Grant MacAskill

Grant MacAskill is the Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Aberdeen's School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of St Andrews (2005) and previously served as Senior Lecturer there. His research focuses on New Testament exegesis, early Jewish-Christian contexts, participatory theologies (especially 'union with Christ'), and autism-theology intersections. He co-directs the Centre for Autism and Theology, addressing neurodiversity in faith communities.

MacAskill's work bridges biblical studies, systematic theology, and ethics. Notable publications include Union with Christ in the New Testament (Oxford, 2013), Autism and the Church (Baylor, 2019), and The Entangled Enoch (Brill, 2024). He has secured significant grants, including a £131k British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (2021) for Enochic studies and a John Templeton Foundation grant (2014) for intellectual humility research.

His editorial roles include co-editing Brill's Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha series and serving on editorial boards for New Testament Studies and Journal for the Study of the New Testament. Recent research explores Enochic apocalypticism, disability theology, and Pauline anthropology's ethical implications.