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The Rev Dr Andrew Leslie

Head of Theology, Philosophy, and Ethics Department.

Qualifications: BCom (UNSW), BD (Moore), PhD (Edinburgh).

Andrew joined the faculty in 2013, having completed doctoral studies in Early Modern Reformed theology, specifically, John Owen’s doctrine of Scripture. Andrew is also a graduate of Moore College, having previously served in the parishes of North Sydney and Strathfield.

Family: Andrew is married to Felicity, and they have three children: William, Tessa and Hugh.

Research interests: include the early development of Reformed theology and its relevance for contemporary systematic theology; the doctrines of Scripture, humanity and the Fall, the person of Christ, and Christian adoption.

Books and chapters in books
Journal articles

The Complete Works of John Owen: the Church, the Scriptures, and the Sacraments. Volume 28. Introduced and edited by Andrew M. Leslie. Wheaton: Crossway, 2024.

“Incurvatus Est in Se: Toward a Theology of Sin.” Pages 725–78 in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective. Edited by David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson. Wheaton: Crossway, 2024.

“Pneumatologia: or, A discourse concerning the Holy Spirit (1674).” Pages 384–413 in The T&T Clark Handbook of John Owen. Edited by Crawford Gribben and John W. Tweeddale. London: Bloomsbury, 2022.

“Sanctified by Word & Spirit: A Theology of Application.” In Theology is For Preaching: Biblical Foundations, Method and Practice. Edited by Chase R Kuhn and Paul Grimmond. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2021.

“The Reformation a Century Later: Did the Reformation Get Lost Two Generations Later?” Pages 281–308 in Celebrating the Reformation: its Legacy and Continuing Relevance. Edited by Mark D. Thompson, Colin R. Bale & Edward A. Loane. London: Apollos, 2017.

The Light of Grace: John Owen on the Authority of Scripture and Christian Faith. Göttingen, Gemany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Academic, 2015.

“Is God Actually ‘For Us’? A ‘Chalcedonian’ Note on Divine Freedom in Response to Steven J. Duby”. Pro Ecclesia (2025).

“Prelapsarian Christological Mediation and the Typology of Adam and Eve in Jerome Zanchi’s De Operibus Dei”. Journal of Reformed Theology 17 (2023).

“John Owen and the Immediacy of Christ’s Authority over Christian Worship”. Westminster Theological Journal (2018).

“Retrieving a Mature Reformed Doctrine of Original Sin: A Conversation with Some Recent Proposals.” International Journal of Systematic Theology  22/3 (2020): 336–360.

“Romans 2:13 and ‘Future Justification’ : Divergence in Early Modern Exegesis and a Model of Dogmatic Harmonization.”  Journal of Reformed Theology 13/3–4 (2019): 287–311.