Christopher D. Marshall

Professor Chris Marshall is currently holder of the Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice in the School of Government, at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Prior to taking up this post in 2014, he was the St John's Professor of Christian Theology and Head of the School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies at Victoria University. Before that he taught New Testament for 19 years at Laidlaw College in Auckland, during which time he wrote Kingdom Come for use by his students. In addition to Kingdom Come (1990), Marshall is author of Faith As A Theme In Mark's Gospel (Cambridge University Press, 1989), Beyond Retribution: A New Testament Vision For Justice, Crime, and Punishment (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2001), Crowned With Glory And Honor: Human Rights In The Biblical Tradition (Pandora Press, 2001), Little Book Of Biblical Justice (Good Books, 2005) and Compassionate Justice: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue with Two Gospel Parables on Law, Crime, and Restorative Justice (Cascade: Wipf & Stock, 2012).