PaCT Events Archive
“Public but not Official: Anglican Contributions to Australian Life”
PaCT Sponsored Seminar
St Mark’s National Theological Centre
Program
Thursday 20 September
7:30pm Evening Prayer & Homily – Dr Peter Pocock
8pm Welcome to St Mark’s and Seminar – Director
Public Lecture: Does theology influence society?
The Reverend Canon Robin Gill,
Michael Ramsey Professor of Modern Theology
University of Kent at Canterbury
Response – Reverend Canon Graeme Garrett
Friday 21 September (Chaired by the Reverend Graham Lindsay)
8:45am Morning Prayer & Homily– Elizabeth MacKinlay
9:15am Keynote address: Does society influence theology?
Professor Robin Gill
10am The ‘Public Square’ in Australia
Tom Frame
10:30am Morning Tea
10:45am The Bible as a Public Document
David Neville
11:15am Biblical Studies and Public Conversation
Matthew Anstey/John Painter
12noon Lunch
1pm Who speaks for the Church?
Scott Cowdell
1:35pm Christian ethics in a secular society
Sarah Bachelard
2:10pm Speaking theologically in a suspicious world
Heather Thomson
2:45pm Afternoon Tea
3pm Public Theology for Anglicans: what does it look like?
Summing up — Robin Gill and David Neville
Response — Professor James Haire
4pm Evening Prayer & Homily – Kirrilee Reid
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