Ian Kissell, PhD

Tagline:Independent Theologian and Curriculum Consultant, specializing in the crossroads of Eastern and Western theological thought.

Austin, Texas, USA

Research Interests

Protestant Engagement with Eastern Christianity
Patristics
Economic & Political Theology
Creation & Createdness
Future of Theological Education

Education

PhD
from: 2018, until: 2022
Field of study:TheologySchool:Wycliffe College, University of TorontoLocation:Toronto, ON
Description
"The Iconization of the World: Sergey Bulgakov’s Sophiological Model of Revelation"

Passed with no revisions: Aug. 2022

Committee:
Jarosalv Skira (St. Michael’s College)
Joseph Mangina (Wycliffe College)
Peter Galadza (St. Michael’s College)
Radu Bordeianu (Duquesne University)

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ThM
from: 2012, until: 2016
Field of study:TheologySchool:Dallas Theological SeminaryLocation:Dallas, TX
Description
Magna Cum Laude
Nathan D. Maier Scholarship Recipient

Thesis (DTS Library)
B.S.
from: 2006, until: 2009
Field of study:ChemistrySchool:Texas A&M University Location:College Station, TX
Description
Cum Laude
Dow Endowed Aggie Scholarship Recipient

Teaching & Academy

Adjunct Professor
from: 2024, until: 2025
Organization:Evangelical Theological Seminary in CairoLocation:Cairo, Egypt (Online)
Description:
Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile) • ThM Program

Theological Inquiry and Academic Writing (Fall 2025)
Rethinking Reformation Theology (Spring 2025)
Reading Theological Literature: Engaging the Tradition (Fall 2024)

ETSC ThM Program
Consultant
from: 2024, until: 2025
Organization:Pars Theological Center
Description:
Theological Training for Iranian Church Leaders

Development of new Masters program

PTC Website
Program Development & LMS Specialist
from: 2024, until: 2025
Organization:Jerusalem SeminaryLocation:Jerusalem, Israel
Description:
Transferring LMS platform for improved online learning.
Curriculum development for new MABS program from a Messianic Jewish perspective (launching Fall 2025)

Jersualem Seminary
STEM Instructor
from: 2024, until: 2024
Organization:Austin Classical SchoolLocation:Austin, TX
Description:
Taught high school Algebra II, Precalculus, and Physics.

Developed school’s STEM curriculum from a classical perspective.
Visiting Professor
from: 2023, until: 2023
Organization:George Whitfield CollegeLocation:Muizenberg, South Africa
Description:
Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa

Person and Work of Christ (Level 3)
Ethics 2: New Testament Ethics in Africa (Level 2)
Adjunct Professor
from: 2022, until: 2022
Organization:Canada Christian CollegeLocation:Whitby, ON
Description:
Advanced Old Testament (Masters Level)
Instructional Assistant
from: 2014, until: 2022
Organization:Various
Description:
Wycliffe College - 3 courses (2020 - 2022)
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - 1 course (2018)
Dallas Theological Seminary - 8 courses (2014 - 2017)
Texas A&M University - Chemistry Laboratory Instructor (2009)

Conference Papers & Invited Lectures

That's How the Light Gets In: The Relationship of Truth and Beauty in the Christian Tradition
Date: Jan 2025
Location: Christ Church, Jerusalem .
An Eastern Orthodox Account of Sin
Date: Nov 2024
Event name: Christian Doctrine .Location: Kingswood University (Sussex, New Brunswick) .
Description:
Invited Lecture: Fall 2020-2024
Reclaiming the Trinity in African Theology
Date: Oct 2024
Event name: Veracity Fount: Lamposts .Location: Kampala, Uganda (Online) .
Youtube
Sep 2024
Gnosticism & The Politics of Revelation
Date: Sep 2024
Event name: Veracity Fount: Lamposts .Location: Kampala, Uganda (Online) .
Youtube
Jun 2022
"You Are What You Make: Sergey Bulgakov’s Poetical Anthropology”
Date: Jun 2022
Event name: What Does It Mean to be Human? Scientific, Theological, and Moral Dimensions .Location: Wycliffe College, Toronto .
“Real and Play in Contemporary Eastern Christian Eucharistic Theology: A Dispensational Engagement"
Date: Mar 2020
Event name: Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute Lecture Series .Location: St. Michael's College, Toronto .
“Forging Apostolic Christian Identity Through Symbols: A Sociological Study of the Eucharist in the Second Century"
Date: Apr 2019
Event name: AAR-EIR Regional .Location: McGill University, Montreal .
Apr 2019
“"Beauty Will Save the World": The Russian Sophiologists and Truth as Antimony”
Date: Apr 2019
Event name: Teaching the Bible in Higher Education in a Post-Truth Era .Location: University of Winnipeg .

Publications

2025
"The Canon as Theological Problem; The Shema as Theological Vision," in in The Seed of Abraham: Intersections of Jewish and Christian Thought
Book ChapterPublisher:Wipf & StockDate:2025
Authors:
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Projects

Youtube
date: 2025
Organization:OLFB Theology
Description:
One Lord, Faith, Baptism (OLFB) is a multiplatform forum for academics from a variety of Christian traditions to practice being one church by discussion ideas.

Youtube Channel