Lloyd Pietersen is Senior Lecturer and Research Coordinator in New Testament Studies at the University of Gloucester, UK. Lloyd has an MA and PhD from the University of Sheffield. His PhD traced the development of Pauline communities, as represented in the Pastoral Epistles, from the first to the second and subsequent generations. This was published in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series as The Polemic of the Pastorals (T & T Clark, 2004). He was previously a part-time Research Fellow in the Department of Theology & Religious Studies at the University of Bristol where he taught both New Testament and Anabaptist Studies. He currently serves on the national steering group of the Anabaptist Network in Great Britain and Ireland. His research interests include the Pastoral Epistles, sociological approaches to NT interpretation, Anabaptist hermeneutics and biblical spirituality. He is also involved in a research project with Professors Andrew Lincoln and Gordon McConville on the Bible and Spirituality. Lloyd is a member of the British New Testament Society and has served as its Treasurer since 2004. He co-chairs the Social World of the New Testament Seminar at its annual conference. He is also a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality and the British Sociological Association.
