UTC
eNews Wednesday 5 March 2014
FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL
Classes
have begun this week. It’s good to see
people back on the site.
Thank
you to all who participated in the Opening Service and thank you to William
Emilsen for the Guest Lecture. To all
who prepared the facilities and provided the food we wish to acknowledge and
thank you.
The
candidate orientation last week provided space for reconnecting and the
building of collegiality. The focus was
“Exploring Leadership”. We thank Sue
Kaldor for her facilitation on this topic.
COMMUNITY MORNING TEA
Will
held on Thursday Mornings for session one in the Atrium at 10:45am. All are
welcome.
FROM THE FACULTY
- Out and About
Carolyn and Jione attended Fololeni
Tafokitau’s Ordination and Induction on
March 2 at Petersham Tongan Church.
March 2 at Petersham Tongan Church.
Steve
Wright has passed the examination process for his PhD, and will graduate at the
end of the year. Congratulations, Steve!
Postcolonial
engagement: Politics, Religions, Scriptures
This conference will explore ways of thinking and
being postcolonial in colonial surroundings.
What legacies of colonization linger in the
decisions, practices and events in and around our societies, faith
communities, scriptures and nations? How might we engage the colonialist tendencies
and blind-spots that drive the machineries of politics, economics, services,
religions and scriptures? How might we live, interact, believe and read post
colonially in our colonial and invaded contexts?
Venue: Centre for Ministry, 16 Masons Drive, North
Parramatta, NSW 2151
Date:
01-02 August 2014
Call
for papers: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5es1b28m50p8x8w/postcolonialEngagement.doc
Deadline for proposals: Mar 31, 2014
Great Spiritual Leaders Book Launch
Sef
Carroll (PhD student) and William
Emilsen have edited a new book entitled
“Great Spiritual Leaders – Studies in leadership for a pluralistic
society”
The book explores the nature and nurture of
‘leadership’ from a variety of different faith perspectives. Some book chapters
have been written by UTC Faculty past and present including John Squires, Jeff Aernie and Ben Myers.
This book is available for purchase from Student
Administration at a pre-launch price of $25 plus postage.
FROM STUDENT ADMINISTRATION
Please
note that the Student Administration email address is now studentadmin@nsw.uca.org.au all
queries for Jenny or Renee are sent to this new email address.
Students
should be able to view their 201430 subjects through their CSU interact site
around the 10th of February, this is also when CSU Finance will
raise invoices for any students who pay in advance for their study.
A reminder that UTC Student Administration
has a new email address. Please send all inquiries to studentadmin@nsw.uca.org.au as
both Renee & Jenny will be able to access this and reply promptly to your
request.
Classes for Session one 2014 begin on Monday
March 3
A reminder to all students that if you
have not already done so please enrol in subjects for 201430 as soon as
possible. A $50 - $100 late fee will apply unfortunately as the cut off date
for on time enrolment was Jan31.
The
Gospel According to John Illuminated
Fiona Pfennigwerth, who has recently completed her Master
of Theology Honours at Charles Sturt University through United Theological
College, has graciously lent Camden Theological Library, a series of the
original illustrations from her forthcoming publication, which blends the text
of John’s Gospel with illustrations of the Australian outback.
As we move towards Lent, we invite you to take the
opportunity to visit the Library between Monday 24th February and
Friday 21st March and to view the words of John’s Gospel in a fresh
way.
The Biennial Conference in Philosophy,
Religion and Culture will take place 4 – 5 October 2014
Theme:
FAITH AND THE POLITICAL
The
theme 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 assessing 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)
Venue:
Catholic Institute of Sydney
Contact:
Andrew Murray: apmurray@cis.catholic.edu.au
Full
details are available on the website:
Camden Theological Library
From
17-21 March Camden
Theological Library will be holding a huge second hand book sale.
Hundreds
of second hand books will be available at low prices. Access will be provided
to the books will be between 10.30am – 6pm daily from Monday 17th
March until Thursday 20th March.
The
sale will close promptly at 12 noon on Friday 21st March.
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