Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2008

Neoplatonism as a Framework for Christian Theology: Reconsidering the Trinitarian Ontology of Marius Victorinus

History and Theology in Dialogue on the Trinity

What’s in a Name? Book Titles in the New Testament

The Vulnerability of the Literalist: A Critique of William R. Herzog II’s Interpretation of the Parable of the Talents

African Communitarian Ethics in the Theological Work of Bénézet Bujo

Women in Islam and Catholicism: Sydney Women Speak

Dwelling in the Household of God; Johannine Ecclesiology and Spirituality

Theodoret of Cyrus: Commentary on Daniel

Prayer and Spirituality in the early Church

Scholarship and Fierce Sincerity: Henry D. A. Major, The Face of Modern Anglicanism

In Many and Diverse Ways: In Honor of Jacques Dupuis

Celebrating Difference, Staying Faithful: How to live in a Multi-faith World

Jesus of Africa: Voices of Contemporary African Christology

Eschatology and Hope

Being Single: Insights for Tomorrow's Church

ALBERT HAIG (BMedSc Hons, University of Newcastle, 1992; PhD, University of Sydney, 2002; MDiv, Australian College of Theology, 2006) is currently completing an MA in philosophy at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded the Andrew Campbell Prize for best postgraduate essay in metaphysics (2006). He has seventeen published articles in the field of neuroscience, and three in philosophy and religion. His present interests relate to the meaning of religious claims, the concept of analogical description of deity, divine revelation and hermeneutics. NEIL ORMEROD is Professor of Theology and Director of the Institute of Theology, Philosophy and Religious Education at Australian Catholic University. His most recent works are Creation, Grace and Redemption (Orbis: 2007) and a chapter in Vatican II: did anything happen? (Continuum: 2007) with John O'Malley, Joseph Komonchak and Stephen Schloesser. He has published broadly, including a number of articles in Theological Studies. His research interests are ecclesiology, Trinity, anthropology and theological method. GREGORY GOSWELL (PhD Sydney, 2002) has been since 2001 Lecturer in Biblical Studies (Old Testament and Hebrew) at the Presbyterian Theological College, Box Hill North, Victoria, where he is currently Principal. He is assistant editor of the Reformed Theological Review, and has contributed articles to a number of journals and collections on the Old Testament and its contemporary interpretation. BEN CHENOWETH (MTh Australian College of Theology, 2003) is currently working in St. Petersburg, Russia, with SIL. His interests include the intersection of Biblical Interpretation and the Arts, and to this end he has written a musical based on the book of Esther, a play that approaches the book of 1 Samuel from the perspective of Saul, and he is currently working on a novel that is actually a thinly disguised commentary of the book of Revelation. WILSON MUOHA MAINA (PhD Fordham, 2005) is currently Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of West Florida, Pensacola, USA. Born and raised in Kenya, his special interest is the study of African traditional religions and philosophy, and their dialogue with Christian doctrines and ethics. Recent publications include “The Foundations of African Christian Theologies: African Traditional Religion(s) and African Historical and Cultural Contexts”, African Christian Studies 23 (2007) 63-94; “African Christian Ethic as a Liberation Ethic in the Theology of Bénézet Bujo”, African Christian Studies 22 (2006) 5-28; and “Moral Theological Issues in the Provision of Healthcare in Kenya: The Problem of Globalization”, African Christian Studies 20 (2004) 55-70. PATRICIA MADIGAN, OP, is Executive Officer of the Commission for Ecumenism in the Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay. She has recently completed her doctorate in the Department of Arabic and Islamic studies in the University of Sydney on the topic of Women and Fundamentalism in Islam and Catholicism. Her research interests include the history and theology of ecumenical and interfaith relations, especially Christian-Muslim relations, theology of interfaith dialogue, women and interfaith dialogue, interfaith ethics.