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Rosemary P. Carbine, Nevertheless, We Persist: A Feminist Public Theology
(2026) Monro, Anita; St Francis College
Review of Nevertheless, We Persist: A Feminist Public Theology by Rosemary P. Carbine
Lorraine Cavanaugh, Re-Building the Ruined Places: A Journey Out of Childhood Abuse
(2026) Monro, Anita; St Francis College
Review of Re-Building the Ruined Places: A Journey Out of Childhood Abuse by Lorraine Cavanaugh.
Epistemologie im lokativen Kasus: Die ungeschaffenen Energien und ortsbasierte Wissensweisen
(2024) Reid, Duncan; Trinity College Theological School
.John Chryssavgis has proposed that the Palamite distinction between essence and energies might be a helpful, perhaps necessary, way forward for a theological reception of Indigenous Australian epistemology, and that this way of knowing can be properly understood as a work of the Holy Spirit. This article revisits Chryssavgis’s proposal, first made in 1990, in the light of recent Indigenous theological writing. By contrast, another recent theological attempt to enter into dialogue with an Indigenous worldview, that of Michael Bowden, will also be considered. It is argued that Chryssavgis’s approach is to be preferred on the grounds that God’s transcendence is safeguarded alongside the presence of Holy Spirit in country.
Book Review: Peter Stork: “Cosmos & Revelation: Reimagining God’s Creation in the Age of Science”
(2026-05-12) Wayte, Simon; Catholic Theological College
This work reviews the book "Cosmos & Revelation: Reimagining God's Creation in the Age of Science" by Peter Stork.
Reading Scripture as a discursive fight to the death: The Bible and the battle over the truth of sex and sexuality
(T&T Clark (International), 2026) Jennings, Mark; Greenough, Christopher; Wollaston Theological College
When it comes to sexuality, gender identity and the Bible, the machinations of power in the religious ‘field’ are arguably more evident than in relation to any other issue. What is revealed in quotes such as those I have just shared – the first from an LGBTQ+ former Pentecostal-Charismatic Christian (PCC) attempting to convince his parents of the possibility of an inclusive position, the latter from a PCC pastor championing a conservative stance – is a contest over competing versions of the ‘truth’ regarding sexuality and gender. The research and analysis outlined in this chapter, drawn from interviews with Australian PCC pastors and leaders, are typified by two broadly vying approaches. On the one hand, Australian PCC leaders generally espouse a position predicated upon what I have elsewhere referred to as the ‘transformation discourse,' on the basis of which they contend that sexuality which fails to conform to heteronormativity is sinful and in need of transformation (hence the name) or must be contained by abstinence. In contrast, a group of ‘heretical’ leaders – typically LGBTQ+ people themselves, or allies – ground their position upon a ‘reverse discourse’, advocating for diversity of sexual orientation and practice. These approaches reflect the contending sexuality discourses Michel Foucault first identified in 'The History of Sexuality' (1978). The sexuality discourse reflects a new scientific approach to sex and desire in the modern West – the scientia sexualis – which Foucault contended resulted in the ‘invention’ of homosexuality: viz, the individual not merely desiring but also being sexually oriented toward those of their own gender.