Andrew McGowan

The Very Rev'd Andrew McGowan, PhD

Dean and President; McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies and Pastoral Theology

Contact Info

andrew.b.mcgowan@yale.edu

203-432-9290

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The Very Rev’d Dr. Andrew McGowan has been Dean of Berkeley Divinity School since 2014. He is an Anglican priest and historian. His scholarship focuses on early Christian communities and contemporary Anglicanism. 

Before coming to Yale, McGowan was Warden of Trinity College at the University of Melbourne. He was also a member of the General Synod of the Australian Anglican Church and a member of its Doctrine Commission. As such, he contributed to published conversations on environmental theology, restorative justice, and the theology of worship. He was also editor of the Journal of Anglican Studies for ten years. 

Dean McGowan has written and edited several books you can read. You can also follow his blog and Twitter accounts: 

  • Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals (Oxford, 1999) 
  • Ancient Christian Worship (Baker Academic, 2014; Italian translation Il Culto Cristiano dei Primi Secoli [Dehoniane, 2019])
  • Ancient and Modern (Wipf and Stock, 2015) 
  • Seven Last Words: Cross and Creation (Cascade, 2021)
  • Blog: Andrew’s Version (abmcg.blogspot.com)
  • Twitter: @BerkeleyDean (for Yale and Church-related topics and higher education) and @Praxeas (for ancient world and personal interests)