Rohan Samuels

I'm a native Michigander, along with my unmatchable wife Nicole and our incredible son Douglas (as well as two large-ish and regrettably unruly dogs). I very recently completed a 29 year law enforcement career, serving first in Detroit, before retiring as a detective from a suburb of it. I suspect my theological outlook within the Cohort is (perhaps) a bit odd at times, due to that professional experiential influence. 

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Academically, I'm currently a candidate for a ThD in historical theology/church history from Evangelical Seminary (Myerstown, PA).* My dissertation (Chrm. M. Draper, PhD) proceeds under the title, Open Theism before the “Open Theists”: Antecedent Open Theology and Its Inspiration on a Twentieth Century Movement. Presently, along with getting the Cohort launched, this dissertation is my full-time gig.

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My general academic interest concerns theology proper in conversation with Western Thought, especially as it relates to patristic and mediaeval ideas, Nicene Creed history and theology, Vatican II reforms, and American evangelicalism over the last 150 years. 

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As a brief spiritual intro, I was removed from Catholicism in my teens, when my parents got "saved." From there, I spent the next 40 years with a wonderful AG congregation. Yet about a decade ago, my study of theology across Christian history started to demolish my evangelical outlook. This led to 5-6 years of deep spiritual upheaval. With my soul laid bare, my pilgrimage reawakened me to the spiritual sweetness of my Catholic heritage. I "returned to Rome" and was Confirmed in 2022.