Perry Shaw
PERRY SHAW is honorary research associate at Morling College, Sydney, Australia, and author of Transforming Theological Education (Langham Global Library, 2022). Prior to moving to Australia, Perry and his family served from 1990 to 2019 in the Middle East. During the 1990s, he helped to establish extension centres in Syria for the PTEE (the Programme for Theological Education by Extension). He then taught at the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, during the early years of the millennium, joining the faculty of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Beirut in 2007, where he served as professor of education and academic dean. While at ABTS, Perry was closely involved in the development of their highly innovative curriculum, while also becoming increasingly involved in international consultancy for theological education. Perry has authored two TEE texts, The Acts of the Apostles and The Art of Teaching and co-edited the collections Challenging Tradition: Innovation in Advanced Theological Education (Langham Global Library, 2018) and Teaching across Cultures: A Global Christian Perspective (Langham Global Library, 2021). Perry has also published numerous articles in the fields of theological education, intercultural studies, and Christian leadership.