The Rev. Dr. David Ney

Doctor of Theology, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, 2016
Masters of Divinity, Regent College, 2007;
Masters of Theology, Regent College, 2010

Associate Professor of Church History

Rev. Dr. David Ney does more than just invite students to deepen their knowledge of Christian history, he invites them to find their place within it as members of the Church. With a BA in Philosophy and Music from the University of Lethbridge, MDiv and ThM degrees from Regent College, and a ThD from Wycliffe College, he serves as Associate Professor of Church History. His Anglican formation helped him see that Anglicanism offers a vision for thick formation that is creedal, liturgical, social, embodied, and scriptural. He enthusiastically embraces the vocation of shepherding young evangelicals that are making a home in Anglicanism, and Trinity is the primary context for this calling.

Dr. Ney's goal as a teacher is to train students to see all things in the light of Christ, and the study of Church history, in this case, is a laboratory for this process of discovery. His hope is that students will be willing to engage challenging ideas charitably and that graduates will help other Christians see that the Word of God is living and active. 

Dr. Ney is convinced that there is no substitute for residential theological education since education for ministry is not just about knowledge-acquisition, but is, rather, about breaking bread and fellowship, dialogue and common prayer. Dr. Ney and his wife enjoy having students into their home and his office is a place of attentive listening and prayer. He enjoys singing, playing the piano, soccer, hiking, and skiing.

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Research Interests

David’s primary research area is the history and thought of eighteenth-century Anglicanism. His broader interests include; science and religion; history and philosophy of science; history of biblical interpretation; theological interpretation of Scripture; and Christian apologetics in historical perspective.

Resources by

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Sermons & Lectures
Books
  • Clothed in the Word: The Embodiment of Scripture in Church History.Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Academic, 2026.
  • The Quest to Save the Old Testament: Mathematics, Hieroglyphics, and Providence in Enlightenment England. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2022.
Book Chapters and Articles
  • “Theology among the Beasts: Ephraim Radner and Particularities,” 136 to 62 in Figural Reading and the Fleshly God: The Theology of Ephraim Radner, ed., with Joseph L. Mangina. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2025.
  • “Figural Reading.” 604-618 in Handbook of Postconservative Hermeneutics, edited by Ronald T. Michener and Mark A. Lamport. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2024.
  • “Emblems and Taxonomies: Catechizing Genesis 2:19 with William Jones of Nayland and Sarah Trimmer.” Pro Ecclesia. A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology 2023, Vol. 32(3-4), 376-392.
  • “Christ is not the Passover Lamb: Samuel Clarke’s Marcionite Memorialism,” Journal of Anglican Studies 20 no. 2 (Nov. 2022): 150-68.
  • “The Genesis of the Unitarian Church and the Book of Common Prayer,” Anglican and Episcopal History 90, no. 2 (2021): 134-61.
  • “The Sensus Literalis and the Trinity in the English Enlightenment.” Pro Ecclesia 29, no. 2 (2020): 1-15.
  • “Recentering Ministry on Christ: Joseph Ratzinger on the Priesthood.” 168-83 in Benedict XVI: A Protestant Appreciation, edited by Timothy Perry. Bellingham, WA: Lexham.
  • “Allegory and Empiricism: Interpreting God’s Two Books in Newtonian England.” Journal of Theological Interpretation 10, no. 2 (2016): 37-52.
  • “Reconciling the Old and New Testaments in the Eighteenth Century Debate over Prophecy.” Change and Transformation: Essays in Anglican History, edited by Thomas Power. Eugene, OR: Pickwick.

Other Faculty

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The Rev. Dr. Bradley Price Roderick

Vice President of Academic Affairs

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Dr. Leslie Thyberg

Administrative Faculty

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The Rev. Dr. Joel Scandrett

Associate Professor Historical Theology

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The Rev. Dr. Prof. Don Collett

Professor of Old Testament