Hans Boersma

Hans Boersma (born 1961) is J. I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College. Working in the Reformed theological tradition,^[1] he specialises in patristics, sacramental theology, and Nouvelle Théologie.^[2] On April 16, 2018 it was announced that Boersma would leave Regent College to take up the position as Chair of Endowed Professorship in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House beginning in summer 2019.^[3]

Boersma holds degrees from the University of Lethbridge, the Theological College of the Canadian Reformed Churches, and Utrecht University. He previously taught at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC (1999–2005).

Hans Boersma held the Danforth Visiting Chair at St. Louis University from 2015-2016.

Website: www.hansboersma.org

Publications

• Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition (Eerdmans, 2018)
• Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church (Baker Academic, 2017)
• Sacramental Preaching: Sermons on the Hidden Presence of Christ (Baker, 2016)
• The Oxford Handbook of Sacramental Theology, ed. Hans Boersma and Matthew Levering (Oxford University Press, 2015)
• Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford University Press, 2013)
• Heaven on Earth? Theological Interpretation in Ecumenical Dialogue, ed. Hans Boersma and Matthew Levering (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
• Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry (Eerdmans, 2011)
• Nouvelle Théologie & Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery (Oxford University Press, 2010)
• Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition (Baker, 2006) — Christianity Today 2005 Book Award Winner
• Eucharistic Participation: The Reconfiguration of Time and Space (Regent College Publishing, 2013)

• List of Articles available on his website
• Download and listen to lectures by Hans Boersma at Regent College

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