Rate My Professor Camo Coombe

Dr. Camo Coombe serves as the Theology Programme Administrator at the University of Otago, located in Room 4C13 of the Arts Building on 95 Albany Street in Dunedin, New Zealand. He holds a PhD in Theology from the University of Otago, completed in 2020, with his dissertation titled “The Role of Scripture in the Theology of Jürgen Moltmann.” This work examines the nature and function of Scripture across Moltmann's major theological publications. Earlier, in 2016, he earned a Master’s degree from the same university with a thesis entitled “The Significance of the Cross for the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Theology of Jürgen Moltmann,” tracing the cross's centrality in Moltmann's trinitarian doctrine through key texts, including discussions of divine passibility, the immanent and economic Trinity, and comparisons to Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar. Coombe's research interests include the doctrine of God, systematic theology, and the theology of Jürgen Moltmann, particularly themes of the Trinity, the cross, hope, and scriptural interpretation.

Coombe has published peer-reviewed articles such as “Qoheleth and the Cross: Back and Forth with Jürgen Moltmann and Peter Enns” in Colloquium (52:1, 2020), which engages Ecclesiastes alongside Moltmann's theology and Peter Enns's commentary; “Another Origin of the Theology of Hope? Moltmann’s Dependence on Mircea Eliade” in Pacifica (30:1, 2017), analyzing Eliade's influence on Moltmann's concepts of history and epiphany; and “Reading Scripture with Moltmann: The Cry of Dereliction and the Trinity” in Colloquium (48:2, 2016), defending Moltmann's trinitarian reading of Mark's passion narrative. He contributed the chapter “Social Trinitarianism and Christian Counseling: A Critical Discussion” to Practicing Faith: Theology and Social Vocation in Conversation, edited by Lisa Spriggens and Tim Meadowcroft (Pickwick, 2022). Coombe has authored numerous book reviews in Reformation and Renaissance Review from 2017 to 2021, addressing works on trinitarian ontology, divine aseity, pneumatology, Christology, and more. In October 2019, he received the Postgraduate Publishing Bursary from the University of Otago Graduate Research School. As administrator, he supports programme operations, student resources, and events including the Burns Lectures and Hoani Parata Lecture. He also contributes articles to Plough Publishing on Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof.