Dr Adam Couchman
Academic Dean & Lecturer in Theology
PhD (University of Divinity), MA (Theology), BTh (Hons)
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Profile
Adam Couchman is Academic Dean at St Francis College and a lecturer, teaching theology and liturgy. His PhD, completed in 2024, examined Jesus as a worshipper in the light of the creeds and was published in 2025 under the title “Liturgia Dei: Worshiping the Worshiping God.”
Adam’s studies include Salvation Army sacramentality, the theological anthropology of Gregory of Nyssa, and Christian holiness. He completed his undergraduate degree through the Sydney College of Divinity, his Honours through Charles Sturt University, and his MA with Distinction at the University of Manchester.
Adam served for seventeen years as an Officer in The Salvation Army. His academic interests grow from sustained engagement with church practice, formation, and ministry. He values learning that shapes both thinking and lived faith. A past student once shared with Adam, “At first, I was afraid of taking your class, but you made learning more understandable than I imagined.”
His teaching and scholarship focus on worship and theology, with attention to how learning forms students for ministry, prayer, and the shared life of the church.
Publications
2025 Liturgia Dei- Wipf and Stock Publishers
2023 In the image of the Image: Gregory of Nyssa's Opposition to Slavery
2022 The Healing Power of the Liturgy
2021 "Not My Will But Yours Be Done": The Use of the Mercy Seat in Theodramatic Perspective
Affiliations
Australian Consultation on Liturgy (Secretary)
Societas Liturgica (Member)
Australasian Centre for Wesleyan Research (Member)
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