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A fellowship of the vaccinated?
22 Sep 2021
PaCT research fellow Dr Andrew Errington has written an opinion piece for ABC Religion and Ethics titled "A fellowship of the vaccinated? How churches should — and should not — respond to the state government’s COVID-19 restrictions" . The piece was published on 20 September 2021......
PaCT Book News
31 Aug 2021
Congratulations to PaCT scholar Dr Jione Havea on the publication of his edited book of essays titled MEDIAting Theology published by Evangelische Verlagsanstalt. According to the publisher: This collection engages the challenges and opportunities for doing theology in the context or age of media. The intersection of media with theology is reciprocating: media boosts theology in its functions to inform, connect and educate; theology humbles the globalizing media with a.....
Book News: Violence, Entitlement, and Politics
03 Aug 2021
Congratulations to PaCT scholar Steven Ogden on the publication of his book Violence, Entitlement, and Politics: A Theology on Transforming the Subject. The book is published by Routledge and due to be released on 30 September 2021. According to the publisher: This book is an exercise in political theology, exploring the problem of gender-based violence by focusing on violent male subjects and the issue of entitlement. It addresses gender-based violence.....
Seeking Hope in the Anthropocene
19 Jul 2021
Seeking Hope in the Anthropocene By PaCT Assistant Director Dr Jonathan ColeLast year, Rev’d Dr Peter Walker and I informed readers that we were seeking a publisher for a volume of essays on the theological implications of the Anthropocene, the culmination of a series of seminars hosted by the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology in Canberra between 2017 and 2020. It is our very great pleasure to announce that.....
The Anglican Communion and the Blessings of same-sex marriage
12 Jul 2021
PaCT fellow, the Rev'd Dr Bruce Kaye AM, has written an essay on the blessings of same-sex marriages and the Anglican Communion. Dr Kaye is a former secretary of the Anglican Church of Australia. His essay is titled 'What is at Stake for Anglicans in the Wangaratta Move: Getting to the Fundamentals'. The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia is due to meet in May 2022 and its.....
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