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Faith & the Political
The Biennial Conference in Philosophy, Religion and Culture, Catholic Institute of Sydney, 4 – 5 October 2014.
The theme – FAITH AND THE POLITICAL – is to be interpreted broadly and from the disciplines of philosophy, theology, history, social science, literature and the arts. Topics that might be investigated include: scandal in/of Christianity; structures of belief and opinion; secularisation, fundamentalism and inculturation; politics in the Bible and the Bible in politics; religion in the public forum; Christian ethics in a liberal democracy; liberation and equality. The conference specifically aims to foster interaction between scholars in the universities and scholars in theological colleges. It also encourages young scholars.
Keynote Speaker: Peter Forrest: The Epistemology of Scandal
“How can you continue to believe in the face of scandals?” This question is not, I submit, merely a manifestation of the ad hominem fallacy exemplified by, “How can you take Frege seriously when he was a bigot?” Nor can it be dismissed by noting that the reality of sin is a central Christian doctrine. I argue that ‘right reason’ requires not merely the rational assessment of doctrines but a way of deciding which doctrines to assess. Scandal undermines the appeal to authority when assessin g but not the reliance on traditions when deciding what to assess. As a consequence, scandal tends to undermine ‘simple faith’ and mandates the, not necessarily academic, philosophical reflection on faith.
Proposals Due: 20 June 2014
Convenors: Stephen Buckle (ACU), William Emilsen (UTC/CSU), Peter Forrest (UNE), John McDowell (Newcastle), Shane Mackinlay (CTC/MCD), Andrew Murray (CIS/SCD)
Contact: Andrew Murray: apmurray@cis.catholic.edu.au
Full details are available on the website:
http://www.cis.catholic.edu.au/news-a-events/biennial-conference
The Çatalhöyük Sequence
The Çatalhöyük sequence: the leopard changes its spots
UQ School of Social Science invites you to attend a public lecture by one of the world’s most influential archaeologists, discussing his ground-breaking work at one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites, Catalhöyük in Turkey. In this lecture Professor Ian Hodder from Stanford University will discuss recent research that shows major change through the occupation sequence at Çatalhöyük, famous Neolithic settlement in central Turkey.
The sequence of occupation in the 7th millennium BCE at Çatalhöyük has often been described as slow and stable, but recent research has shown that there was continual and marked change in all aspects of the evidence. The talk will integrate specialist information from a large number of archaeological sub-disciplines in order to build a picture of the changes and why they occurred.
WHEN
Friday, 28 March, 2014, 4.00pm – 5.30pm
WHERE
Room 222, Parnell Building (#7)
The University of Queensland, St Lucia campus
RSVP
Debbie Lim: d.lim@uq.edu.au
WEB
http://www.vision6.com.au/em/mail/view.php?id=1059580&a=39308&k=294d819
UQ Research Seminars
Three upcoming events in the new UQ Friday Theology seminar series:
Friday, 14 March, 1.00 – 2.00pm (rescheduled from 7 March)
Forgan Smith Building, Room E303
Anne Klose: ‘”The Lord’s Supper as Multivalent Sacrament in an Australian Baptist Context.”
Friday, 4 April, 2.00 – 3.00pm
Forgan Smith Building, Room E303
Aaron Ghiloni, “Mision Concepts in World Religions.”
Friday, 2 May, 2.00 – 4.00pm
Forgan Smith Building, Rooms E303 & E212
Janice Rees: “The (Im) Material Body?: On Eucharist, Discipleship, and Subjectivity.”
Clive Ayre: “Ecology and Diaconia.”
Reading the Bible in Amsterdam
- Reading the Bible in Amsterdam: Texts, Traditions, and Interpretation (30 June – 11 July 2014)
- Syriac Christianity in Context (14 – 25 July 2014)
Beyond Education: Exploring a theology o the church’s theological formation
28 & 29 March • Centre for Theology & Ministry, Parkville
Theological education is an increasingly contested topic, not least in those churches which traditionally have had strong commitments to it. It is also true that in those churches the nexus between theological education and ministerial formation has been so tight and so easily assumed that critical discussion of how they relate to each other has proved difficult. Praxis-oriented models of ministerial training tend to relegate theological education as merely academic. Indeed, in such debates ‘theology’ is often a synonym for ‘academic’. At the same time, the academic traditions of Christian theology have not always developed strong accounts of the role of theology in the church, and thus left themselves exposed to that relegation. Debates around these issues tend to become sharply polarised in churches experiencing cultural marginalisation, doctrinal diversity and depletion of resources.
In such a context it is opportune for interested parties within the church and academy to reflect critically on the role of theology in the church’s mission. A conference designed to provide such an opportunity could address such presenting questions as:
- What is the role of theology in the life and witness of the contemporary church?
- What can be learnt in answering the above question from the classic texts of Christian theology?
- What are the differences and connections between theological education and theological formation?
- What is the role of theological formation in ministerial formation?
- What can be learnt from current models of theological formation in institutions of ministerial formation?
2014 Commencement Services
As the new academic year gets underway, ANZATS member schools around SE Queensland are celebrating the beginning of a new year of study and ministry formation with special services. Some have already happened, and others are scheduled to occur shortly.
Australian Catholic University
Tuesday, 4 March—Chapel of the Holy Spirit, ACU McAuley Campus (6.00pm)
Brisbane School of Theology
Wednesday, 7 February—City North Baptist Church, Kedron
Citipointe Ministry College (Christian Heritage College)
Wednesday, 19 February—CHC campus, Carindale (5.00pm)
Malyon College
Monday, 3 March—Bridgeman Community Baptist Church, Bridgeman Downs (7.30pm)
Nazarene Theological College
Tuesday, 11 February—NTC Chapel
St Francis Theological College
Sunday, 23 February—St John’s Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane (2.00pm)
Trinity Theological College
Monday, 17 February—TTC Chapel (9.30am)
Let’s keep one another in our prayers as we engage in a new year of study and spiritual formation, seeking God’s blessing on us all and that our scholarship with be a blessing to the world around us.
International Theological Conference: Interfaith Dialogue
Paths to Dialogue in our Age
Monday 26 – Thursday 29 May 2014
Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus
In our age, when day by day humanity is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the adherents of the world’s religions are examining what they have in common and what draws them to fellowship. Through the praxis of interfaith dialogue some headway has already been made on this path to peace, understanding and collaboration.
Within Roman Catholicism, the Second Vatican Council, convened by Pope John XXIII, heightened the consciousness of the Church with regard to other religions. His successor, Pope Paul VI, had as his first encyclical the 1964 document Ecclesiam Suam (subtitled “paths of the church”) where dialogue was promoted as the new way of being Church. Hence, the theme of the present conference, beginning with “paths to dialogue”, commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of this landmark document. The topic of dialogue was given further attention in the 1965 document Nostra Aetate (“in our age”) which counseled the Church to be in “dialogue and collaboration with the followers of other religions”.
While celebrating the bold spirit of dialogue expressed in these two documents, we are conscious that much has changed in the world in the last half century, even within the sphere of inter-religious relations. With this in view, the Centre for Inter-religious Dialogue at Australian Catholic University (ACU-CID) is hosting an International Theological Conference to explore the advances and setbacks of the last five decades and to investigate new paths that can contribute to the wellbeing of humanity and the entire cosmos in our age.
Full details, including a call for papers, on the conference web site.
Mission in World Religions
A symposium and public forum at the Griffith University Multi-Faith Centre, 11-12 February 2014.
Brisbane ANZATS Event
Time: 2.00 – 4.30pm
Venue: Lecture Room 1, St Francis Theological College, 233 Milton Road, Milton (best car entry is from Baroona Road)
Dr Les Ball, formerly the Dean of Brisbane College of Theology and the author of the 2012 report, Transforming Theology: Student Experience and Transformative Learning in Undergraduate Theological Education, will help us begin our 2014 year with reflections on best practice in offering our students transformative experiences in theological education.
Les will present some of his research into transformative theological education, with time for questions and discussion. We shall then have an extended opportunity for refreshments, so that we get to meet and mingle with colleagues from different theology schools around SE Queensland.
Autoethnography Workshop
St Francis College at Milton is hosting a Qualitative Research Method Workshop on Individual and Collaborative Autoethnography, presented by Heewon Chang, Ph. D., Professor of Organizational Leadership and Education at Eastern University, USA and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Multicultural Education. Professor Chang is the author of: Autoethnography as Method(2008), Spirituality in Higher Education: Autoethnographies (2012), and Collaborative Autoethnography (2013).
The workshop will extend over five (5) days, and numbers are limited to 15 participants. Register online now to secure one of these 15 places.
Description
This five-day workshop focuses on individual and collaborative autoethnography as a qualitative research method. Dr. Heewon Chang, author of multiple books and articles on autoethnography, will present the theoretical and practical knowledge of this research method in interactive sessions. Ten sessions (two each morning) will cover the following topics: (1) methodological tenets of individual and collaborative authoethnography; (2) research topic selection; (3) data collection; (4) data analysis and interpretation; and (5) autoethnographic writing. Participants may use the optional afternoon sessions to practice research steps independently or design a new autoethnographic project. By the end of the workshop, participants might expect to have gained a working knowledge of this research method and be able to initiate their own autoethnographic project.
Audience
The workshop is designed to provide foundational knowledge about autoethnography to those who, for the first time, want to use autobiographical data for social science research. Those who are somewhat familiar with the research method may also benefit from the workshop by participating in hands-on exercises in the company of other novice and seasoned autoethnographers. We welcome scholars and students of autoethnography and other qualitative research methods from a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to, education, leadership, health care, social work, sociology, anthropology, ministry, communication, business, etc.
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