Lloyd Geering
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Geering, Lloyd (1918 - 2026) was New Zealand's best-known and for some, controversial, commentator on theological issues. A Presbyterian minister, he turned to theological teaching in 1956.
He was an Emeritus Professor of Victoria University of Wellington where he taught for many years in the religious studies department, and formerly Professor of Old Testament Studies and Principal of Knox College Theological Hall in Dunedin.
In 1968, he was awarded third place for God in the New World at the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards.
For many, Geering will be best remembered for his high-profile 1967 trial in which he faced charges of heresy for his controversial statements.
Geering became a Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001, joined the Order of New Zealand in 2007, and was knighted in 2009.
In his book Christianity Without God (2002), Geering responded to some of the pressing concerns of contemporary religion. His autobiography, Wrestling with God, was published by Bridget Williams in association with Craig Potton, 2006. The Lloyd Geering Reader, edited by Paul Morris and Mike Grimshaw, was published by Te Herenga Waka University Press in 2007.
Geering's work Such is Life! was published by Steele Roberts in 2010, and in this be brings ,Ecclesiastes to life in a series of dialogues, showing that he was a free-thinker, a humanist and an existentialist.
Lloyd Geering died on November 5, aged 108, at Bob Scott Retirement Village in Lower Hutt.
