Biography

Wil Rogan resides with his wife, three young sons, and two cats in Mérida, MX and has worked as an assistant professor of biblical studies at Carey Theological College since August 2020. His first book is titled Purity in the Gospel of John: Early Jewish Tradition, Christology, and Ethics and he has published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as New Testament Studies and Scottish Journal of Theology. Before joining the faculty at Carey Theological College, he served as an associate pastor at Grace Long Beach for six years.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in New Testament, 2021, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA

Publications

“Knowledge Bloats, Love Builds: Paul on How (Not) to Know Things,” Scottish Journal of Theology, (forthcoming 2025). “Jesus’s Humanity and Ours: John’s Christology and Ancient Views of Self,” in Early High Christology: John among the New Testament Writers, ed. Joel B. Green, Diane Chen, and Christopher Blumhofer (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2024), 63–74, 215–19. “Purity in Early Judaism: Current Issues and Questions,” Currents in Biblical Research, 16.3 (2018): 309–39. with David J. Downs, “‘Let Us Teach Ourselves First to Follow the Commandment of the Lord’ (Pol. Phil. 4.1): An Additional Note on ‘the Commandment’ as Almsgiving,” New Testament Studies, 62 (2016): 628–36. “Toward a Christian New Testament Theology: A Response to Thomas Hatina,” Journal of Theological Interpretation, 9.1 (2015): 117–26.

“To Thank Is To Think” Christianity Today, November 2024. (forthcoming, web only) “A Wedding Homily,” Solum Literary Journal 5 (2024): 101–4. “We Are ‘Gods’ Because We Are God’s,” Christianity Today, April 2024. Retrieved from https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2024/april-web-only/bible-book-john-you-are-gods-verse-scripture-divine-human.html?utm_medium=widgetsocial Review of Kaemingk, Matthew and Cory B. Willson. Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2020); Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care (2022). Review of Bennett, Thomas Andrew. Labor of God: The Agony of the Cross as the Birth of the Church. (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2017); Biblical Theology Bulletin (2020). Review of Peterson, Brian Neil. John’s Use of Ezekiel: Understanding the Unique Perspective of the Fourth Gospel. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015); Review of Biblical Literature (2017). Review of Deines, Roland. Acts of God in History: Studies towards Recovering a Theological Historiography. Edited by Christoph Ochs and Peter Watts. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 317; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013); Review of Biblical Literature (2015).

Purity in the Gospel of John: Early Jewish Tradition, Christology, and Ethics, LNTS 679 (London: T & T Clark, 2023).