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John Griffiths

Rev Dr John Griffiths

Lecturer in Biblical Studies

Biography

John Griffiths is Lecturer in Biblical Studies and editor-in-chief of the Australasian Pentecostal Studies journal. His research explores the interface between New Testament studies and Pentecostal theology.

John is a member of the Biblical Studies, Ecotheology and Sustainable Development and Pentecostal Studies research clusters.

Qualifications

Ph.D. (Flinders University), The Spirit as Gift – 2020

B. Th. (Hon.) (Flinders University), When The Punishment Does Not Fit The Crime – 2015

  • Research Publications

    Books

    • 2022
      • John D. Griffiths (2022). The Spirit as Gift in Acts: The Spirit's Empowerment of the Early Jesus Community. Brill. | External link

    Book Chapters

    • 2023
      • John D. Griffiths (2023). In the Last Days: Alteration, Eschatology, and the Spirit In Peter G. Bolt, Jesus: Beginning, Middle, & End of Time? Eschatology in Gospels & Acts Research (pp. 317-30). SCD Press.
    • 2021
      • John D. Griffiths (2021). All the Earth, Let Us Sing: Searching for a Latent Pentecostal Ecology in Australian Pentecostal Worship In Christina Nellist, Climate Crisis and Sustainable Creaturely Care: Integrated Theology, Governance and Justice (pp. 81-102). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. | External link
      • John D. Griffiths (2021). Wonders in the Heavens Above, Signs on the Earth Below: Pacific Islands Pentecostalism, Climate Change and Acts 2 In Johannes M. Luetz & Patrick D. Nunn, Beyond Belief: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands (pp. 329-44). Springer International. | External link

    Journal Articles

    • 2026
      • John D. Griffiths (2026). "Into Your Hands I Commit My Pneuma": Pneuma-Committal in Funerary Inscriptions, Poetic Literature and Luke's Gospel. NTS, Forthcoming.
    • 2025
      • John D. Griffiths (2025). Animated by the Creator Spirit: The Spirit Leading Ezekiel and Jesus. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 34.2 290-306. | External link
      • John D. Griffiths (2025). Upon All Flesh: An Ecological Reading of Acts 2.17-21. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 47.3 437-53. | External link
      • John D. Griffiths (2025). A Holy Human Spirit: Revisiting pneuma hagion in Luke-Acts. Pneuma, 47.1 29-47. | External link
    • 2023
      • John D. Griffiths (2023). Tongues as of Fire: Pentecost as a Temple Inauguration Theophany. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 31.2. | External link
    • 2021
      • John D. Griffiths (2021). Spirit-Baptised Creation: Locating Pentecost in the Meta-Narrative of Creation and Its Implications for a Pentecostal Ecology. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, 22, 1 46-60. | External link

  • Internal and External Grants

    • 2026
      • AC Conference Funding, $3500, AC
    • 2025
      • AC Conference Funding, $3000, AC
    • 2024
      • AC Conference Funding, $2000, AC
      • Special Studies Program Grant, $40000, AC
    • 2023
      • AC Conference Funding, $2000, AC
    • 2020
      • An Ecological Reading of Pentecost, $4000, ARTFinc

  • Presentations

    • 2026
      • "Into Your Hands I Commit My Pneuma": Pneuma-Committal in Funerary Inscriptions, Poetic Literature and Luke's Gospel (2026), SPS, Waco, 12 Mar 2026
    • 2025
      • Roundtable Discussion on Steve Walton's Acts Commentary (2025), SBL, Boston, 30 Nov 2025
      • "Into Your Hands I Commit My Pneuma": Pneuma-Committal in Funerary Inscriptions, Poetic Literature and Luke's Gospel (2025), CGAR, Sydney, 18 Sep 2025
      • The Holy Spirit and Angelomorphic Humanity in Luke Acts (2025), SPS, Seattle, 14 Mar 2025
    • 2024
      • Take This Cup Away From Me: The Spirit, Testing, and Gethsemane. (2024), SPS, Atlanta, 15 Mar 2024
    • 2023
      • Filled of a holy spirit: Revisiting the Anarthrous pneuma hagion in Luke-Acts (2023), SPS, Tulsa, 17 Mar 2023
    • 2021
      • In The Last Days: Eschatology, the Spirit and the Church (2021), CGAR, Online, 30 Sep 2021
      • Spirit-Baptised Flesh: An Ecological Reading of Acts 2:17-21 (2021), ANZATS, Online, 05 Jul 2021
    • 2020
      • Understanding Ecological Crises from an Enchanted Worldview: A Review and Prospects of a Pentecostal Ecology (2020), GloPent, Online, 31 Oct 2020

  • Engagement Publications



  • Professional Memberships


    Society For Pentecostal Studies (since 2020)

    Society of Biblical Literature (since 2022)

    Society of New Testament Studies (since 2025)



  • Supervision

    • Current
      • Bakker, A, A Twist in the Tale: Luke’s Use of Ezekiel 36–37 to Inform the Interpretation of the Luke-Acts Narrative Hinge (PhD thesis)
    • Completed
      • 2024
        • Toh, L, Sung Theology: A Comparative Textual Analysis of the Original Song Lyrics of New Creation Church, Singapore, and Those of Hillsong Church, Australia (PhD thesis)

  • Projects