Stuart Piggin is an Australian historian of Christianity. He is director of the Centre for the History of Christian Thought and Experience at

Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of S ...

. According to Rebecca Abbott, writing for '' Eternity'', Piggin has been "rewriting our nation's history" with the aim of putting "Christianity back into Australia's past." Piggin studied at the University of Sydney, the University of London, and the

Melbourne College of Divinity The University of Divinity is an Australian collegiate university of specialisation in divinity. It is constituted by eleven theological colleges from eight denominations. The University of Divinity is the direct successor of the second oldest ...

. He taught at the University of Wollongong and the University of Sydney from 1974 to 1990. Piggin then served as Master of

Robert Menzies College Robert Menzies College (RMC) is an Anglican residential college of Macquarie University. Established in 1972, the college was named after former Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies. Its Latin motto is ''Vera Cogitate'', and the college's stated ...

from 1990 to 2004. In 2004, a '' Festschrift'' was published in his honour: ''Making History for God: Essays on Evangelicalism, Revival and Mission: In Honour of Stuart Piggin, Master of Robert Menzies College, 1990-2004''. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Piggin wrote ''Evangelical Christianity in Australia: Spirit, Word and Work'' ( Oxford University Press, 1996). ''The Fountain of Public Prosperity: Evangelical Christians in Australian History 1740–1914'' (co-authored with Robert Linder) won Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2019. Piggin received an honorary

Doctor of Theology Doctor of Theology ( la, Doctor Theologiae, abbreviated DTh, ThD, DTheol, or Dr. theol.) is a terminal degree in the academic discipline of theology. The ThD, like the ecclesiastical Doctor of Sacred Theology, is an advanced research degree equiva ...

degree from the Australian College of Theology in 2023.

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