalition for Open Government

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Bibliography

★ ''Wrestling with God'' (2006) ISBN 1-877242-36-5

★ ''The Greening of Christianity'' (2005) ISBN 0-9583645-9-1

★ ''Christianity without God'' (2002). Polebridge Press, ISBN 0-944344-92-5

★ ''Christian Faith at the Crossroads'' (revised 2001). Polebridge Press, ISBN 0-944344-83-6

★ ''The World to Come: From Christian Past to Global Future'' (1999). Polebridge Press, ISBN 0-944344-76-3

★ ''Tomorrow's God: How We Create our Worlds'' (1996). Polebridge Press reprint 2000, ISBN 0-944344-81-X

★ ''In the World Today'' (1988)

★ ''The World of Relation: An Introduction to Martin Buber's I and Thou'' (1983)

★ ''Faith's New Age: A Perspective on Contemporary Religious Change'' (1980)

★ ''Resurrection - A Symbol of Hope'' (1971)

★ ''God in the New World'' (1968)

See also

★ Heresy in the 20th century

External links

★ Introduction to contributors, including Lloyd Geering, at livingthequestions.com