Daniela Rizzo
Associate Lecturer in Systematic Theology; Teaching Assistant - TheologyContact Daniela Rizzo
Daniela is Associate Lecturer in Systematic Theology at AC. She is currently completing her PhD on animal theology and pneumatology. Her research aims to explore the value of non-human creatures to God and their place within the theological landscape. Daniela is a member of the Australasian Animal Studies Association, the Oxford Centre of Animal Ethics and the Warrnambool Environment and Sustainability Advisory Committee. In addition to her lecturing responsibilities, she supports a range of theological classes as a Teaching Assistant.
Qualifications
PhD- Candidate (Alphacrucis College)
Dissertation Title Theological Foundations for a Pneumatology of Animals
2024
M.A.(Theology) (Alphacrucis College)
Dissertation Title 'Animal Glossolalia- Towards a Pentecostal Theology of Animals.'
2020
B.A.(Biblical Studies) (Harvest Bible College) 2006
Research Interests
Animal Theology, Eco-Theology, Pneumatology, Pentecostal Theology, Systematic Theology
Book Chapters
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2025
- Rizzo, Daniela (2025). The Zoological Pentecostal and Eco-Mission, In Eugene Baron and Amos Yong, eds., Pentecostal Missiology and Environmental Degradation (pp. ). Carlisle, UK: Langham Global, (forthcoming).
Journal Articles
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2024
- Rizzo, Daniela (2024). Animal Glossolalia: A Pneumatological Framework for Animal Theology. Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, 46 (1), 60-79. | External link
Internal and External Grants
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2024
- Academic Conference Funding, $3500, Alphacrucis University College
- AC Conference Funding, $2000, AC
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2023
- HDR Travel Grant, $1500, Alphacrucis University College
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2021
- Winner of the Three Minute Thesis Peoples' Choice Award, $500, Alphacrucis University College
Presentations
Academic Conference
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2024
- Animal Glossolalia: A Pneumatological Framework for Animal Theology (2024), Society for Pentecostal Studies, Atlanta, United States, 15 Mar 2024
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2023
- Animal Glossolalia: A Pentecostal Consideration of Animal Voice (2023), Pilgrims with the Planet, Sydney, Australia, 05 Oct 2023
- Animal Glossolalia: A Pentecostal Consideration of Animals (2023), World on Fire: Pentecostal Eschatology and Eco-theology, Frankfurt, Germany, 01 Sep 2023
Engagement Publications
Book Reviews
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2022
- Rizzo, D (2022). Review of Glossolalia and the Problem of Language, by Nicholas Harkness. Reading Religion. , . | External link
Popular Articles
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2023
- Rizzo, D (2023). Animals in Relationship with God. Zadok Perspectives, Winter Edition. | AC Link
Other Publications
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2023
- Rizzo, D (2023). The CreatureKind Lectionary- Season after Pentecost: Proper 11. | External link | AC Link
- THE101 Christian Worldview
- THE201 Christian Ethics
- THE202 Christ and Salvation
- THE310 Apologetics
- THE320 Theology and Psychology
- THE401 Christian Worldview
- THE501 Christology
- THE504 Christian Ethics
- THE530 Theology and Psychology
- THE601 Theologians: Method and Meaning
- THE602 Seminar Presentation of Theological Research
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