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Andrew Cameron: Freedoms religious and social: An Australian stock-take
07 Jun 2019
PaCT member Associate Professor Rev Andrew Cameron, who is the Director of St Mark's National Theological Centre, has recently published an opinion piece in On Line Opinion titled "Freedoms religious and social: an Australian stocktake". As I write this article, Israel Folau is considering his future with the Wallabies. A keenly public Christian, Folau has posted to social media a short biblical mashup deemed by his employers to breach the.....
Religion, spirituality and significant life events: Issues concerning belief and wellbeing in contemporary society
07 Jun 2019
PaCT Fellow Dr Anthony Hogan has self-published a report which examines the role spiritual and religious belief plays in assisting people to come to terms with significant life events. Religion, spirituality and significant life events: Issues concerning belief and wellbeing in contemporary society The study was designed while Anthony was Professor of Governance at the University of Canberra. The resulting analysis and report were undertaken as part of Anthony’s work.....
Restoring her name: The witness of Mahrahkah and the survival of a nation
07 Jun 2019
Felicity McCallum who is an Awabakal woman, a PhD candidate at Charles Sturt University and a research member of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology has published a piece in ABC Religion and Ethics titled ".....
Book news: Modern Interpretation of the Qur’an: The Contribution of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
24 May 2019
Congratulations to PaCT Fellow Dr Hakan Ҫoruh whose book Modern Interpretation of the Qur'an: The Contribution of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi has been published by Palgrave Macmillan. Dr Ҫoruh received a book publication assistance grant from PaCT to complete the book. This book analyzes the distinguished modern Muslim scholar Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and the methodology of Qur’anic exegesis in his Risale-i Nur Collection, with special reference to the views of the.....
Book news: Christian Political Theology in an Age of Discontent
24 May 2019
Congratulations to PaCT Fellow Dr Jonathan Cole whose book Christian Political Theology in an Age of Discontent has been published by Wipf and Stock. About the book: At a moment in which interest in political theology is rising, acceptance of a public role for religion is declining, and cynicism regarding both political and religious institutions is overflowing, this book investigates the possibilities and constraints of a Christian political theology that.....
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2019 GNPT Consultation, University of Bamberg Germany
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