
The Reverend Dr Philip G. Ziegler is Professor of Christian Dogmatics in the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History at the University of Aberdeen.
Philip began his university studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and went on to graduate from the University of Toronto (B.A. honours), the University of St Michael’s College (M.A.), Regis College (S.T.L) and Emmanuel College of Victoria University / University of Toronto (M.Div. and Th.D.). His postgraduate studies concentrated upon systematic and historical theology, ecumenics and the philosophy of religion.
In 2000/01 he was a Junior Fellow of Massey College in the University of Toronto, and in 2001-02 he held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Religion.
From 2002-05 he taught the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, Canada as Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology.
Philip joined the Divinity department of the University of Aberdeen in January 2006.
He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
He was ordained to the Order of Ministry of the United Church of Canada in 1996, and currently serves as an Assembly Trustee of the Church of Scotland.