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Reverend Brian Kolia

BCom, MCom, BDiv, MTheol

Brian Kolia is an Adjunct Lecturer at Trinity College Theological School and a PhD Candidate at Whitley College, University of Divinity. His dissertation deals with reading scepticism in the book of Ecclesiastes from a diasporic Australian-Samoan perspective.

He has published a number of book chapters and journal articles, more recently, he published an essay titled “Toil(ing) in Two Cultures: An Australian-Samoan Reading of Ecclesiastes 2:18-23.” In Reading Ecclesiastes in Asia and Pasifika, Edited by Jione Havea and Peter W. Lau (2020).

Brian taught for 3 years at Malua Theological College, and is currently teaching Introduction to the Old Testament at Trinity College Theological School.

Brian is also an ordained minister for the Congregational Christian Church Samoa, and is married to Tanaria with an 8 year old son, Elichai.

Accredited teaching disciplines

Old Testament

Positions

  • T

    Adjunct Lecturer

    Trinity College Theological School
    trinity.unimelb.edu.au
  • W

    PhD Candidate

    Whitley College
    whitley.edu.au

External Affiliations

  • Society for Biblical Literature (Member)
  • Oceania Biblical Studies Association (Member)
  • Fellowship for Biblical Studies (Member)
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