T.A. Noble is Professor of Theology at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. As a Senior Research Fellow at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, he supervises PhD research at the University of Manchester. He first specialized in Modern History, Politics and Education and the University of Glasgow and after teaching for some years in a high school, he studied Theology at New College, Edinburgh, following that with doctoral research in the Greek Fathers. He commutes between Manchester and Kansas City and is now engaged mainly in writing.