Lloyd Geering
Lecturer, St. Andrew's Trust for the Study
of Religion and Society, and Emeritus Professor
of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand |
 Lloyd Geering was made Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
topping New Zealand's new year's honors list for 2001. This is the first time the strictly New Zealand honors have been given. Previously New Zealand granted Imperial
Honors, under which Lloyd Geering would have been made a knight commander.
Previously honored in 1988 as a Companion of the British Empire, Lloyd Geering
is a public figure of considerable renown in New Zealand where he is in constant demand as a lecturer and as a commentator on religion and
related matters on both television and radio. In 1966, he published an article on "The Resurrection of Jesus" and, in 1967, another on "The Immortality of
the Soul," which together sparked a two-year public, theological controversy that culminated in charges by the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand—of
which he is an ordained minister—of doctrinal error and disturbing the peace of the church. After a dramatic, two-day televised trial, the Assembly judged
that no doctrinal error had been proved, dismissed the charges and declared the case closed. Lloyd Geering is the author of several books, including Tomorrow's God
(reprint 2000), The World to Come: From Christian Past to Global Future (1999), and Christian Faith at the Crossroads: A Map of Modern Religious History (2001, a revision of
Faith's New Age). Books by Lloyd Geering
Academic Credentials
- B.A., University of New Zealand
- M.A., University of New Zealand
- B.D., Melbourne College of Divinity, 1942
- B.D., Melbourne College of Divinity, 1946
- D.D., University of Otago
Academic Appointments
- Lecturer, St. Andrew's Trust for the Study of Religion and Society, 1983–
- Emeritus Professor of Victoria University, 1984-
- Foundation Professor of Religions Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 1971-1984
- Professor of Old Testament Studies, Theological Hall, Knox College, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1960-1971
- Professor of Old Testament Studies, Emmanuel College, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1956-1960
Awards and Honors
- Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, 2001
- Companion of the British Empire, 1988
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