Sessional Lecturer in Mission and Ministry (Liturgy)
PhD (Monash), MBA (Deakin), BD (Hons) (MCD), Grad Dip RE (BCAE), BSc (Univ of Tas)
Archbishop of Brisbane and Metropolitan of Queensland 2002-2023
Primate of Australia 2005-2014
International Anglican Orthodox Commission for Theological Dialogue 2017-
Trustee Journal of Anglican Studies 2015-
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Sessional Lecturer in Introduction to Biblical Languages (Greek)
BA (Hons 1) (UQ), Dip. Bib. Studies (BTCQ)
Chris Montgomery is a sessional lecturer for Introduction to Biblical Languages alongside Matthew Anstey.
Chris is a Churchwarden at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Ipswich, and is passionate about facilitating lay education. Chris has taught New Testament Greek at the Baptist Theological College and is currently teaching interested parishioners, including studies in select New Testament texts.
Honours dissertation: Judas and the Community: A Study Concerning Judas Iscariot in the New Testament and Its Implications for Primitive Christian Communities. (Bachelor of Arts Honours Thesis), University of Queensland, Brisbane.
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College Chaplain
BA (Hons) (UQ); Grad. Dip (Couns) (QUT); Grad Cert (Prof Sup) (St Mark’s); Cert IV (Training & Assessment (MRWED)
Olaf Anderson is chaplain to St Francis College and is passionate about supporting formation students as they prepare for ordained life. He has been involved in congregational ministry for most of his 30 plus years as an Anglican priest.
He has a strong commitment to equipping clergy with practical skills that will support their ministry in existing and emerging contexts.
Olaf is interested in narrative therapy, mediation, group dynamics, professional supervision, the intersection between science and faith, contemporary film, comics, and gardening.
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Sessional Lecturer in Systematic Theology
PhD (Griffith), BLitt(Hons) (Deakin), BTh (BCT), BA (UQ), Grad Cert Bus(Philanthr & Nonprofit Stud) (QUT), GAICD
Anita Monro is an ordained Minister of the Word (Presbyter) of The Uniting Church in Australia. In 35 years of ordained ministry, she has worked in a range of congregations, church agencies and teaching institutions. From 2013 to 2022, she was Principal of Grace College, a tertiary residential college located on the St Lucia Campus of The University of Queensland (UQ).
She is an Honorary Research Senior Fellow in Studies in Religion in the School of Historical & Philosophical Inquiry, Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences at UQ. She has previously taught at Charles Sturt University School of Theology, Sydney College of Divinity and Brisbane College of Theology.
Her research interests are eclectic and fall across the disciplines of Systematic Theology, Practical Theology (Liturgy; Personal & Community Formation; Ecclesial Governance), Biblical Hermeneutics, Religious Studies and Philosophy. Her doctoral thesis developed a feminist theological methodology based in the poststructuralist philosophy of Julia Kristeva.
She is currently a member of a cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional (UQ & Southern Cross U) research team for a project entitled “What’s worry young people?: Tuning into and turning up the conversation on consent in tertiary residential colleges”.
Anita, her husband, Russell, and Rudy the krazy kelpie live on the Blackall Range and enjoy immersing themselves in the rainforest.
Scholarly Monograph
2006. Resurrecting Erotic Transgression: Subjecting Ambiguity in Theology. Gender, Theology & Spirituality Series. London: Equinox.
Edited Collections
With Stephen Burns (Eds). 2015. Public Theology and the Challenge of Feminism. London: Routledge.
With Stephen Burns (Eds). 2009. Christian Worship in Australia: Inculturating the Liturgical Tradition. Strathfield, NSW: St Paul’s Publications.
Book Chapters
2023 (forthcoming). “Stabat Mater: The Birth/Death of the Cross.” In Havea. J. (Ed.) Reframing Liberation Theology: In a World of Crises. eDARE 2022 publication (vol 3), proposed to Fortress, series in World Christianity.
2023 (forthcoming). “When Masters Lie Down with Dogs: Being Church in a Post-Secular Society.” In Myles, R., Colgan, E. & Blyth, C. (Eds) Habitats of the Basileia: Essays in Honour of Elaine M. Wainwright. Sheffield Phoenix Press.
2021. “A Kaleidoscopic Vessel Sailing on a Kyriarchal Ocean: The Third Wave Feminist Theologies of Women-Church (1987-2007).” In Havea, J. (Ed.) Theological and Hermeneutical Explorations from Australia: Horizons of Contextuality. Lanham, Maryland, USA: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, 25-42.
2020. “Grace-fully Engaging Young Adults”. In R. Hearn, S.D. Kling, & T.J. Oord (Eds) Open and Relational Leadership: Leading with Love, SacraSage Press, 225-229.
2016. With Clive Ayre, Dave Bookless, Colleen Geyer & David Reichhardt. “Ecology and Service (Diakonia): Putting Words Into Action”. In Ayre, C.W. & Conradie, E.M. (Eds), The Church in God’s Household: Protestant Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ecology. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: Cluster Publications, 54-74.
With Stephen Burns. 2015. “Which Public? Inspecting the House of Public Theology” in Burns, S. & Monro, A. (eds), Public Theology and the Challenge of Feminism. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge, 1-14.
2014. “Of Frogs, Eels, Women and Pelicans: The Myth of Tiddalik and the Importance of Ambiguity in Baptismal Identity for the Contemporary Christian Church”. In Wilkey, G.V. (Ed.), Worship and Culture: Foreign Country or Homeland? Grand Rapids, MI, USA: Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing, 320-334.
2014. “A Thin Piercing Lament: The Call of God to Elijah In/To/For Community”. In Walker, C. (Ed.), Witness the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ: Papers in Honour of Dean Drayton. Unley, SA, Aust.: MediaCom Education, 162-172.
2010. “‘And Ain’t I a Woman’: The Phronetic Dramaturgy of Feeding the Family”. In Slee, N. & Burns, S. (Eds), Presiding Like a Woman. London: SPCK, 123-132.
2010. “Pursuing Feminist Research: Perspectives and Methodologies.” In Higg, J., Cherry, N., Macklin, R. & Ajjawi, R. (Eds), Researching Practice: A Discourse on Qualitative Methodologies. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 289-298.
2004. “Afterword—A Chair in Feminist Studies in Theology in an Australian University: A Continuing Vision”. In McPhillips, K. The Feminist Theology Project: Final Report Prepared for the Australian Feminist Theology Foundation. Sydney: AFTF.
2001. “When the ‘Good’ is Not Enough: The Jouissance of Watching/Reading from/for the Subjection of Ambiguity.” In Biezeveld, K. & Mulder, A-C. (Eds), Towards a Different Transcendence: Feminist Findings on Subjectivity, Religion and Values. Religion & Discourse Series, Vol. 9. Oxford/Bern: Peter Lang, 245-272.
Articles
2023 (forthcoming). “Values, Narratives & Church Agencies: The Grace College (UQ) Experience.” Word & World.
2018. “Embodied Precarity Rather Than Touch Over Sight”. In Kline, P. (Ed.) Symposium on Signs and Wonders by Ellen T. Armour, https://syndicate.network/symposia/theology/signs-and-wonders/
2017. “’It’s such a shame you’re not in a Congregation!’: Reclaiming the Ordered Ministry of the Word in the Uniting Church”. Uniting Church Studies 21(1), 31-38.
2014. “Experiencing Good Worship?” Liturgy 29(2), 9-13.
2012. With Drene Somasundram. “’Third-Space’ Engenders Theological Education”. The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society 2(3), 55-68.
2011. “Why Not Reaffirm Confirmation?” Cross Purposes 24, 17-19.
2010. ““Juxtaposing Dingo and Baby: A Consideration of the Cycle of Light in the Australian Summer”. Studia Liturgica 40(1-2), 94-101.
With Stephen Burns. 2008. “Faithful Prayer on Parched Land: On Being Asked to Provide Liturgies for a Time of Drought”. Uniting Church Studies 14 (2), 51-64.
2006. “From Historicity to Incarnality: Breaking the Nexus Between History and Christianity”. E:Oikonomia 1(1), April, http://oikon.webjournal.org.
2001. “Doing Basket Swamp Theology: A Poetic, Nomadic Feminist Response To The Nature And Purpose Of The Church.” Uniting Church Studies 7(2), 39-52.
With Elaine Wainwright. 1999. “Hermeneutical Crisis/Interpretative Crux: Methods And Meanings After Modernity.” Interface: A Forum for Theology in the World 1(3), 79-92
1999. “Reading Ambiguity: Jouissance As Feminist Hermeneutical Goal.” Series A: General & Theoretical Papers No. 471. Essen: Linguistic Agency University of Duisburg.
1999. “Fearing the (M)Other: A Piece of Conversation the Uniting Church Assembly Sexuality Task Group ‘Did Not Hear’.” Women-Church 24.
1996. “No Resurrection Without Death: A Feminist Poststructuralist Response To ‘Reconstructing Mission In A Postmodern Era’.” Trinity Occasional Papers XV Supplement, 25-33.
1994. “Alterity and The Canaanite Woman: A Postmodern Feminist Theological Reflection On Political Action.” Colloquium 26(1), 32-43.
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Sessional Lecturer in Practical Theology
PhD (UQ), MTheol (Brisbane College of Theology), GradDip Theol (Brisbane College of Theology), Dip Teaching
Profile
Wendi Sargeant is a Uniting Church Minister of the Word and a Hospital Chaplain with an ecumenical/multi-faith team at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
She is also a lecturer in Practical Theology, with over twenty years’ experience innovating in congregational, educational and wider church life.
Wendi has also lectured permanently and sessionally for Charles Sturt University, the University of Queensland and the Australian Catholic University in Practical Theology, Worship and Liturgy, Pastoral Care, Christian Formation, Apologetics and UCA Studies.
Her PhD, from Queensland University, was in Religious Studies - Practical Theology. It covered Christian formation in a postmodern context, particularly through worship. Her academic interests include art as postmodern apologetic, pastoral care and liturgy as formative for people of faith.
Wendi is married and lives with her partner, Murray, and a naughty (but lovely) cocker spaniel, Pippa. She is interested in reading, painting, drawing, swimming and camping.
Books
Christian Education and the Emerging Church: Postmodern Faith Formation. Eugene: Pickwick. 2015.
Teaching and Learning Creatively co-authored with Debbie Bodley and John Cox, Brisbane: YACMU. 1995.
Articles
“All the People Gathered Together: Doxological Approach to Faith Formation/Christian Education” in Uniting Church Studies Journal Vol 22, No.2, December 2019.
Various for Journey Magazine Uniting Church Queensland Synod (2011-2016)
Chapters in
Ghiloni, Aaron J. (ed) World Religions and Their Missions. New York: Peter Lang. 2014.
A Guide for Elders, Melbourne: Uniting Church Press. 1994.
40 Great Kids Club Programmes, Melbourne: Joint Board of Christian Education. 1995.
Understandings of Mission – Contributor to National Catholic/Uniting Dialogue monograph and Bible Studies (2012)
Various unpublished courses (eg ORCA Curriculum 2019, Volunteers CARE Chaplaincy course, 2020), articles, Bible studies and papers on Christian education, Mission, Religious education, Theological Reflection, Youth and Children’s Ministry.
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Sessional Lecturer in Systematic Theology
PhD (CSU), BTh Hons (CSU) BTh (SCD)
Dr Janice McRandal is a feminist theologian who works with critical theory to explore themes of systematic theology alongside politics and popular culture. Having worked in theological education for over a decade, Janice brings a wealth of experience in research and leadership. She is currently the Lead Investigator in the research project Figuring the Maternal in Political Theology, a winning grant that follows on from her previous Extraordinary Large Grant project, Figuring the Enemy. Along with her academic writing, Janice supervises numerous research projects and students, and enjoys teaching as regularly as time allows.
Books
Speaking of Christ/Christa/Christx, co-edited with Stephen Burns. London: SCM Press, Forthcoming 2024.
Contested Theology: bodies, sport, and motion. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, Forthcoming 2024.
Whistling in the Dark: on the theology of Craig Keen, co-edited with Stephen John Wright. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2024.
Sarah Coakley and the Future of Systematic Theology, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016.
Christian Doctrine and the Grammar of Difference: a contribution to feminist systematic theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015.
Book Chapters
“Feminist Christology: Apophatic Avenues”. In Speaking of Christ/Christa/Christx. Edited by Janice McRandal and Stephen Burns. London: SCM Press, Forthcoming 2024.
“Does the Child know there are Two?: maternal disruptions from disability”. In God of Interruption – Essays in Feminist-Maternal Theology (Interrupting Motherhood). Edited by Cristina Lledo Gomez and Julia H. Brumbaugh, Paulist Press, Forthcoming, 2024.
“On not reading Barth: my measly resistance”. In Women in Theology: Method and Practice in the Digital Space. Edited by Elissa Cutter and Alison Murray. Paulist Press, Forthcoming 2024.
“Systematic Theology”. In Method and Praxis in Feminist Theologies. Edited by Stephen Burns and Katharine Massam. London: SCM Press, Forthcoming 2024.
“Saying No to Jesus: Feminist Theology and the Christian Liberal Fantasy”. In Cultural Afterlives, Jesus in a Global Perspective Volume 3. The Westar Studies Series. Edited by Gregory Jenks. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2023.
“Risky Words, Dissenting Bodies”. In Whistling in the Dark: on the theology of Craig Keen, co-edited with Stephen John Wright. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2023.
“You Don’t Understand Me: Serena Williams, Christology, and Non-Identity”. In Intersections and Fractures: (Re)visions of Feminist Theologies, Decolonizing Theology Series, Lexington Fortress Press. Edited by Stephen Burns and Rebekah Pryor. Lexington Fortress Press, 2022.
“Against Authority: writing feminist theology after the end of history”. In Power, Authority, Love. Edited by Kerrie Handasyde and Rebecca Pryor. Routledge, 2021.
“Embodied Gods: Anthropomorphism and Subjectivity”. In Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks: Gender - ‘God’ Edited by Sîan Hawthorne, 2017.
“Being George Eliot: an impossible standpoint?”. In Sarah Coakley and the Future of Systematic Theology. Janice McRandal, editor. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016.
“On Power and Silence: Reading Foucault with Coakley”. In Sarah Coakley and the Future of Systematic Theology. Janice McRandal, editor. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2016.
“Gender: Difference, Sin and the Trinity”. In Speaking Differently: Essays in Theological Anthropology. Phillip Tolliday and Heather Thomson, eds. Canberra: Barton Books, 2013.
Articles in Refereed Journals
“Apocalyptic Disappointment: imperialistic teleology and the age of crisis”. In Colloquium. 2022, 54 no. 2:109-128.
“The Trinity, Sexuality, and the Transformation of Finitude”. In The International Journal of Systematic Theology. Vol 21, Issue 2. (2019), 223-225.
“Subject to Spirit: The Promise of Pentecostal Feminist Pneumatology and Its Witness to Systematics”. In Pneuma 35:1 (2013), pp 48-60.
“A Free Man’s World: Open Theism and the Feminist Critique of Autonomy”. In Aldersgate Papers 9 (2011).
“Sarah Coakley: Systematic Theology and the Future of Feminism”. In Pacifica 24:3 (2011), pp. 300-314.
“Struggled For and Not Possessed: Language for the Divine and the Apophatic Turn”. In St Mark’s Review 215 (2011), pp. 71-86.
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Sessional Lecturer in Biblical Studies
BA (Hons Studies in Religion) (UQ); MA (UQ); PhD (UQ)
Dr Jenks has been a faculty member at St Francis College at various times since the late 1970s, including Academic Dean (2008–2015). He was Dean of St George’s College, Jerusalem (2015–2017) and Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton (2017–2022). He is a Fellow of the Westar Institute and served as its Associate Director (1999–2001). He is the inaugural Director of the Centre for Coins, Culture & Religious History at St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane. Dr Jenks has written and edited several books, including the Afterlives of Jesus (3 vols), Cascade Books (forthcoming).
Special research interests: Early Christianity, Historical Jesus, Nazareth, Numismatics
Books
Jesus in Global Perspective: 1. Historical Afterlives of Jesus. 2. Interfaith Afterlives of Jesus. 3. Cultural Afterlives of Jesus. (editor & contributor) 3 vols. Westar Studies. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, forthcoming 2023.
Wisdom and Imagination: Religious Progressives and the Search for Meaning, edited by Rex A. E. Hunt & Gregory C. Jenks. Melbourne: Morning Star Publishing, 2014.
Jesus Then and Jesus Now: Looking for Jesus, Finding Ourselves. Melbourne: Morning Star Publishing, 2014.
The Once and Future Scriptures: Exploring the role of the Bible in the contemporary church. (editor & contributor) Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2013.
The Once and Future Bible: An introduction to the Bible for religious progressives. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011.
The Origins and Early Development of the Antichrist Myth. BZNW, 59. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1991
Book Chapters
“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. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019, pp. 181-201.
“A Prophet like Moses: Early Christian use of the Moses Tradition” In Essays on Moses from Buenos Aires: Moses in Three Traditions and in Literature, edited by John T. Greene. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017, pp. 151-87
“Pilgrims and Powerbrokers: The Russian fascination with Jerusalem” In Postcolonial Voices from Down Under: Aboriginal and Migrant Roots, Religions, and Readings, edited by Jione Have. Eugene: OR: Wipf & Stock, 2017, pp. 73–87.
“Speaking Truth: Reflections on the role of a theological educator at the beginning of the third millennium.” in Intellect Encounters Faith: A Synthesis. Festschrift for J. Harold Ellens, edited by John T. Green. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, pp. 148–59.
“The Occupation of the Bible” and “Does the Bible have a Future?” In The Bible and the Palestine-Israel Conflict, edited by Naim Ateek, Cedar Duaybis & Tina Whitehead. Jerusalem: Sabeel Center, 2014, pp. 53–57 & 119–22.
“Encountering God in Jesus of Nazareth.” In Encountering God: Face to Face with the Divine, edited Nigel Leave. Melbourne: Morning Star Publishing, 2014, pp. 39–52.
“Choosing good resources for studying theology.” In God, by Degrees: A Practical Guide for New Theological Students, edited by Jeanette Mathew. Canberra: Barton Books, 2014, 2019, pp. 28–35.
“An Open Bible: Imagining an inclusive Scripture.” In Wisdom and Imagination: Religious Progressives and the Search for Meaning, edited by Rex A. E. Hunt & Gregory C. Jenks. Melbourne: Morning Star Publishing, 2014, pp. 105–17.
“The sign of Jonah: Reading Jonah on the boundaries and from the boundaries.” In Bible, Borders, Belongings: Engaged Readings from Oceania, edited by Jione Havea, David Neville, and Elaine Wainwright. Semeia Studies. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2014, pp. 223–38.
“A Roman coin from Bethsaida (Et-tell).” In A Life in Parables and Poetry: Pedagogue, Poet, Scholar. Essays in honor of Mishael Maswari Caspi, edited by John T. Green. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz, 2014, pp. 121–32.
“The quest for the historical Nazareth.” In Bethsaida in Archaeology, History, and Ancient Culture. A Festschrift in Honor of John T. Greene, edited by J. Harold Ellen. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, pp. 252–67.
“More than just Couch Change: Bethsaida Coin Report 2001–2012.” In Bethsaida in Archaeology, History, and Ancient Culture, edited by J. Harold Ellens. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, pp. 152–87.
“The ‘problem’ of the Bible” In The Once and Future Scriptures: Exploring the role of the Bible in the contemporary church, edited by Gregory C. Jenks. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2013, pp. 7–23.
“Jesus and the afterlife: Glimpses of Jewish traditions in the teachings of Jesus.” In Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife; Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, edited by J. Harold Ellens. 3 Vols. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2013, Vol 1, pp. 147-168.
“The sign of Jonah: Re-reading the Jonah tradition for signs of God’s generosity.” In Pieces of Ease and Grace: Biblical Essays on Sexuality and Welcome, edited by Alan Cadwallader. Adelaide: ATF Press, 2013, pp. 71–84.
“Imagine this: Jesus and the kingdom of God.” In Winning Revolutions: The Psychology of Successful Revolts for Freedom, Fairness, and Rights. Edited by J. Harold Ellens. 3 Vols. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2013, Vol 11, pp. 91–107.
“Biblical Scholarship”, “Earliest Christianities,” “The Historical Jesus,” “Reading the Bible” and “Pushing the Boundaries: The Jesus Seminar and New Testament Scholarship” In Why Weren’t We Told? A Handbook on Progressive Christianity, edited by Rex A. E. Hunt and John W. H. Smith. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2013, pp. 9–10, 23–24, 39–40, 67–68 & 127–31.
“Memories of Jesus in early Islam: An inquiry into the transmission of the Jesus tradition in early Islam.” In Problems Translating Ancient Texts about Jesus, edited by M. M. Caspi and J. T. Green. North Richland Hills, TX: Mellen Press, 2011, pp. 113–72.
“The Sign of the Prophet Jonah: Tracing the Tradition History of a Biblical Character in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.” In How Jonah is Interpreted in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Essays on the authenticity and influence of the biblical prophet, edited by M. M. Caspi and J. T. Green. North Richland Hills, TX: Mellen Press, 2011, pp. 11–52.
“Rules for holy living: A progressive reading of 1 Timothy 1:8–11.” In Five Uneasy Pieces: Essays on Scripture and Sexuality. Adelaide: ATF Press, 2011, pp. 69–83.
Articles and Reports
“The Hellenistic and Early Roman Coins from Et-Tell.” ASOR Annual Meeting, 16–20 November 2022, Boston.
Bethsaida Coin Report: 2014 Season The complete list of coins recovered during the 2014 season of the Bethsaida Excavation Project, with detailed descriptions and photographs. Prepared in collaboration with and under the supervision of Donald T. Ariel, Head of the Coin Department, Israel Antiquities Authority.
“2013 Bethsaida Coin Report” In Rami Arav, Kate Raphael, Carl Savage, Nicolae Roddy, Toni Fisher & Gregory C. Jenks, Report on the 2013 Excavation Season. (Omaha, NE: Consortium for the Bethsaida Excavations Project, 2013).
“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. (Toowoomba, Qld: Augustine to Anglicanism Conference/Anglicans in Australia and Beyond, 2010), pp. 133–45.
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Sessional Lecturer in Biblical Languages
MTh (CSU), BTh (CSU), BA (French/History) (UQ), BEd (Secondary) (UQ)
Rev’d Zoë Browne is a sessional lecturer in Biblical Studies, specialising in Old Testament and Biblical Languages (Hebrew).
Zoë’s passion for languages began at high school, before pursuing her teaching qualifications in French and History. She spent several years teaching Senior French, History and Religion until returning to further study, completing her Bachelor of Theology (with Distinction) and ordination training at St Francis College. Here, Zoë excelled in Hebrew language studies under the guidance of Major Dr Marie-Louise Craig. She has recently completed her research dissertation for her Master of Theology and was awarded a Postgraduate University Medal. Her dissertation examined the use of performance criticism to analyse the Hebrew prophetic literature.
Throughout training and after ordination, Zoë has served as Chaplain to Anglican schools in both Brisbane and Toowoomba. With fifteen years’ experience in both education and ministry, Zoë has a passion for faith formation of people from regional and remote areas. She has recently moved to Gladstone (Central Queensland) with her husband, David (also an Anglican priest), and two young sons, after spending nearly six years serving rural communities in both parish ministry and locum teaching roles. She is serving alongside David as joint Priests-In-Charge of Gladstone Anglican.
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Sessional Lecturer in Psalms, Pentateuch & Biblical Languages (Hebrew)
PhD (Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands), Master of Christian Studies (Regent College, Canada), BTh (Canberra College of Theology)
After completing his doctoral studies in Biblical Hebrew linguistics in 2005, Matthew was awarded an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at Charles Sturt University (2006-2009), and he has been on the ARC College of Assessors since then. He then moved to Adelaide with his family to become Principal of St Barnabas Theological College (2010-2017). Since September 2022, Matthew has been parish priest at St Theodore’s Anglican Church, Toorak Gardens, South Australia.
Matthew was on the Doctrine Commission for the Anglican Church of Australia from 2014 to 2022, contributing three chapters to book, Marriage, Same-sex Marriage and the Anglican Church of Australia: Essays from the Doctrine Commission, 2019.
Matthew has been prominent in the media as a straight ally for LGBTIQA+ Anglicans, appearing on The Project, ABC News (TV and Online), ABC Drive and ABC PM (Radio), and in articles in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, and The Rationalist.
Matthew is an honorary research fellow/doctoral supervisor at the University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of Adelaide, and Charles Sturt University. He founded and co-chaired the Biblical Hebrew Language and Linguistics Unit, Society of Biblical Literature (International), and is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (USA). He is also a trustee of the Australian Research Theological Foundation Incorporated (ARTFinc), and on the of the National Comprehensive Anglicanism Network.
Matthew’s current scholarly work is on the Psalms – he is preparing a new translation of the Psalms for public worship, with an accompanying commentary. This combines his love of Biblical Hebrew, liturgy, poetry, theology, and music.
You can read more at www.matthewanstey.com.
Books
Daughtry, S. & M. Anstey. Where do we go from here? Missional Bible Studies based on the Book of Acts – for Lent or anytime. Anglican Board of Mission – Australia, 2020
Flourishing in Faith: Theology encountering Positive Psychology, G. Ambler, M. Anstey, M. White, & T. McCall (eds). Cascade Publications. http://wipfandstock.com/flourishing-in-faith.html, 2017
Anstey, M. P. & J. Lachlan Mackenzie (eds). Crucial Readings in Functional Grammar. (Functional Grammar Series 26.) Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005
Book Chapters
Anstey, M. P. “Scripture and Moral Reasoning” in Marriage, Same-sex Marriage and the Anglican Church of Australia: Essays from the Doctrine Commission. Broughton Publishers, pp. 57-71, 2019
Anstey, M. P. “The Case for Same-sex Marriage” in Marriage, Same-sex Marriage and the Anglican Church of Australia: Essays from the Doctrine Commission. Broughton Publishers, pp. 267–284, 2019
Anstey, M. P. “A Response: An Alternative Reading of The Book of Common Prayer” in Marriage, Same-sex Marriage and the Anglican Church of Australia: Essays from the Doctrine Commission. Broughton Publishers, pp. 49–54, 2019
Ambler, G., Anstey, M. P., McCall, T. & White, M. A. “Introduction” in Flourishing in Faith: Theology encountering Positive Psychology, G. Ambler, M. Anstey, M. White, & T. McCall (eds). Cascade Publications, pp. xix-xxii, 2017.
Anstey, M. P. “’And God Saw it was Good’: The Creation of Wellbeing and the Wellbeing of Creation” in Flourishing in Faith: Theology encountering Positive Psychology, G. Ambler, M. Anstey, M. White, & T. McCall (eds). Cascade Publications, pp. 55–64, 2017.
Anstey, M. P. “A Lifelong Journey: Going Further in Theological Study” in God, By Degrees, J. Mathews (ed). Kainos Books, pp. 24–27, 2014
Clifton, S. & Anstey, M. P. “Flourishing in a Broken Body: An Interview with Professor Shane Clifton” in Flourishing in Faith: Theology encountering Positive Psychology, G. Ambler, M. Anstey, M. White, & T. McCall (eds). Cascade Publications, pp. 159–172, 2017
Anstey, M. P. “Sermon 15 – For the Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn Synod – Micah 6:1–8,” in ‘Better be a Good Sermon’: Preaching for Special Occasions and Contexts, K. Weller & A. Lee (eds), Brunswick East: Acorn Press, pp. 265-270, 2011
Journal Articles
Anstey, M. P. (2011) “How (not) to preach the Lectionary during ‘Ordinary Sundays’”, St Mark’s Review. 216:69–75.
Anstey, M. P. (2009) “The Biblical Hebrew Qatal verb: A Functional Discourse Grammar analysis”, Linguistics 47 (4), 825–844.
Anstey, M. P. (2009) “Becoming a public theologian: Jonah's journey to Ninevah”, St Mark's Review 207, 37–48.
Anstey, M. P. (2008) “Functional Discourse Grammar – Multifunctional problems and constructional solutions”, Linguistics 46 (4), 831–859.
Anstey, M. P. (2007) “Habakkuk the faithful dissident: A performative hermeneutic for Anglicans in Australia”, St Mark’s Review 203 (2), 47–60.
Anstey, M. P. (2006) “The grammatical-lexical cline in Tiberian Hebrew”, Journal of Semitic Studies 51 (1), 59–84.
Anstey, M. P. (2006) “Remembering Dinah: Genesis 34”, St Mark’s Review. 197:31–34.
Anstey, M. P. (2005) “Towards a typological presentation of Tiberian Hebrew”, Hebrew Studies 46, 71–128.
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Sessional Lecturer in Church History
PhD (University of Leeds), MA (St Bonaventure University), LLB, BTh
Matthew Beckmann is a Franciscan friar who teaches in the areas of Systematic Theology and Church History. His interests lie in the interplay of those two disciplines, how historical events shape theology and how theology, in turn, drive history. He is a medievalist by training but also works with the theological ideas about salvation and redemption, the theology and history of the Franciscan Order and how theological ideas are disseminated and diffused.
He has worked for many years in the area of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation and is part of the University’s Religion and Social Policy Network.
2022 A First Lecturer for the Cistercians?
2021 The Architecture of Devotion: James Goold and His Legacies in Colonial Melbourne
2020 A Little Portion of Benedictine Hospitality
2020 Bonaventure and Alexander: Friend or Foe
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Scholar in residence & Adjunct Professor of Theology, CSU
B.Comm (Newcastle); BD (MCD); PhD (Dunelm)
Stephen Pickard is a Sessional Lecturer in Being the Church for the Bachelor of Theology program. He is St Francis College’s Scholar in Residence for Semester 2 2022.
Stephen is an adjunct Professor of Theology at CSU. He is the former Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture Charles Sturt University, and Assistant Bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. He was Head of the School of Theology, CSU for 9 years and Director of St Marks National Theological Centre prior to being consecrated as a Bishop in the Diocese of Adelaide in 2007. He was Visiting Fellow at Ripon Theological College, Cuddesdon, 2010-2011 and in 2011 was installed as a Six Preacher at Canterbury Cathedral. On his return to Australia he ministered in a Canberra parish and subsequently was for one year acting CEO of Anglicare in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
He has been a recent member of the Doctrine Commission and a former Chair of the Mission and Ministry Commission of the Anglican Church of Australia. In March 2022 he received, from the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Cross of St Augustine. This Lambeth Award was in recognition of his service to the Anglican Communion as a theologian, teacher and bishop, and in particular his membership of the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission (2001-2007) and the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (2009-2020).
His teaching, research and writing (4 books and other assorted articles and chapters) are in systematic theology with a special focus on ecclesiology. He is married to Jennifer and their larger family includes 4 grandchildren.
Led by the Kindly Light of Truth: Gandhi, Nonviolence and the Renewal of Sociality (chap), Gandhi’s Truths in an Age of Fundamentalism and Nationalism, Fortress Press, 2022.
Barth on Divine Simplicity and the Attributes of God: A Theological Agenda for Christian/Muslim Dialogue, International Journal of Public Theology, 15, December 2021
This mortal life: ageing and spirituality after the Great Transition (art), Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Ageing, 33/2, 2021.
Solitude and Society: faith beyond Covid 19. (art), Eremos, 2021.
At the Third Altar: The Vocation of the Church in the World (chap.), Making the Word of God Fully Known: Essays on Church, Culture, and Mission in Honour of Archbishop Philip Freier. Barker, P. & Billings, B. (eds.). Eugene, OR, USA: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2020.
Optimal environments for the formation of character and prospects for religion (chap), The impact of religion: On character formation, ethical education, and the communication of values in late modern pluralistic societies. Welker, M., Witte, J. & Pickard, S. (eds.). Leipzig, Germany: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 2020.
Rational choice theory and virtuous economics? Problems and possibilities (chap), The Impact of the market: on character formation, ethical education, and the communication of values in late modern pluralistic societies. von Hagen, J., Welker, M., Witte, J. & Pickard, S. (eds.). 1st ed. Leipzig, Germany: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 2020.
Mercy as Divine Self-Giving: Seven Theses toward a Kenotic Ecclesiology (chap.), Justice, Mercy and Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Bolt, P. & Harrison, J. (eds.). Eugene, Oregon, USA: Pickwick Publications, 2020.
A collaboratively shaped ministry for the coming church, (chap)., The study of ministry: A comprehensive survey of theory and best practice. Percy, M., Markham, I. S., Percy, E. & Po, F. (eds.). London: SPCK Publishing, 2019.
Disagreement and Christian unity: Re-evaluating the situation, (chap.), Marriage, same-sex marriage and the Anglican church of Australia: Essays from the Doctrine Commission. of the Anglican Church of Australia, T. D. C. (ed.). Mulgrave, Victoria: Broughton Publishing, 2019.
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Sessional Lecturer in Church History
PhD, M Theol. St, Grad. Cert. Comp, BEc, Dip Anc. Lang.
📞 3514 7406
Katherin
2022 The emperor's floor and the naked wife: Chrysostom's retelling of imperial history in In Philippenses hom. 16 and the fate of Fausta
2022 Patterning the Past: Memory Studies and Late Antique Syriac Martyrologies
2022 God is a Place
2021 Remembering earthquakes in the late antique eastern Mediterranean
2019 Severian and Chrysostom on their Bible’s translation, texts, and canon
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Sessional Lecturer in Paul and His Letters
PhD (UQ), DipEd (Sydney Teacher’s College), BA (UQ)
Marian Free is sessional lecturer at St Francis College and Canon of St John’s Cathedral. She has recently retired from full-time ministry, but continues to play a role in the life of the Diocese.
Marian has been an Anglican priest for 26 years and, for much of that time, also a lecturer. She holds a Diploma in Education from Sydney Teacher’s College and a PhD from the University of Queensland.
Marian is passionate about the New Testament and gains a great deal of pleasure from sharing that passion with students. She teaches the Letters of Paul and other New Testament subjects or Christian Worship.
During her ministry, Marian has served the Diocese in a variety of ways including as a Canon of St John’s Cathedral and a former member of Diocesan Council.
Marian enjoys sewing, gardening, reading, travelling, cooking and movies. Her family, including three grandchildren, is a source of great joy.
That Our Joy May be Complete, eds Marian Free, Rosemary Gill, Jonathan Holland, John Mainstone, Adelaide: Open Book, 2000.
Free, Marian. “Paul’s inclusive Gospel.” in Pieces of Ease and Grace. Ed. Alan H. Cadwallader. Adelaide: ATF Theology. 2013,135-150.
Free, Marian. “Liturgy and the Bible.” in The Once and Future Scriptures. Ed. Gregory C. Jenks. Oregon: Polebridge Press, 2013, 95-112.
Free, Marian. “Encountering God in the Letters of Saint Paul.” in Encountering God: Face-to-face with the Divine. Ed Nigel Leaves, Victoria: Morning Star Publishing, 2014, 53-70.
2022 – Chapter (yet to be published) in The Afterlives of Jesus. Ed. The Very Rev’d Dr Greg Jenks.
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Sessional Lecturer in Homiletics and Sacramental Theology
BSC (1st class honours), PhD, BTh, MTh
Ceri Wynne is a Sessional Lecturer in Homiletics and Sacramental Theology for the Bachelor of Theology program.
Ceri has taught at the tertiary level in science at the University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and in the Bachelor of Theology degree program at Charles Sturt University (from St Francis Theological College’s Brisbane campus).
Since becoming ordained, Ceri has worked as a school chaplain, parish priest and university college chaplain. She has presented many times on the dialogue between science and faith.
Ceri loves to read and is fortunate to be owned by a cat called Ed. She also loves a good glass of wine. She has been married to Ewen for over 30 years and they have two adult daughters. She and Ewen enjoying walking and, in 2021, they completed the Cradle Mountain Overland Track.
‘I met a strange Lady’: The Eunuchs From Matthew 19:12 and Acts 8:26-40, in Pieces of Ease and Grace, edited by Alan H Cadwallader (ATF Theology: Adelaide, 2013), pp 101-116.
“Encountering God Through the Genome”, in Encountering God: Face to Face with the Divine, edited by Nigel Leaves, (Morning Star Publishing, 2014) pp 89-104.
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Sessional Lecturer in New Testament Studies
PhD (Murdoch), BD (Melb Coll Divinity), BA (Berea)
David Neville is a Sessional lecturer in New Testament Studies, including Introduction to New Testament Studies and The Synoptic Gospels. He has a PhD from Murdoch University.
David has taught for the School of Theology at Charles Sturt University since mid-2002 and for St Francis College since 2019.
Alongside research and writing, David enjoys spending time with family, reading, and walking. He is married to Sonia and has two children and grandchildren.
Books
Arguments from Order in Synoptic Source Criticism: A History and Critique. New Gospel Studies 7. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1994.
Mark’s Gospel—Prior or Posterior? A Reappraisal of the Phenomenon of Order, JSNTSS 222. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.
A Peaceable Hope: Contesting Violent Eschatology in New Testament Narratives. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2013.
The Vehement Jesus: Grappling with Troubling Gospel Texts. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017.
Editor, Prophecy and Passion: Essays in Honour of Athol Gill. Adelaide: Australian Theological Forum, 2002.
Co-editor, with Philip Matthews, Faith and Freedom: Christian Ethics in a Pluralist Culture. Adelaide: ATF Press, 2003.
Co-editor, with Bruce Barber, Theodicy and Eschatology. Adelaide: ATF Press, 2005.
Co-editor, with Keith Dyer, Resurrection and Responsibility: Essays on Theology, Scripture, and Ethics in Honor of Thorwald Lorenzen. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2009.
Co-editor, with Jione Havea and Elaine Wainwright, Bible, Borders, Belonging(s): Engaging Readings from Oceania. Semeia Studies 75. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2014.
Editor, The Bible, Justice and Public Theology. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press; Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2014.
Guest co-editor, with Heather Thomson, of a special issue of the International Journal of Public Theology, Vol. 3, No. 3 (2009), dealing with the theme of “Restoring Justice.”
Guest co-editor, with Jeanette Mathews, of a special issue of St Mark’s Review, No. 239 (March 2017), entitled “Encountering God: Teasing (out) themes in biblical theology.”
Research Journal Articles and Book Chapters
“King, Merton and Barth: Their Abiding Significance,” in Faith and Freedom: Christian Ethics in a Pluralist Culture, edited by David Neville and Philip Matthews (Adelaide: ATF Press, 2003), 95–125.
“God’s Presence and Power: Christology, Eschatology and ‘Theodicy’ in Mark’s Crucifixion Narrative,” in Theodicy and Eschatology, edited by Bruce Barber and David Neville (Adelaide: ATF Press, 2005), 19–41.
“The Demise of the Two-Document Hypothesis? Dunn and Burkett on Gospel Sources,” Pacifica 19/1 (February 2006): 78–92.
“The Second Testament as a Covenant of Peace,” Biblical Theology Bulletin 37/1 (Spring 2007): 27–35.
“Toward a Teleology of Peace: Contesting Matthew’s Violent Eschatology,” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 30/2 (2007): 131–61. [Reissued in New Testament Studies, 4 volumes, SAGE Benchmarks in Religious Studies, edited by Paul Foster (Sage Publications, 2010), Volume 2, chapter 24.]
“Moral Vision and Eschatology in Mark’s Gospel: Coherence or Conflict?” Journal of Biblical Literature 127/2 (Summer 2008): 359–84.
“The Phantom Returns: Delbert Burkett’s Rehabilitation of Proto-Mark,” Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 84/1 (April 2008): 135–73.
“Dialectic as Method in Public Theology: Recalling Jacques Ellul,” International Journal of Public Theology 2/2 (2008): 163–81.
“Justice and Divine Judgment: Scriptural Perspectives for Public Theology,” International Journal of Public Theology 3/3 (2009): 339–56.
“Grace Elicits Correspondences: The Christian Theologian as Peacemaker,” in Embracing Grace – The Theologian’s Task: Essays in Honour of Graeme Garrett, edited by Heather Thomson (Canberra: Barton Books, 2009), 119–34.
“Creation Reclaimed: Resurrection and Responsibility in Mark 15:40–16:8,” in Resurrection and Responsibility: Essays on Theology, Scripture, and Ethics in Honor of Thorwald Lorenzen, edited by Keith D. Dyer and David J. Neville (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2009), 95–115.
“Faithful, True, and Violent? Christology and ‘Divine Vengeance’ in the Revelation to John,” in Compassionate Eschatology: The Future as Friend, edited by Ted Grimsrud and Michael Hardin (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2011), 56–84.
“Christian Scripture and Public Theology: Ruminations on their Ambiguous Relationship,” International Journal of Public Theology 7/1 (2013): 5–23.
“Calamity and the Biblical God—Borderline or Line of Belonging? Intratextual Tension in Luke 13,” in Bible, Borders, Belonging(s): Engaging Readings from Oceania, edited by Jione Havea, David J. Neville, and Elaine M. Wainwright (Atlanta: SBL, 2014), 39–55.
“The Bible, Justice and Public Theology: An Introductory Essay,” in The Bible, Justice and Public Theology, edited by David J. Neville (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014), 1–21.
“Parable as Paradigm for Public Theology: Relating Theological Vision to Social Life,” in The Bible, Justice and Public Theology, edited by David J. Neville (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014), 145–60.
“Toward a Hermeneutic of Shalom: Reading Texts of Teleological Terror in Peace Perspective,” Word & World: Theology for Christian Ministry 34/4 (2014): 339–48.
“Love of Enemies, New Testament,” Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, Volume 17 (Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2019), 70–72.
“Like Lightning? Luke 17:22–37 Revisited in Interfaith Perspective,” in Things the Make for Peace: Traversing Text and Tradition in Christianity and Islam, edited by Anthony Rees (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020), 13–24.
Further Journal Articles and Book Chapters
“Anabaptist Pacifism,” Faith and Freedom: A Journal of Christian Ethics 6/2 (August 1998): 12–16. [Reprinted with a response by Graeme R. Chatfield in South Pacific Journal of Mission Studies, No. 28 (July 2003): 33–39.]
“Colour and Criticism: Light on the Gospels,” St Mark’s Review, No. 195 (2004): 29–36.
“C. S. Lewis and Christian Pacifism,” in Faith and Freedom: Christian Ethics in a Pluralist Culture, edited by David Neville and Philip Matthews (Adelaide: ATF Press, 2003), 205–216.
“Jesus’ Vision of God’s Fair Reign,” in “Into the World You Love”: Encountering God in Everyday Life, edited by Graeme Garrett (Adelaide: ATF Press, 2007), 36–49.
“The Bible as a Public Document: A Perspective on the Contribution of Anglicanism,” St Mark’s Review, No. 203 (2007): 35–45.
“Violating Faith via Eschatological Violence: Reviewing Matthew’s Eschatology,” in Validating Violence – Violating Faith: Interfaith Perspectives on Religious Violence, edited by William Emilsen and John Squires (Adelaide: ATF Press, 2008), 95–110.
“‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me’: Preaching from Luke in Year C,” St Mark’s Review, No. 213 (2010): 57–70.
“Things new and old: Preaching from Matthew in Year A,” St Mark’s Review, No. 216 (2011): 25–41.
“The way of the Lord: Preaching from Mark in Year B,” St Mark’s Review, No. 219 (2012): 17–34.
“The Spirit of promise: Preaching from Acts,” St Mark’s Review, No. 223 (2013): 51–66.
“The moral vision of Jesus in Matthew 5,” St Mark’s Review, No. 227 (2014): 46–61.
“Betwixt and between: Healing social distancing in Luke 17:11–19,” St Mark’s Review, No. 253 (2020): 60–69.
“Rightwising humility: Reviewing Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Agent in Luke 18:9–14,” St Mark’s Review, No. 256 (2021): 97–107.
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Lay Ministry Education Projects Officer
BA, BTh, PgDip Ed
Fiona is the Lay Ministry Education Projects Officer at St Francis College and is part of the FormEdFaith team.
In her role she creates and delivers educationally challenging materials designed to develop understanding and growth in areas of faith formation. Fiona’s audience is mostly lay people in parishes and Anglican schools and formation students at St Francis College.
Fiona started her professional life as a youth minister in the Anglican Church and then taught as an English, History and Religious Studies teacher in various secondary schools. She specialised in writing curriculum materials with a para-school organisation, which led to work with the Anglican Schools in Southern Queensland.
Working in adult faith education at St Francis College is a homecoming of sorts since she studied Theology at the college earlier in life.
When not developing resources for others to use, Fiona plays music with friends, hosts great parties, plans Christmas and goes camping. She says the best bit about camping is the sitting around and chatting under the stars, which she does a lot at home too…so maybe it’s not the camping that’s important
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Director of Lay Education & Lecturer in Practical Theology
MMin (CSU) BTh (CSU) Dip YEA (BCT) Dip Teach (Prim) (BCAE)
Jonathan Sargeant is Director of Lay Education. He advocates for faith formation as central to the ministry of every Anglican parish, curates resources and develops new programs that grow faith.
Jonathan has ministered as an educator for the Anglican Church Southern Queensland and beyond, since 1996. He passionately advocates for intentional faith formation, nurtures the 360 Project workshops, (a raft of learning seminars), creates online short courses for St Francis College and tends the FormedFaith website. He also lectures in Practical Theology; subjects such as Theology and the Arts, Christian Education and Youth, Culture and Mission.
He wrote the bestselling Religious Education Teachers Orientation Program and The R2 Program for Anglican religious education teachers as well as the FAIS (Formative Anglican Induction for Staff) program, facilitated with thousands of Anglican school staff members and Anglicare senior leaders.
In his spare time, Jonathan reviews films and pop culture and writes and performs music with The Dolby System, a synth-pop band described as “the sound of galaxies in heat death, time exploding and a good cup of tea.”
A selection
Comedic Portrayals of Jesus in Film, in AFTERLIVES: Jesus in Global Perspective, Wipf & Stock (2021)
Chaplain as Patron, Curator and Advocate of the Arts – using creativity as missional tool, in Ministry in Anglican Schools, Barton Books (2012)
From the Mouths of Babes – Children and Young People Interact with the Incarnation, in That Our Joy May be Complete: essays on the Incarnation for the New Millennium, edited by Marion Free, Rosemary Gill, Jonathan Holland, John Mainstone (2000)
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Director of the Spiritual Direction Formation Program
B Ed (JCU); MASD (Uni Div); Cert IV TAE (TAE40116); Cert of Spiritual Direction (2007); Grad Cert Supervision (2013) (MUD); Arrupe Program (formation for Ignatian Givers of the Spiritual Exercises)
Dale Keenan is Director of the Spiritual Direction Formation Program. In this role she manages the teaching and delivery of the four-year Certificate in Spiritual Direction, a one-year introductory course called The Art of Contemplative Listening and the one-year certificate course for training of supervisors of Spiritual Directors.
Dale has a Bachelor of Education and a Master’s degree in Spiritual Direction (MASD). Her teaching career was spent in vocational education working in TAFE (SA) and (QLD). Dale was appointed to her current role at St Francis College in 2015. Since her appointment, the Spiritual Direction Formation course has gained recognition from the Australian Ecumenical Community for Spiritual Direction (AECSD).
Dale is a member the following professional peak bodies - AAOS (Australasian Association of Supervisors), ANSD (Australian Network for Spiritual Direction) and SDI (Spiritual Directors International).
Dale enjoys reading, listening to music, giving and receiving spiritual direction and supervision. She is a Giver of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. She has been facilitating prayer and reflection groups to those living outside metropolitan areas for 20 years.
“Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius: Using Electronic Media to Provide Access to Spiritual Direction” Presence. Vol 22 No 1, March 2016, 18-26.
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Library Manager
BSc (JCU), DipEd (UQ), CertTh (IFE), MAppSc [Library and Information Management] (CSU)
📞 07 3514 7419
✉️ library@ministryeducation.org.au
Eve is the manager of the Roscoe Library at St Francis College. Her primary role is to provide students with current, reliable and appropriate resources, and to ensure that they know how best to access and to use them. As a member of the diocesan Social Responsibilities Committee, Eve also ensures justice issues are well-resourced.
Eve’s work supports faith formation, youth work, children’s ministry, spiritual direction, liturgical preparation, chaplaincy and religious education.
Prior to beginning at the Roscoe Library in 2007, Eve taught mathematics, science and religion in state and independent schools, mainly in Brisbane, but also in places further afield.
In her role as librarian, Eve assists authors as they prepare their works for publication. She has also been responsible for proof-reading books, book chapters and articles. From 2010-2020, Eve was on the editorial team of The ANZTLA EJournal, the official serial publication of the Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association.
Eve’s main delight is her family and friends. She also enjoys reading, theatre, music, puzzles, board games and outdoor activities. Her latest interests are learning the Irish language and taking classes in watercolour for beginners.
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Lecturer in Biblical Languages & Biblical Studies
PhD (CSU), BTh Honours (CSU), BTh (CSU), DipTh (ACT), BA (UQ), BMus Sch Mus A (UQ)
📞 07 3514 7413
✉️ mcraig@ministryeducation.org.au
Marie-Louise Craig began her career as a music teacher and musician. In 1986 she was ordained and, for 31 years, served as a Salvation Army Officer in congregational ministry with her husband, Major Gary Craig.
From 2013 to 2016, she taught Hebrew as a sessional lecturer at St Francis College, Milton and at the Nazarene Theological College, Thornlands. In 2017, she accepted a permanent position at St Francis College.
Marie-Louise has seven children with her husband Gary. She has continued to play music and has played in or conducted musical orchestras, Salvation Army brass bands, school bands and orchestras.
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
Pioneers and ‘no through roads’: The story of the early Hebrew-English lexicons. In J. Loopstra & M. Sokoloff (Eds.), Foundations for Syriac Lexicography V: Colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2012, pp. 21-42.
Lexicography: Pre-Modern Period. In G. Khan, S. Bolokzy, S. E. Fassberg, G. A. Rendsburg, A. D. Rubin, O. R. Schwarzwald & T. Zewi (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (Vol. 2). Leiden: Brill, 2013, pp. 514-520.
Take one Hebrew lexicon, add fresh theology and mix well: The impact of theology on Hebrew-English lexicons. In R. A. Taylor & C. E. Morrison (Eds.), Reflections on Lexicography: Explorations in Ancient Syriac, Hebrew, and Greek Sources. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2014, pp. 147-210.
Leaving Judgement to God: Jonah’s Struggle. In Things that Make for Peace: Traversing Text and Tradition in Christianity and Islam. Rees, A. (ed.). 1st ed. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2020, p. 75-90.
The emergence of Hebrew-English lexicons: From Udall to Parkhurst. (Bachelor of Theology Honours Thesis), Charles Sturt University, Canberra.
Hebrew-English Lexicons of the British Isles: From John Parkhurst (1762) to Benjamin Davies (1872). (PhD), Charles Sturt University.
What would you rather? To be followed or pursued? (Oct 2018)
But what if she’s said ‘No’? Backstories to the Bible by Cathy Laufer (Book Review) (Nov 2018)
Can you spot the difference? God can! (March 2021)
There is nothing new under the sun, and Mother God still loves us (October 2021)
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