Crisp was, until 2011, a reader in philosophical theology at Bristol University in the United Kingdom. He specializes in analytic theology, philosophical theology, and historical theology. His historical work focuses on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American Reformed theologians, including Jonathan Edwards and William Shedd. His constructive work has, to date, primarily been in the areas of Christology, soteriology, and hamartiology. Along with Michael Rea, Crisp has been involved in a rising trend among growing number of theologians known as analytic theology. As part of this ongoing initiative Crisp and Rea founded the Journal of Analytic Theology in 2013.[3]
Simultaneously, he worked with Fred Sanders to start the LA Theology Conference in 2013, completing the ninth conference in 2023.
He is the author or editor of thirty eight books, and has written over a hundred articles, chapters, and essays in theology and philosophy.[5] The covers of Crisp's singly authored works often feature his own artwork. (See for example the cover of Deviant Calvinism.)
Selected works
Books
Participation and Atonement: An Analytic and Constructive Account by Oliver D. Crisp; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2022. ISBN 978-0801049965
Freedom, Redemption and Communion: Studies in Christian Doctrine by Oliver D. Crisp; London: T&T Clark, 2021. ISBN978-0567698346
God, Creation and Salvation: Essays in Reformed Theology by Oliver D. Crisp; London: T&T Clark, 2020. ISBN 978-0567689535
Approaching the Atonement: The Reconciling Work of Christ by Oliver D. Crisp; Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 2020. ISBN 978-0830851973
Analyzing Doctrine: Toward a Systematic Theology by Oliver D. Crisp; Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1481309868
Jonathan Edwards: An Introduction to his Thought by Oliver D. Crisp and Kyle C. Strobel; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018. ISBN 978-0802872692
Saving Calvinism: Expanding the Reformed Tradition by Oliver D. Crisp; Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 2016. ISBN978-0830851751
The Word Enfleshed: Exploring the Person and Work of Christ by Oliver D. Crisp; Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016. ISBN978-0801098093
Jonathan Edwards Among the Theologians by Oliver D. Crisp; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015. ISBN 978-0802871725
Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology by Oliver D. Crisp; Fortress Press, 1 September 2014 ISBN1451486138
Jonathan Edwards on God and Creation by Oliver D. Crisp; New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0199755295
Retrieving Doctrine: Essays in Reformed Theology by Oliver D. Crisp; Downers Grove, Ill; IVP Academic, 2011. ISBN978-0830839285
Revisioning Christology: Theology in the Reformed Tradition by Oliver Crisp; Farnham: Ashgate, 2011. ISBN978-1-4094-3005-6
God Incarnate: Explorations in Christology by Oliver Crisp; New York: T & T Clark, 2009. ISBN978-0-567-03348-2
A Reader in Contemporary Philosophical Theology edited by Oliver Crisp; New York: T & T Clark, 2009. ISBN978-0-567-03146-4
Analytic Theology: New Essays in the Philosophy of Theology, edited by Oliver Crisp and Michael Rea; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN978-0-19-960042-7
Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered by Oliver Crisp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN978-0-521-69535-0
An American Augustinian: Sin and Salvation in the Dogmatic Theology of William G. T. Shedd by Oliver Crisp; Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2007. ISBN978-1-84227-526-9
Jonathan Edwards and the Metaphysics of Sin by Oliver Crisp; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub, 2005. ISBN978-0-7546-3896-4