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Dr Zuleyha Keskin: Back from Christchurch with great sadness
01 Apr 2019
Dr Zuleyha Keskin is a PaCT Fellow and Senior Lecture at the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation (CISAC), Charles Sturt University. She has published a piece on Australian Muslim Times called "Back from Christchurch with great sadness" where she writes about recent visit to the city after the terrorist attack. Since we have returned from Christchurch, I have not been able to stop thinking about Zaid and his mum,.....
Dr Derya Iner on ABC’s Soul Search
25 Mar 2019
PaCT fellow and Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Contemporary Studies at the Centre of Islamic Studies and Civilisation at Charles Sturt University Dr Derya Iner was recently interviewed by Dr Meredith Lake from ABC’s Soul Search program about Islamphobia and the Christchurch terror attack. In the 16 minute interview Dr Iner explained how she was midway through writing up the second major report into Islamophobia—which has received funding from PaCT—when.....
Mehmet Ozalp: The ideology behind Brenton Tarrant's terror attack poses a threat to us all
22 Mar 2019
The Director of the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and PaCT fellow Associate Professor Mehmet Ozalp has written an opinion piece published on ABC Religion and Ethics about the ideology of Brenton Tarrant, the man accused of murdering 50 people in the Christchurch terrorist attack on 15 March 2019. Associate Professor Ozalp argues the ideology that inspired Tarrant is more widespread than what we imagined. He describes it as.....
Dr Sef Carroll interviewed by ABC's Soul Search
18 Mar 2019
PaCT Fellow and manager of UnitingChurch world's partnerships in the Pacific was recently interviewed by Dr Meredith Lake from ABC's Soul Search about Coconut Theology and Climate Change. She explained how she is rethinking the Christianity she grew up with in Fiji, and the way the coconut is utilised as a metaphor for Jesus' death and resurrection. Listen to the 26 minute interview here......
Women in Scriptural Reasoning – Sarah and Hagar
25 Feb 2019
PaCT Fellow and Lecturer at the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisations (CISAC) Dr Mahsheed Ansari recently participated in a Women in Scripture Reasoning Day which explored the theme of ‘Sarah and Hagar’ in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The event was held on the 27 September 2018 at the Mary MacKillop Centre in North Sydney and was part of an exposure day for students in the Graduate Certificate in Theology.....
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