Postgraduate Profile

Ashley John Moyse

PhD Candidate, School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Discipline:                  Theology & Religious Studies
Faculty/Division:       Education and Arts
Email:                          Ashley.Moyse@studentmail.newcastle.edu.au
Location:                    Callaghan, MC108a

Research

My current research is focused on the theological anthropology/ethics of the Swiss theologian Karl Barth at the intersection of biomedical ethical discourse and decision-making (with particular interest in the Principles articulated by Tom Beauchamp and James Childress)

Academic Background

  • Postgraduate Education
    • Doctor of Philosophy (Candidate), University of Newcastle (AUS)
    • Master of Theological Studies (2008), Trinity Western University (CAN)
    • Master of Science (2003), University of Northern Colorado (USA)
  • Certificates of Advanced Study
    • Bioethics & Health Policy (2007), Loyola University Chicago (USA)
    • Cancer Rehabilitation Specialist (2001), University of Northern Colorado (USA)
  • Undergraduate Education
    • Bachelor of Arts (1999), Messiah College (USA)

Recent Scholarships, Grants & Awards

  • UoN International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, 2011
  • UoN Research Scholarship--Central, 2011
  • Flechtheim Scholarship, 2011

Select Professional & Volunteer Activities

  • Sessional Instructor (2005-2011) University of the Fraser Valley (CAN)
  • Medical Ethics Tutor (2009-10) University of British Columbia (CAN)
  • Research Ethics Board Member (2007-2011) Trinity Western University (CAN)
  • Sessional Instructor (2004-8) Trinity Western University (CAN)

Select Publications, Papers, & Presentations

Books & Books Chapters

(In preparation for 2012 publication) "When all is lost, gather 'round: Solidarity as hope in the grief-stricken world of The Walking Dead" In: The Undead and Theology (forthcoming, Wipf & Stock). Eds. Kim Paffenroth and John Morehead.

"Reconciling normative tensions in biomedical ethics: Constructing an ethics of coinherence informed by the Trinitarian theology of Karl Barth," In: Trinitarian Theology After Barth (Princeton Theological Monograph Series). Eds. Myk Habets and Philip Tolliday (Eugene: Pickwick, 2010)

Academic Presentations

Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Immanent Singularity: Theological and ethical reflections on Ray Kurzweil's Future-Perfect (November 2011) Flechtheim Scholar, 2011 Australian Bonhoeffer Conference, St. Joseph's Spirituality & Education Centre, Kincumber, NSW

Considering bioethics, faithfully: Encountering wisdom in the brave new world. Research Higher Degree Symposium (June 2011) School of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Bioethics, sophiologically considered: The art of living in a brave new world. Religion & Bioethics Faculty Symposium (February 2011) Centre for Studies in Religion & Society, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Bioethics & Barth: An ethics of command and coinherence. Graduate Student Symposium (February 2010) Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, Tyndale House, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Reconciling normative tensions in biomedical ethics: Constructing an ethics of coinherence after the Trinitarian theology of Karl Barth. Trinitarian Theology After Barth International Symposium (May 2009) Carey Baptist College, Auckland, NZ

Scholarly Book Reviews

For Pacific Journal of Baptist Research (Dr. Myk Habets, book reviews editor)
Oct. 2010, Vol. 6 No. 2: Christopher L. Fisher. Human significance in theology and the natural sciences: An ecumenical perspective with reference to Pannenberg, Rahner, and Zizioulas (Eugene: Pickwick, 2010)

Forthcoming

R. John Elford & D. Gareth Jones, eds. A tangled web: Medicine and theology in dialogue (New York: Peter Lang, 2009)

Jens Zimmerman & Brian Gregor, eds. Being human becoming human: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and social thought (Eugene: Pickwick, 2010)

Hobbies & Interests

I enjoy cooking (but mostly eating), listening to music (particularly folk & bluegrass), and reading theology (especially the works by Karl Barth, Rowan Williams, Sergei Bulgakov & Dietrich Bonhoeffer). If I am not doing these things, you may find me hiking, camping, kayaking, etc. with my wife, Aime.