Tania Nelson – Staff Directory | University of Divinity

Tania Nelson is the Manager of Lutheran Media. Lutheran Media is an outreach ministry of the Lutheran Church of Australia that shares the hope we have in Jesus on radio, social media and in print.

Tania has undertaken studies in education and in theology/ministry. Her doctoral thesis explored the contribution of principals and pastors to the mission of Lutheran primary schools. The Challenge of Missional Renewal (2022) is a compilation of her essays and papers.

Tania’s research interests include individual and corporate responses to God’s mission, as well as the burgeoning field of digital theology.

She teaches Introduction to Christian Mission, and coordinates Supervised Theological Field Education at Australian Lutheran College and teaches Missional Discipleship through the Melbourne School of Theology.

Tania also serves as a pastoral assistant in her local congregation in Adelaide.

University Appointments

Teaching disciplines

Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies

Research areas

Christian mission, Christian leadership, Missional renewal, Socio-cultural exegesis, Intercultural studies

Recent Publications

All publications

2022	Implications of the call for gender equality on God’s mission through the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand: a socio-cultural analysis
2021	Exile as a metaphor of comfort
2018	Re-visioning evangelism in the LCA
2016	Leadership matters: principals, pastors and the mission of Lutheran schools
2015	A discussion on the leadership of the principal and the pastor in the Lutheran school community