Reverend Professor Andrew Fergus Dutney (/ˈduːtniː/ DYOOT-nee; born 9 July 1958) is a Christian scholar, writer, and musician.

Dutney returned to his previous role as Principal of Uniting College for Leadership and Theology at the conclusion of his term as President.

He attended the Taringa State Primary School and Brisbane Boys' College, after which he studied at the University of Queensland, graduating with a BA in 1981.

Dutney was accepted as a candidate for the ministry of the word in 1977 and began training at Trinity Theological College in Brisbane in February 1978.

[citation needed] After working as the titles clerk at Cannon and Peterson solicitors for nine months, he and his wife relocated to Scotland where he took up post-graduate studies at the University of St Andrews on the east coast of Fife.

In 1998 Andrew Dutney was appointed as the foundation Director of the Flinders University/Adelaide College of Divinity Centre for Theology, Science & Culture, a position he held until 2001.

In 2016, in addition to his role as principal of Uniting College, Andrew Dutney was appointed as the Executive Officer of the newly formed Mission & Leadership Development department within the Synod of South Australia.

[12] His other works include Manifesto for Renewal: The Shaping of a New Church (1986, 2nd Edition, fully revised and expanded, 2016), Food, Sex & Death: A Personal Account of Christianity (1993), Playing God: Ethics and Faith (2001), Where did the joy come from?

His book Backyard Theology (2011)[13][14] draws on his experience as a regular commentator on ethics and spirituality on the Mornings program on radio station 891 ABC Adelaide with presenters Matthew Abraham and David Bevan.