▁ ▁Cris p ▁was , ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁a ▁reader ▁in ▁div inity ▁at ▁Br istol ▁University ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁He ▁special izes ▁in ▁analyt ic ▁the ology , ▁philosoph ical ▁the ology , ▁and ▁historical ▁the ology . ▁His ▁historical ▁work ▁focus es ▁on ▁eigh teenth - ▁and ▁nin ete enth - century ▁American ▁Re formed ▁the olog ians , ▁including ▁Jonathan ▁Edwards ▁and ▁William ▁Sh ed d . ▁His ▁construct ive ▁work ▁has , ▁to ▁date , ▁primarily ▁been ▁in ▁the ▁areas ▁of ▁Christ ology ▁and ▁ham art i ology . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Michael ▁Re a , ▁Cris p ▁has ▁been ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁rising ▁tr end ▁among ▁growing ▁number ▁of ▁the olog ians ▁known ▁as ▁analyt ic ▁the ology . ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁this ▁on going ▁initi ative ▁Cris p ▁and ▁Re a ▁founded ▁the ▁Journal ▁of ▁Anal yt ic ▁The ology ▁( J AT ) ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Sim ult ane ously , ▁Cris p ▁has ▁worked ▁with ▁Fred ▁Sand ers ▁to ▁start ▁the ▁L . A . ▁The ology ▁Conference ▁( L AT C ) ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁The ▁conference ▁is ▁in ▁its ▁sixth ▁year ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁He ▁also ▁has ▁an ▁appointment ▁as ▁a ▁professor ial ▁fellow ▁at ▁the ▁Log os ▁Centre ▁for ▁Anal yt ic ▁and ▁Ex eg et ical ▁The ology ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁St ▁Andrew s . ▁ ▁Oliver ▁Cris p ▁earned