The Mural Wall of the Holy Spirit in Our Land is a mosaic representation of the painting by the late Hector Jandany, renowned elder, Lawman and painter of the Gija people (East Kimberley). The Holy Spirit is depicted in the form of the white owl of the Gija people. The Mural Wall is located in the grounds of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, which is the home of the CRES directorate.
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The Centre for Religion, Ethics and Society is a research centre established to foster and promote high quality publications in theology and religious studies by CSU researchers. It does so by, holding academic conferences, seminars, forging research partnerships with Australian and international institutions and researchers working in theology and religious studies, awarding research grants to CRES members and by offering publication advice. The Centre’s current areas of research focus are:
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- Faith and First Nations nation-building
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Theological Disputes lecture series - Dr Jonathan Cole
27 Oct 2023
In the latest ‘Theological Disputes’ lecture, Dr Jonathan Cole spoke on “Politics and the Pulpit are Terms that Have Little Agreement”: Burke’s critique of the political theologian.’ Dr Cole examined Edmund Burke’s use of the term ‘political theologian’ in Reflections on the Revolution in France (one of the first uses of the term in English). Burke used the term during his polemic against Dr Richard Price, and a sermon Dr.....
Article news: Xiaoli Yang - Lived Poetics as a Contemplative Stance of Christian Witness
17 Oct 2023
Congratulations to Xiaoli Yang for the publication of her article 'Lived Poetics as a Contemplative Stance of Christian Witness: The Case from Australia for a World in Crisis' in 'International Bulletin of Mission Research'. AbstractThis paper evokes reflections on “lived poetics” as a contemplative stance of Christian witness during the recent pandemic in the context of multicultural Australia “Down Under.” Following an explanation of lived poetics, this paper articulates how.....
Book news: Virginia Miller - Irony in the bible
10 Oct 2023
Congratulations to Virginia Miller for the publication of "Irony in the Bible: Between Subversion and Innovation", which she co-edited along with Tobias Häner and Carolyn J. Sharp. This book is part of the Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume 209. It is generally agreed that there is significant irony in the Bible. However, to date no work has been published in biblical scholarship that on the one hand includes interpretations of both.....
Article news: Virginia Miller - Euthanasia and faith-based aged-care organisations
10 Oct 2023
Congratulations to Virginia Miller, who co-authored an article with Seamas Miller titled 'Euthanasia and faith-based aged-care organisations: The right not to kill?' in Church, Communication and Culture. Abstract In this paper we focus on an important specific issue which has not received serious attention in the scholarly literature on euthanasia, namely, that of the coercive imposition (by way of sanction-backed regulations) of the practice of voluntary active euthanasia (in particular).....
Dr Amy Erickson 'Reading Matthew 18 against Yoder'
22 Sep 2023
Dr Amy Erickson recently delivered a thought-provoking lecture as part of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture's 'Theological Disputes' series. The lecture, titled 'Reading Matthew 18 against Yoder: Toward a biblical theology of Church discipline', critiqued Yoder’s interpretation of church discipline in Matthew 18:15–18 in light of his sexual harassment and assault of women. During her presentation, Dr Erickson explored the ways in which Yoder interpreted Matthew 18:15-20 to.....
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