Canadian Mennonite University

Greg Wiebe

Adjunct Professor of Theology

Greg Wiebe

Program(s)Biblical & Theological Studies

Emailgwiebe:@:cmu.ca

Phone204.487.3300 x320

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Born and raised in Winnipeg (mostly), Greg was one of the first two graduates from CMU with a BA in PACTS, though he began his post secondary career as a student of music at the University of Manitoba. He went on to complete an MA (2009) and PhD (2015) in early Christian theology (Western Religious Thought) at McMaster University, studying the work of St Augustine. The focus of his academic work to this point has been demonology in the theology of St Augustine and early Christianity. Greg's next project focuses on the understanding of angels in early Christianity as it relates to the liturgical assembly, iconography, ecclesiastical structures, and political theology.

Greg is a deacon in the Canadian Orthodox Church (OCA), enjoys talking patristic theology with anybody, and considers the Fathers of the Church his own spiritual fathers. He and his wife Amanda have three beautiful children together. They keep busy with various activities, including programs for the kids, music, sports, family and friends, and also attending St. Nicholas Orthodox Church north of Winnipeg in Narol, MB, where Greg serves altar, learns the complex liturgical patters of the Orthodox church, and leads the bible study.

Education

PhD Western Religious Thought, McMaster University 2015; MA Western Religious Thought, 2009; BA Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies, CMU, 2006

Work in Detail

Teaching

Introduction to Christianity

Religious Traditions of the World II

Topics in Theology: Theology After Nicaea

Research

Monograph

2021. Fallen Angels in the Theology of St Augustine. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. oup.com

Peer Reviewed

2020. "Demons in Christian Thought." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics. Oxford University Press. Article published June 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.8290.

2017.  "Augustine on the Devil's Body and its Sacraments." Pages 7–32 in Studia Patristica LXXXII: Papers Presented at the Seventeenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2015. Volume 8: Demons. Edited by M. Vinzent and S. Lunn-Rockliffe. Leuven: Peeters.

Book Chapters

2014. "Augustine on Pagan Demonolatry: Mediation and Apocalypticism in the Opening Books of The City of God." John Doody, Kari Kloos, Kim Paffenroth, eds. Augustine and Apocalyptic. Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books

2011. "The Demonic Phenomena of Mark's 'Legion.'" In Anna Runesson, Exegesis in the Making: Postcolonialism and New Testament Studies. Biblical Interpretation Series. Edited by A. Runesson. Leiden: Brill

Reviews

2018. On Augustine, by Rowan Williams. Direction 47, no. 1 (2018): 119–21.

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