Faith & Public Office Conference, Presented by The Centre for the Study of Science, Religion and Society and the TC Beirne School of Law
Event Details
- Date:
- Thursday, 03 September 2015
- Time:
- All Day
- Room:
- Emmanuel College, Sir William MacGregor Drive, St Lucia
- UQ Location:
- Emmanuel College (St Lucia)
- URL:
- http://centressrs.org/events/faith_public_office/
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Michelle Aroney
- Phone:
- -
- Email:
- m.aroney@emmanuel.uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Emmanuel College
Event Description
- Full Description:
- FAITH & PUBLIC OFFICE
Conference — Thursday 3 September 2015
To what extent should the duties expected of people who hold high public office constrain the expression of their personal faith?
To what extent should their personal faith influence the performance of their public duties?
Much consideration has been given in recent years to questions of the relationship between faith and politics, but most of these discussions have been generic in nature, and have tended to focus on the role of religious beliefs in the formulation of public policy in a very general sense. What these debates have not focussed on, however, are the special issues that arise when a person holds an official position which imposes on that person special public duties which constrain the operation of his or her private convictions, whether these convictions are of a religious, political or other nature.
The Faith and Public Office conference will address these latter kinds of questions from two perspectives. Firstly, a number of Christian individuals who have held high public office will reflect on their experiences in dutifully performing their official responsibilities in a manner consistent with, and perhaps even informed by, their personal faith. Secondly, prominent specialists in political philosophy, law and theology will offer academic perspectives on the question of the legitimate role of faith convictions in high public office. By bringing together practitioners and academics in this way, the conference promises to investigate in a fresh way the very unique and important questions that arise when people of faith hold positions of high public office.
Confirmed speakers:
Lieutenant General John Murray Sanderson, former Governor of WA and Chief of the Australian Army
Fiona Simpson MP, LNP Member for Maroochydore, former Speaker
The Honourable John Anderson AO, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Chair of Overseas Council Australia
Michael Cooney, Executive Director of the Chifley Research Centre and former speechwriter for Prime Minister the Hon Julia Gillard MP
Professor Nicholas Aroney (Ph.D), Professor of Constitutional Law, The University of Queensland
Joel Harrison (Ph.D), Lecturer in Law, Macquarie University
More speakers announced soon.
Read more about our speakers here: http://centressrs.org/events/faith_public_office/speakers-and-program/
See a draft program here: https://cssrs14.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/faith-public-office-conference-program_draft-20150507.pdf
Cost: EARLY BIRD BEFORE 3 JULY $60; FROM 4 JULY $90
(includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea)
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/faith-public-office-tickets-16855869359
Registration closes Friday 28 August 2015.
Co-sponsored by Emmanuel College and the TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
Directions to UQ
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- Directions:
- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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