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Re-imagining Home Economics: The Missiological Imperative of Embodied Economic Witness in Twenty-First Century Australia
(Morling Press, 2019) Cornford, Jonathan; Whitley College
Money Made Us: Reading Australia Through Jesus’ Teaching on Money
(Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2023) Cornford, Jonathan; Whitley College
Degradation ceremonies and the politics of the vaccine mandate: An ethnographic analysis of the Melbourne Construction Industry Protests, September 2021
(Routledge, 2025-12-30) Isham, Amy; Mavver, Kev; Shively, Elizabeth; Catholic Theological College
This paper uses Garfinkel’s model of “Degradation Ceremonies” to analyze the measurable ways in which the Andrews state government (Victoria, Australia) escalated enmity between the ingroup and outgroup, as represented by the #IstandwithDan hashtags and #DictatorDan hashtags on Twitter in Melbourne in September 2021. The enforcement of mandatory vaccination for members of the construction industry acted as a public shaming to tradesmen in Victoria who chose not to vaccinate. Subsequently, the shamed began to identify themselves as “other” which led to alliances with more extreme groups, both social and religious. The group behavior of this outgroup were then identified as enemies by the ingroup and labeled with identities such as “anti-vaxxers” “conspiracy theorists” or “simply “covidiots”. This chapter explores the way that compliance to COVID19 regulations defined ingroup identity, how ingroup membership took on a spiritual tone against members of the outgroup.This split eroded trust in Victorian representative leadership and required vaccination to return to ingroup identity. This paper attempts to understand the rapid change in socio-political identity as well as the implications for social identity and leadership theory.
Costumes of Prestige and Authority in Christian Nubia
(Hannibal, 2025-11-01) Innemée, Karel; Cäcilia Fluck; St Athanasius College
A study of how costumes in Christian Nubia functioned as a non-verbal form of communication, expressing power and authority of Church and state and the relation between the two.
Elijah, Prophet between Heaven and Earth
(Brill, 2025-06-01) Innemée, Karel; Barbara Crostini; St Athanasius College
A study of the iconography of the prophet Elijah in connection with cult places on mountain tops and a comparative analysis of the role that mountain tops played in Old Testament and Christian traditions.