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NEW LECTURER AT CHURCH OF IRELAND AND THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE
Dr Andrew Pierce, who takes up his position as Lecturer in Church History and Theology next September, is a Dubliner, educated at the High School and at Trinity College (Scholar [1988], First Class Moderatorship with Gold Medal in Biblical and Theological Studies, and various prizes [1990], Elrington Research Fellow [1994-95] Ph.D. [1995] with a thesis on the influence of Louis-Auguste Sabatier on Alfred Loisy and George Tyrrell).
He has taught theological students at T.C.D. And at the Irish School of Ecumenics and also students for the Archbishop's Diploma and other Extra-Mural courses at the Theological College. In Trinity, Dr Pierce has been active in the College Chapel, and Student Secretary and Hon. Treasurer of the D.U. Far Eastern Mission.
He is a member of Rathfarnham Parish Select Vestry: he is also a member of the Diocesan Synod (Dublin and Glendalough), a former member of the Diocesan Councils, and Hon. Sec. of the Irish Theological Association.
The Theological College is fortunate to be able to appoint to its staff one who combines such academic distinction with first-hand parochial and diocesan experience in the Church of Ireland.
Further information from:
THE CHURCH OF IRELAND PRESS OFFICE
Church of Ireland House
61 - 67 Donegall Street
Belfast BT1 2QH