Is social justice a subordinate priority to worship, or should it be the other way around? Why do we worship God? Does God even need it? Is it so we can escape our ordinary lives?Lecturer in Theology, Dr Jacqueline Service, explores the relat

"No Lasting City": The Love of Place in Australia and how Christian Theology can make it better (Dr Andrew Errington)

Mar 12th, 2019 50m 53s

The love of place is a potent and unavoidable aspect of our common life, and our sense of ourselves as a people, a nation. “I love a sunburnt country”! Love of place can seem to hold the keys to renewal and reconciliation, as in Tim Winton’s ju

Church Responses to Violence Against Women (Prof David Tombs)

Mar 12th, 2019 51m 37s

In her recent work ‘Scars Across Humanity’ (2015), British theologian and sociologist Elaine Starkey outlines different forms of gender-based violence which women can experience across their life-cycle. This lecture draws on Storkey’s work and

Resourcing Bush Ministry for the next 40 years (Dr Mark Short)

Mar 12th, 2019 36m 33s

Barren Wilderness or Garden of Delights? Bishop-elect Dr Mark Short headlined our 40th College Anniversary event on 23 April 2018 by considering the role of the bush, both real and imagined, in Australian culture and experience, and the challe

A Theologian Reflects on Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Prof Martyn Percy)

Mar 12th, 2019 1h 22m

Risk, Responsibility and Redemption: Remembering Our FutureThe Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was released in early 2018. But even before its release, it was already clear that many Anglican o

That Meddlesome God: A Christian Future for the Church (Prof Stephen Pickard)

Mar 12th, 2019 47m 16s

Reformer. Activist. “The Red Bishop”. “A Most Meddlesome Priest”. These are just some of the ways that Bishop Ernest Burgmann came to be known in Australia. Passionate and outspoken about social justice and civil rights, his activism strove to

The Good Book under the gum trees: the Bible in Australian culture (Dr Meredith Lake)

Mar 12th, 2019 52m 16s

Australia was largely colonised by convicts rather than settlers with Christian convictions, which is why it's heartening and surprising to learn how much the Bible has woven its way into the fabric of Australian culture and society.At St Mark

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