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PHILIP
ALMOND
Philosophy of religion, modern Western religious thought, 17th & 18th
century cultural & religious history.
- Adam
and Eve in Seventeenth-Century Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1999
- Heaven
and Hell in Enlightenment England. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1994.
- 'Druids,
Patriarchs, and the Primordial Religion', The Journal of Contemporary
Religion (forthcoming).
- 'Changing
Views of Heaven and Hell', Asia Journal of Theology 13(1999),
159-71.
- 'Druids, Patriarchs, and the Primordial Religion', The Journal of Contemporary Religion (forthcoming).
ROD BUCKNELL
Early Buddhism; Pali-Chinese textual studies; meditation theory and practice.
- The
Meditative Way: Readings in the theory and practice of Buddhist meditation
(co-edited by Chris Kang) Richmond: Curzon, 1997.
- Sanskrit
Manual: A quick-reference guide to the phonology and grammar of Classical
Sanskrit . Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1993
- The
Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist meditation and symbolism
(co-authored by Martin Stuart-Fox). London: Curzon, 1986
- 'Engaged
Buddhism in Australia', Chris Queen (ed.) Engaged Buddhism in the
West. Boston: Wisdom, 1999
- 'Conditioned
Arising Evolves: Variation and change in textual accounts of the Paticca-samuppada
doctrine', Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
22, 1999.
- 'Reinterpreting
the jhanas', Journal of the International Association of Buddhist
Studies, 16, 1993.
ED CONRAD
Reading prophetic books and the role of messengers of the Lord in the
Old Testament.
- Reading
Isaiah. Overtures to Biblical Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress, Press,
1991.
- Zechariah.
Readings: A New Biblical Commentary. Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.
- 'Prophet,
Redactor and Audience: Reforming the Notion of Isaiah's Formation',
New Visions of Isaiah. Ed. R. F. Melugin and M. A. Sweeney. JSOTSup
213. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press [1996] 306-26.
- 'The
End of Prophecy and the Appearance of Angels in the Book of the Twelve',
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 73 (1997) 65-79. ·
- 'Reading
Isaiah and the Twelve as Prophetic Books',Writing and Reading the
Scroll of Isaiah: Studies of an Interpretive Tradition. SVT LXX.
Ed. C. C. Broyles and C. A. Evans. Leiden: Brill [1997] 3-17. ·
- 'Messengers
in Isaiah and the Twelve: Implications for Reading Prophetic Books',
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, forthcoming
TAMARA
DITRICH
Old Indian linguistics; Panini and the Rgveda; Buddhist meditation; new
religious movements in Hinduism.
- Martin
Krpan z Verha, Ljubljana, FF, 1982
- Pesem o Nalu;
Uvod Mentor 4, Ljubljana, 1988
- Verovanje
v vasi na Dolenjskem, Problemi 9/10. Ljubljana, 1983 · Pesem o Nalu;
Uvod Mentor 4, Ljubljana, 1988
- Hinduizem;
Theravadski Buddhizem; Tibetanski Buddhizem; Zoroastrizem Mitologia,
Vol. 1 Ljubljana, MK, 1988
- O mislecu
Krishnamurtiju, Mentor 7-8, 341-8; 9-10, 435-43; 1-2, 58-673-4,
132-40, Ljulbjana, 1989-90
- Jiddu
Krishnamurti: Problemi zivljenja, Ljubljana, MK, 1994 · Review of
Sveti spisi, Rgvedske himne, Dnevnik, Ljubljana, 1998
- Mdo mdzans
blum: Suta o modrosti in neumnosti, Kulture Istoka (forthcoming)
- Indological
studies in Australia, Indology: Past, Present & Future University
of Poona (forthcoming)
LYNNE
HUME
New
religious movements and alternative spiritualities; paganism; women &
religion; phenomenology; anthropology of religion and of consciousness;
indigenous religions.
- Witchcraft
& paganism in Australia. Melbourne Univ. Press, 1997
- 'Australian
aboriginal responses to the Bible', Ethnicity & the Bible. Mark
Brett (ed.) Leiden, Brill, 1996: 359-379
- 'Creating
sacred space: Outer expressions of inner worlds in Modern Wicca', Journal
of Contemporary Religion (1998) 13 (3): 309-320
- 'On the
unsafe side of the white divide: New perspectives on the dreaming of
Australian aborigines', Anthropology of Consciousness 1999, 10(1):
1-15
- Exporting
Nature Religions: Problems in praxis down under. Nova Religio
1999 2(2): 287-298
RICHARD
A. HUTCH
Religion
and the social sciences, with a particular emphasis on psychological studies.
Current research projects include the nature of human spirituality, healing,
and health in world religions and contemporary medical practice.
- The
Meaning of Lives: Biography, Autobiography and the Spiritual Quest.
London: Cassell, 1997.
- Report
from Berlin: Freedom for Religions in Germany, October 27-28, 1997',
Australian Religion Studies Review 11/1 [1998] 54-62.
- The Meaning of
Lives: Biography, Autobiography and the Spiritual Quest. London: Cassell, 1997.
- 'Faith
is a Telescope: The Ritualization of Vision in the Early Life of Ralph
Waldo Emerson', The Psychoanalytic Review 83/5 [1996] 735-760.
- 'Depersonalisation
and the Magic of Deifying the Body: Clinical Notes on a Political Hostage',
Crossing Boundaries in the Psychology of Religion: Case Studies in
Cross-National and Cross-Denominational Context [eds. J.A. Belzen
& J. Corveleyn] Akademi University, Religionsvetenskapliga skrifter
42 [1999] 61-80.
- "Over
My Dead Body": A 'Common Sense' Test of Saintliness', The Struggle
for Life: A Companion to William James', The Varieties of Religious
Experience [ed. Donald Capps and Janet L. Jacobs; West Lafayette,
Indiana: Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Monograph Series
No. 9] 1995, 147-162.
- Major
Review Article: 'Writing Lives in Psychoanalytic Silence, A Most Dangerous
Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein' (John Kerr;
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993) and 'Ignatius of Loyola: The Psychology
of a Saint' (W.W. Meissner; New Haven and London: Yale University Press,
1992), Religious Studies Review 22/2 [1996] 114-118.
MICHAEL
LATTKE
New Testament, Early Christianity, Apocrypha & Pseudigrapha, Qumran &
Gnosis.
- Hymnus.
Materialen zu einer Geschichte der antiken Hymnologie. XIV. Freiburg.
Schweiz: Universitätsverlag/Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1991.
- Oden
Salomos::übersetzt und eingeleitet. Freiburg: Herder, 1995.
- Die
Oden Salomos in ihrer Bedeutung für Neues Testament und Gnosis.
Vol. IV: Ausgewählte Studien und Vorträge. XII. Freiburg, Schweiz: Universitätsverlag
/ Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998.
- Oden
Salomos: Text, Übersetzung, Kommentar. Teil 1: Oden 1 und 3-14.:
Freiburg, Schweiz: Universitätsverlag / Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,
1999.
- 'The
Call to Discipleship and Proselytizing', Harvard Theological Review
92 [1999] 359-362.
ROSS
REAT
Eastern
religions. Assoc. Prof. Reat is currently on extended leave.
RICK
STRELAN
The New Testament and its cultural world, especially in the Gospel of
Mark and in the Acts of the Apostles
- Crossing
the Boundaries: A Commentary on Mark. Lutheran Publishing House,
Adelaide 1991.
- Paul,
Artemis & the Jews in Ephesus. de Gruyter, Berlin, 1996
- 'Gamaliel's
Hunch: Peter & Paul in Acts', Australian Biblical Review, 1999.
- 'Atenizein:
Strange stares in Acts', Novum Testamentum 41 [1999] 235-255
- 'To
Sit is To Mourn: The women at the tomb [Mth 27:61]', Colloquium
31 [1999] 31-45.
- 'The
Fallen Watchers in Mark', Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
[forthcoming 1999/2000]
PETER
HARRISON
Early
modern philosophy, religion & science; philosophy of religion.
- The
Bible, Protestantism & the rise of Natural Science. Cambridge, C.U.P.,
1998
- 'The Virtues of
Animals in 17th Century Thought', Journal of the History of Ideas 59 [1998] 463-85.
- 'The
Virtues of Animals in 17th Century Thought', Journal of the History
of Ideas 59 [1998] 463-85.
- 'Reading
the Passions: The Fall, the Passions and Dominion over Nature', in S.
Gaukroger The Soft Underbelly of Reason: The Passions in the Seventeenth
Century (London: Routledge, 1998) 49-78
- 'Subduing
the Earth: Genesis 1, Modern Science and the Exploitation of Nature',
The Journal of Religion, 79 (1999) 86-109
- Prophecy,
Early-Modern apologetics and Hume's Argument against Miracles', Journal
of the History of Ideas 60 1999) 241-57.
PRIMOZ
PECENKO
Pali
language & literature, Pali commentaries & subcommentaries, Pali manuscripts
& textual criticism, Sanskrit language & literature.
- Anguttaranikayatika,
Catuttha-Saratthamanjusa - Ekanipata. Volume 3. Oxford:The Pali
Text Society, 1999.
- Anguttaranikaya,
Catuttha-Saratthamanjusa - Ekanipata II-XIV
- Nivaranappahana-vaggavannana-Etadaggavaggavannana.
Volume 2. The Pali Text Society, Oxford 1997.
- Anguttaranikayatika,
Catuttha-Saratthamanjusa - Ekanipata I: Gantharambhakatha, Gantharambhakavannana,
Rupadivaggavannana. Volume 1. The Pali Text Society, Oxford, 1996.
- 'The
tikas on the four Nikayas & their Myanmar & Sinhala sources', Myanmar
Two Millennia Conference, Yangon, 1999.
- 'Review
of Catalogue of palm leaf MSS kept in the Otani University Library',
Indo-Iranian Journal 41[1998] 301-304
- 'Sariputta
and his works', Journal of Pali Text Society 23 [1997] 159-179.
The above
are some of the current research interests and relevant publications of
the staff. More complete details area available from each staff member.
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COMPLETED Ph.D. THESES
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1978
Moore, R.
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Right
with God
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1982
Parker, D.
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Fundamentalism
& Conservative Protestantism in Australia 1920-1980
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1983
Fenner, P.
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Reason,
Insight & Awakening: Philosophical Psychology in the Madhyamika
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1984
Edwards, D.
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An
Examination of the Mystic Way & the Active Way in Christianity
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1988
Nelson, P.
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The
Technology of the Praeternatural
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1988
Yates, J.
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"The
Eternal Life": On the Nature & Necessity of the Timelessness
of God
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1988
Davidson, M.
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Angels
at Qumran: A comparative study of 1 Enoch 1-36, 72-108, & sectarian
writings from Qumran
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1988
Bishop, P.
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An
Archaeology of Shangri-La: Tibet, Travel Writing, & the Creation
of Sacred Space
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1989
Harrison, P.
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"Religion"
& Religions in British Thought: Lord Herbert to Hume
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1989
Jenks, G.
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The
Origins & Development of the Antichrist Myth
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1990
Jordan, T.
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Social
Power and Sacred Symbols: A ritual theory of religious non-violence
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1990
Franzmann, M.
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An
Analysis of the Poetical Structure and Form of the Odes of Solomon
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1990
Wainwright, E.
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Towards
a Feminist Critical Reading of the Gospel according to Matthew
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1991
Harrison, J.
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Joh
Bjelke-Petersen & the Religious Culture of Queensland
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1991
Ringma, C.
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Gadamer's
dialogical hermeneutic: The hermeneutics of Bultmann, of the New
Testament sociologists and of the social theologians in dialogue
with Gadamer's hermeneutic
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1991
Weightman, C.
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Michael
Polanyi's philosophy of science & its impact on theology
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1992
Crangle, E.
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The
Origin & Development of Early Indian Contemplative Practices
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1992
McDiarmid, D.
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Stewardship
and Tithing in the Episcopal Church
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1993
Moss, A.
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Prov.1:20-33
The Oratory of Persuasion & Threat: a reader oriented commentary
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1993
Rose, M.
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A
History of feminist influences and women's responses to them in
the Australian Anglican Church
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1993
Harrison, P.
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Education
for Liberation
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1994
Ball, L.
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Queensland
Baptists in the 19th Century: the historical development of a denominational
identity
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1994
Cowdell, S.
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The
Uniqueness & Finality of Jesus Christ in Late 20th Century Christian
Thought
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1994
Dizdar, D.
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Christian
scriptures as paradigm for theology
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1994
Do Rozario, L.A.
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The
religious nature of health and well-being of people with chronic
physical illness & disabilities
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1994
Reddicliffe, R.
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Narcissism
& Religious Orientation as Factors in the Selection and Training
of Clergy in Contemporary Australia
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1995
Strelan, R.
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Paul,
Artemis & the Jews in Ephesus
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1995
Willis, R.
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An
uninterpreted description of Aboriginal Religion
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1996
Mayer, W.E.
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The
Provenance of the Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
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1996
Dawson, A.
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Freedom
in Early Christianity
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1996
Ferreira, J.
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Johannine
Ecclesiology
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1997
Eckersley, N.
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The
non-religious Christianity envisaged by Bonhoeffer
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1997
Free. M.
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Eschatology
- the nature of the present in Paul
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1997
Pitman, D.
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Difference
is everything! 20th Century Christian responses to religious
pluralism
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1997
Reynolds-Hutchinson, B.
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An
examination of Rosemary Haughton's model of reality developed in
The Passionate God
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1997
Skilton, R.,
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Ways
of Knowing: Implications of Theories of Cognition for Religious
Education
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1997
Ting, G. H.
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John
Wesley and the Psalms: The Music of the Heart
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1998
Nelson, P.
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Continuity
and Divergence in Early Indian Madhyamaka
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1999 Choong, M.K.
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Fundamental teachings of early
Buddhism: A comparative study (Sutra Anga & Samyukta-agama)
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1999 Cole, K.
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Reading Nehemiah from a leadership
perspective
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1999 Ruddiman, W.
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Challenge, crisis & response in the
Roman Catholic archdiocese of Brisbane
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1999 Spuler, M.
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The development of Diamond Sangha
Zen Buddhist groups in Australia
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2000 Weiler, P.
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Readings in Hyperspirituality:
Postmodern Allusions in contemporary popular pentecostal literature
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CURRENT
PH.D. CANDIDATES
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Ball,
L. J.
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John's
Polemic Against Israel and the Jews
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Beirne,
P.
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Ch'oe
Suun: His World of Symbols: A critical examination of the founder
of Korea's first indigenous religion
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Benedetti, A.
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Church, state & community: A collaborative approach to
child welfare
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Bishop,
A.
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Religious
Modification in Aboriginal Australia
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Brodie, R.
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The Kabilarians:
The intersection of law & religion in the Commonwealth
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Carden,
M.
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Staying
the Night in Sodom & Gibeah: Inter- textuality, Biblical Reception
& Homophobia
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Choe,
M. S.
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Book
of Isaiah and Korean Reunification
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Curry, G.
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Stephen the Levite: Characterisations of histories of
nursing 1850-2000
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Doupe, H.
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Advaita Vedanta & the counselling relationship: the
Influence of practitioner consciousness
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Ferreira-Jardim, A.
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Textcritical study of meditation in early Buddhism
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Genn,
C.
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Sufi
Movement in Australia: Relationship between the spiritual teacher
and disciple
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Girola, S.
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The Aborigines & the Australian State: The position of the Catholic church in Australia
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Gould, S.
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Reading the Bible in the Huli church
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Haar,
S.C.
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Simon
Magus: the First Gnostic
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Haase,
W.
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Textlinguistic
Evaluation: The Joseph Cycle
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Hannan,
M.
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Kingdom
of Heaven in the Gospel of Matthew
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Harris,
B.
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Gnostic
Influences in the work of Jacob Boehme
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Ireland,
J. J.
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Undertanding
of Christian theology amongst Dani students in Irian Jaya
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Jang, S.
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Particularism & universalism in the Book of Isaiah: An assessment of Korean religious pluralism from a biblical perspective
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Kang, C.
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Comparative study of the accounts of meditative stages in Pali Buddhism & Ananda Marga
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Kautil,
S. K.
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Indigneity:
The encounter between Christianity, revivalist movements and traditional
religions
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Kearney,
P.J.
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Phenomena
& Relationship in Early Buddhism
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Kelso, J.
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Rethinking the Queen of Sheba in the male utopia that is Chronicles
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Kerkhove,
R.
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Authority
& Egolessness in the Emergence & Impact of Meher Baba
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Kim,
S. G.
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Interaction
Between Christian Gospel and Korean Religious Culture in the Twentieth
Century
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Legge, R.
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Investigation of Australian pentecostal hermeneutics in the 20th Century
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Lim,
J.
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A
Theology of the Pentateuch: A reading strategy
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Little,
D.
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Inductive
Hermeneutics & Biblical Interpretation
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Luckensmeyer D.
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An historical critical exegesis of I Thessalonians 4:13-5:11
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McCleary, R.
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Authority, inspiration & heresy in Gay Spirituality
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McEwan, D.
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Examination of John Wesley’s theological methodology in pastoral practice
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McLellan,
D.
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Leon
Morris & The Cross
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McRae, B.
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Comparison of rabbinical contemporary exegesis of the Book of Ruth
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Marks, B.
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The apocryphal “Susanna”
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Parker,
D.
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Indescribable
and Glorious Joy: The social function of spirit and symbolic universe
in 1
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Porter,
M.
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Effects
of representations of the Virgin Mary on a group of contemporary
Catholic mothers
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Rose,
P.
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Re-membering
the Goddess
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Salecich,
J.
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Investigation
of Chaplaincy as a Phenomenon in Queensland State Schools
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Shore, V.
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Hearing the spirit in apocalyptic literature with specific interest in the Book of Revelation
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Smith, D.
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Christology without Dualism: A metaphysical study of the nature of Christ beyond Chalcedon
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Stephens, S.
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Ecrypture: Seven transgressions to close the book; or differance & the Hebrew Bible
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Tilton,
H.
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Count
Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens: Symbols of Transformation
in an Alchemical Book of Emblems
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White,
G.M.
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The
Book of Job: Exegetical and Literary Responses
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Woodward, R.
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Archetypes, mythology & art: An investigation of the concept of archetypes in myths & arts as a reflection of the psyche
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