Dr. Patrick S Franklin
Title & Contact Info
Associate Professor of Theology
Email: pfranklin [at] tyndale.ca
Phone: 416.226.6620 ext. 2172
Personal Website
Department: Biblical Studies and Theology
Academic Credentials
BA, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1998
MDiv, Tyndale Seminary, 2001
ThM, Regent College, 2004
PhD, McMaster Divinity College, 2011
Areas of Specialization
Ecclesiology, Theological Anthropology, Trinitarian Theology, Science and Christian faith, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Biography
Dr. Franklin is a leader and bridge-builder engaging the church, the academy, and the public sphere. He is an expert in ecclesiology, trinitarian theology, Christian ethics, and the life and thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. His first book, Being Human, Being Church (Paternoster, 2016) explores how our conceptions of human personhood deeply impact our understanding and practices of community and church, personal and public ethics, and spirituality and social justice.
Dr. Franklin is President of the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation and formerly served as the Book Review Editor of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, the journal of the American Scientific Affiliation and Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation. He is the author of several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, spanning topics such as the human person, missional ecclesiology, trinitarian theology, the atonement, creation and fall, theological interpretation of Scripture, women in ministry, faith and science, and the writings of various theological thinkers (e.g., Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Julian of Norwich, Lesslie Newbigin, Stanley Hauerwas, Alisdair MacIntyre, Francis Watson, Stephen Fowl). An experienced pastor and scholar, Dr. Franklin speaks regularly at public events, conferences, and churches, and provides ethics training and consulting to various organizations. He and his wife, Elena, serve in ministry together (as pastors and church planters) and together they are raising three children.
Popular Courses
- Systematic Theology
- Theology of the Human Person
- Christology
- Trinity
- Christian Ethics
Favourite Place on Campus
The chapel. It's hard to compete with the chapel, really. Not only is it beautiful, inviting, and contemplative; it's also where I get to gather weekly with my colleagues and students to worship the God who centres our lives and binds us together as brothers and sisters in Christ. Pretty awesome!Favourite Place in Toronto
Right downtown, watching a Jays game or trying out a new restaurant.Faculty Publications
- Destruction and Restoration of Genuine Human Community in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Creation and Fall (2022) (Chapter)
- Theodicy and the Historical Adam: Questioning a Central Assumption Motivating Historicist Readings (2022) (Article)
- The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (2019) (Review)
- The God Who Sends is the God Who Loves: Mission as Participating in the Ecstatic Love of the Triune God (2017-2018) (Article)
- Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God (2017) (Review)
- Being Human, Being Church: The Significance of Theological Anthropology for Ecclesiology (2016) (Book)
- Francis Watson and Stephen E. Fowl as Theological Interpreters of Scripture (2016) (Chapter)
- Missionaries in Our Own Back Yard: Missional Community as Cultural and Political Engagement in the Writings of Lesslie Newbigin (2015) (Article)
- Julian of Norwich: Her Life, Contribution, and Contemporary Significance (2014) (Chapter)
- Reading Genesis 1-2: An Evangelical Conversation (2014) (Review)
- Understanding the Beginning in Light of the End: Eschatological Reflections on Making Theological Sense of Evolution (2014) (Article)
- The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology (2013-2014) (Review)
- The Sacredness of Human Life: Why an Ancient Biblical Vision is Key to the World's Future (2013) (Review)
- The Human Person in Contemporary Science and Theology (2012) (Article)
- Bonhoeffer and the Biosciences: An Initial Exploration (2011) (Review)
- New Perspectives in Believers Church Ecclesiology (2010-2011) (Review)
- Teaching, Scholarship, and Christian Worldview: A Review of Recent Literature (2009-2010) (Article)
- Penal Substitution in Perspective (2008-2009) (Article)
- Can These Bones Live? A Catholic Baptist Engagement with Ecclesiology, Hermeneutics, and Social Theory (2008) (Review)
- John Wesley in Conversation with the Emerging Church (2008) (Article)
- Nicaea and its Legacy: An Approach to Fourth-Century Trinitarian Theology (2008) (Review)
- Rewired: Exploring Religious Conversion (2008) (Review)
- Women Sharing in the Ministry of God: A Trinitarian Framework for the Priority of Spirit Gifting as a Solution to the Gender Debate (2008) (Article)
- Bonhoeffer's Missional Ecclesiology (2007-2008) (Article)
- Bonhoeffer's Anti-Logos and its Challenge to Oppression (2005) (Article)