You
are welcome to join us for Chapel each week; Devotions during Semester at
9.20am on Tuesday, Thursdays and Fridays, the Wednesday Service of Word and
Sacrament during the Semester is at 11.30am.
You
are also welcome to join us for Community Lunch at 12.40pm on the Wednesday
during the Semester time.
Sally-Ann Davis, General Manager – Administration and
Finance, was farewelled yesterday at the Community Morning Tea. This is a difficult time for Sally-Ann as she
leaves this work that she has been committed to for the last almost 12 years
and spends time with her husband Ray. We
thank Sally-Ann for the way in which she has patiently and competently with
grace handled Candidate and Faculty requests around admin and finance. We also thank Sally-Ann for her oversight of
the UTC finances and budget.
FROM THE FACULTY
Out
and About
Jione
Havea is attending a Pacific Conference of Churches Meeting in Fiji.
Steve
Wright, who recently completed his PhD, has accepted a full-time appointment as
lecturer in theology at Nazarene Theological College in Manchester. Steve and
his family will be moving to the UK to take up the position towards the end of
the year.
CSU Foundation Trust Scholarship
Offer– 2014 – Ellie
Elia has been awarded this scholarship.
We hope to celebrate this acknowledgment of Ellie in the near future.
Book Launch
Dr
Ruth Powell will launch the book “Witness the Story of God in the face of Jesus
Christ”, in honor of Dean Drayton, edited by Rev. Dr Chris Walker, Sunday 1
June, 2.30pm in the Auditorium.
The
invitation and order form will be sent out next week.
Publications
The
2013 UTC Inaugural Lecture will be published as "Participation in Christ:
An Analysis of Pauline Soteriology" Horizons in Biblical Theology.
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
Deadline for proposals: April 30, 2014
FROM STUDENT ASSOCIATION
FROM STUDENT ADMINISTRATION
Please note that the Student
Administration email address is now studentadmin@nsw.uca.org.au
FROM THE LIBRARY
We
have taken delivery of 10 copies of the special publication and they will be
available for sale at Camden Theological Library for $30 each. This will save
purchasers having to pay the $10 shipping cost.
Reconciliation Well – Prayer Book - The Library has been
given the privilege of ‘hosting’ a special book for the next few weeks.
This
is the ‘Reconciliation Well – Prayer Book’ which was launched on 15th
March at the Surrender Conference in Victoria.
This
book gives everyone an opportunity to express their prayers on the journey of
Reconciliation within Australia. This coincides with the National
Reconciliation Week and the Week of Prayer for Reconciliation between 27 May
and 3 June.
You
are invited to write your prayers of encouragement and vision for the lives of
young Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Christian leaders. This book hopes to
travel around Australia’s communities and churches over the next 18 months.
It
is an initiative of World Vision and Reconciliation Australia.
I
hope that you will be encouraged to visit us in the Library and to take the
opportunity write your prayer.
COMMUNITY NOTICES
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
Conveners:
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:
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