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Why weren’t we told? A handbook on progressive Christianity, 2013
The past 25 years have seen a very public contest for control of the Jesus label in the religion ... more The past 25 years have seen a very public contest for control of the Jesus label in the religion marketplace. While the churches no longer have a monopoly on Jesus in Western society, the Christian credentials of anyone promoting alternative interpretations of Jesus are publicly questioned. Is Jesus condemned to function merely as a cipher for our best (and worst) fantasies, or does the multi-faceted Jesus tradition still have the potential to challenge and transform individuals and communities? The New Niagara: Celebrating Human Diversity & the Search for Meaning
Novum Testamentum, Oct 1, 1991
Moses loomed large in Second Temple Jewish literature as the founder of the Jewish people. The fi... more Moses loomed large in Second Temple Jewish literature as the founder of the Jewish people. The first few generations of Christians had to engage with this reality and locate Jesus in a theological landscape dominated by the figure and the legacy of Moses. This paper will map some of the ways in which different Christian authors during the first 100 years after Easter configured Moses to serve their own purposes of promoting Jesus as the eschatological prophet. This study is not concerned with the historicity of either Moses or Jesus, but rather seeks to explore how the early Jesus communities engaged with the legacy of Moses in the first hundred years of Christianity.
ATF Press eBooks, Jun 30, 2013
“Trends in Theological Education at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane (1975–2010): A Parti... more “Trends in Theological Education at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane (1975–2010): A Participant-Observer report.” In From Augustine to Anglicanism: The Anglican Church in Australia and Beyond, edited by Marcus Harmes, Lindsay Henderson and Gillian Colclough, 133–45. (Toowoomba, Qld: Augustine to Anglicanism Conference/Anglicans in Australia and Beyond, 2010).
Why weren’t we told? A handbook on progressive Christianity, 2013
The past 25 years have seen a very public contest for control of the Jesus label in the religion ... more The past 25 years have seen a very public contest for control of the Jesus label in the religion marketplace. While the churches no longer have a monopoly on Jesus in Western society, the Christian credentials of anyone promoting alternative interpretations of Jesus are publicly questioned. Is Jesus condemned to function merely as a cipher for our best (and worst) fantasies, or does the multi-faceted Jesus tradition still have the potential to challenge and transform individuals and communities? The New Niagara: Celebrating Human Diversity & the Search for Meaning
Novum Testamentum, Oct 1, 1991
Moses loomed large in Second Temple Jewish literature as the founder of the Jewish people. The fi... more Moses loomed large in Second Temple Jewish literature as the founder of the Jewish people. The first few generations of Christians had to engage with this reality and locate Jesus in a theological landscape dominated by the figure and the legacy of Moses. This paper will map some of the ways in which different Christian authors during the first 100 years after Easter configured Moses to serve their own purposes of promoting Jesus as the eschatological prophet. This study is not concerned with the historicity of either Moses or Jesus, but rather seeks to explore how the early Jesus communities engaged with the legacy of Moses in the first hundred years of Christianity.
ATF Press eBooks, Jun 30, 2013
“Trends in Theological Education at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane (1975–2010): A Parti... more “Trends in Theological Education at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane (1975–2010): A Participant-Observer report.” In From Augustine to Anglicanism: The Anglican Church in Australia and Beyond, edited by Marcus Harmes, Lindsay Henderson and Gillian Colclough, 133–45. (Toowoomba, Qld: Augustine to Anglicanism Conference/Anglicans in Australia and Beyond, 2010).
Set of seven brief reflections on the Gospel readings for the Sundays of Lent and Easter Day in 2... more Set of seven brief reflections on the Gospel readings for the Sundays of Lent and Easter Day in 2017. For each week there is a reflection of around 400 words, focused on the land and text, followed by suggested topics for group discussion and/or personal reflection. These reflections have been prepared for publication by the Anglican Board of Mission (Australia) in 2017.
Notes for a professional development seminar with clergy in the Anglican Diocese of Grafton on Fr... more Notes for a professional development seminar with clergy in the Anglican Diocese of Grafton on Friday, 28 July 2017.
Festival of Wild Ideas, Sydney, 2019
The immense cultural and spiritual significance of the scriptures lies precisely in their capacit... more The immense cultural and spiritual significance of the scriptures lies precisely in their capacity to inspire us to move beyond earlier expressions of humanity and to reach new levels of awareness courage and compassion; in short, to be more fully human than ever before. I want to suggest that this is true at both the individual and the collective level. I would also want to suggest that this truth is not limited to the Christian Bible — in all its variations — but also applies to the sacred texts of all the great spiritual traditions.
From Augustine to Anglicanism: The Anglican Church in Australia and Beyond, 2010
“Trends in Theological Education at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane (1975–2010): A Parti... more “Trends in Theological Education at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane (1975–2010): A Participant-Observer report.” In From Augustine to Anglicanism: The Anglican Church in Australia and Beyond, edited by Marcus Harmes, Lindsay Henderson and Gillian Colclough, 133–45. (Toowoomba, Qld: Augustine to Anglicanism Conference/Anglicans in Australia and Beyond, 2010).
‘And they came to Bethsaida’: A Festschrift in honor of Rami Arav, 2019
“Medieval Coins from the Excavations at et-Tel (Bethsaida) 1987–2016” in ‘And they came to Bethsa... more “Medieval Coins from the Excavations at et-Tel (Bethsaida) 1987–2016” in ‘And they came to Bethsaida’: A Festschrift in honor of Rami Arav, edited by Fred Strickert and Richard Freund, 181-201. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.