Dr Brett Knowles is a retired senior lecturer in church history. He has held academic positions at the University of Otago, Sydney College of Divinity and Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Tawangmangu (Tawangmangu Theological College) in Indonesia. He has published history of the New Life Churches of New Zealand, as well as a number of articles on New Zealand Pentecostalism. He has also edited and co-edited publications for the Department of Theology and Religion and the Department of History at the University of Otago.
