Report on Research and Professional Activities 2014 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Academic Faculty Profiles 3 Research Degree Graduates 2014 131 Research Degree Candidates: Thesis Topics and Titles 132 This copy is accurate at time of printing. However the official copy is housed on the College website, and updated whenever corrections and changes are required: www.scd.edu.au Sydney College of Divinity Suite G5, Postal Address, PO Box 1882 Suite 6B 5 Talavera Rd Macquarie Park, Macquarie Centre, NSW 2113 NSW 2113 Ph. (02) 9889 1969; Fax (02) 9889 2281 Web: www.scd.edu.au Sydney College of Divinity Ltd T/A Sydney College of Divinity ACN 002 653 036 2 Academic Faculty Profiles Bruce G Allder Qualifications BPharm (SAIT 1976); MDiv (NTS Kansas City 1986); EdD (Griffith 2006). Academic Classification Level B - Lecturer Institution Nazarene Theological College Employment status Full-time Subject area Pastoral Theology and Practice; Liturgical Studies RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & RESEARCH ACTIVITY Current research Role of context in preaching and teaching; video conference teaching; Completing a written personal response to grieving and spiritual formation. Participation in church, Member National Board of the Church of the Nazarene government and industry Australia; bodies Member, District Superintendent Fellowship Group, Aust & NZ. Membership of ANZATS, professional bodies and ANZATS Brisbane Chapter; offices currently held International Society for Cultural and Activity Research (ISCAR) Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING Administrative Principal, NTC leadership Tertiary teaching Introduction to Preaching; Principles of Christian Leadership; Issues in Pastoral Theology: spirituality and crisis; Supervision of Supervised Ministry Experience; Introduction to Pastoral Theology. Professional development SCD Planning Days Feb 4, 2014; Aug 25, 2014. in educational leadership, learning and teaching “Discipline based professional development: peer review and new course implementation” Dr Les Ball March 13, 2014 Brisbane. “Information technology and academic processes” Global Consortium of Nazarene Seminaries and Graduate Schools of 3 Theology, March 21-22, 2014 Johannesburg, South Africa. “Critical Issues in Ecclesiology” Global Theology Conference III Church of the Nazarene Johannesburg, Sth Africa March 23-26, 2014. Published a sermon in Nazarene Preaching Magazine, “The Silences of Christ” April 2014. “After Crucifixion” – Dr Craig Keen July 2 Trinity College and Studies in Religion, Brisbane. Webinair “Blended learning” July 16, 2014 ODLAA SCD PD with Les Ball Aug 21, 2014 “Applying Developing Scenario Learning to Theological Education” “Wesleyan Theology and the City” Rev Dr Deirdre Latz-Brower - ACWR Annual Conference August 15-16, 2014 Melbourne. CONTRIBUTION TO INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE Membership of Member, SCD Council; member Learning and Teaching committees and bodies in Committee, SCD; member Principals’ Fellowship; the SCD Membership of Academic Committee; Admissions Committee, Executive committees and bodies in Leadership Committee; Company Secretary; Director, Board of the Member Institution Trustees, NTC. SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, PROFESSION AND CHURCH Official church District Superintendent, Western Australia Church of the appointments Nazarene. Pastoral responsibilities Ministers’ Fellowship Redlands; Board of Reference Family Voice QLD. ; Board of Reference, Aboriginal and Christian Training Services (ACTS Inc); Mario Baghos Qualifications PhD Candidate (Sydney), BTh Hons (SCD, 2010), BTh (SCD, 2009) Academic Classification Level A - Associate Lecturer Institution St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College 4 Employment status 0.8 (4 days a week) Subject area Church History RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & RESEARCH ACTIVITY Current research The Impact of Apocalypticism on Ecology around the year 1000 Articles in refereed ‘Ecclesial Memory and Secular History in the Conflicting journals Representations of Cyril of Alexandria,’ Phronema 29:2 (2014): 87- 125. Articles in non-refereed ‘Byzantium in Brisbane: Reflections on the Australian journals Association for Byzantine Studies Conference,’ The Greek Australian VEMA December (2014): 18/46-19/47. ‘Professor Paul M. Blowers Lecturing on St Gregory of Nyssa at St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College,’ The Greek Australian VEMA October (2014): 8/26. ‘St Andrew’s Theological College: A Life Changing Journey,’ The Greek Australian VEMA May (2014): 12/30-13/31. Conferences attended Byzantine Culture in Translation: the 18 th Biennial Conference of the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies. University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD. 28-30 November, 2014. Faith and the Political: Tenth Biennial Conference in Philosophy, Religion and Culture. Catholic Institute of Sydney for Theology and Ministry. Strathfield, NSW. 3-5 October, 2014. From Cappadocia to Alexandria and Back Again, St Andrew’s Patristic Symposium. St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, Redfern NSW. 26-27 September, 2014. Conference papers “Constantinople as an Imago et Axis Mundi : Approaching the New Rome through the Lens of the History of Religions,” Byzantine Culture in Translation: The 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies. University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD. 29 November, 2014. “The Gospel and the City in the Constantinian Period: Insights from the History of Religions,” Faith and the Political: Tenth Biennial Conference in Philosophy, Religion and Culture. Catholic Institute of Sydney for Theology and Ministry, Strathfield, NSW. 4 October, 2014. “The Conflicting Portrayals of Origen in the Byzantine Tradition,” St Andrew's Patristic Symposium: From Alexandria to Cappadocia and Back Again. SAGOTC, Redfern NSW; 26 5 September, 2014. Participation in church, Executive Member, The Centre for Millennial Studies, Sydney government and industry Branch, 2013 - bodies Member, North American Patristics Society (NAPS), 2013 -2014. Member, Australian Association for Byzantine Studies (AABS), 2010 - present. Editorial Board member Editorial Assistant (since 2013), Phronema: Journal of St of a refereed journal or Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, ISSN 0819- publication 4920. Occasional lectures “The Symbolic Architecture of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose ,” Christianity and the Arts series. Greek Orthodox Church of the Resurrection of Christ, Kogarah. 30 June, 2014. “A Christian Approach to the Dragon-Slayer Motif,” Christianity and the Arts series, Greek Orthodox Church of the Resurrection of Christ, Kogarah. 16 June, 2014. “The Life and Theological Contribution of St Gregory Palamas,” Greek Orthodox Church of The Resurrection of Christ, Kogarah, 10 March, 2014. Leslie James Ball Qualifications BD(MCD), BA(Hons1), DipEd, BEdSt, PhD (Qld) Academic Classification Level C – Senior Lecturer Institution SCD Employment status Full-time Subject area Christian Education RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP & RESEARCH ACTIVITY Current research Transformative and Integrative Learning in Theological Education Books edited Les Ball & James R Harrison (eds). Learning and Teaching Theology. Some Ways Ahead . Melbourne: Morning Star, 2014. Chapters in books Les Ball, “Where are We Going? Questioning the Future of Learning and Teaching Theology,” in Ball & Harrison, Learning and Teaching Theology (2014), 11-20. 6 Research degree theses Associate Supervisor with Assoc Prof Rick Strelan and Assoc supervised Prof Neil Pembroke for 4 PhD and 1 MPhil in Practical Theology at The University of Queensland Conferences attended “Teaching Theology in a Technological Age,” Sydney College of Divinity Role in the organisation “Teaching Theology in a Technological Age,” SCD, Conference Co- of conferences, lecture Convener & Respondent series and speakers EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING Administrative Director (Coursework), SCD leadership Course co-ordination, Co-ordination and development of SCD courses, especially as development of curriculum Chair of SCD Discipline Coordinators and teaching methodology Professional development Faculty Professional Development Workshops (Leader/Presenter) in educational leadership, (i) Fostering Active Learning: The Flipped Classroom at learning and teaching The University of Queensland School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics (ii) Principles of Adult Learning at Malyon College, Brisbane (iii) Transformation through Theological Education at Charles Sturt University, Sydney (iv) Integrative Learning in Theology at ANZATS Colloquium, Brisbane CONTRIBUTION TO INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE Membership of Member of Learning and Teaching Benchmarking group in committees in broader Theology (incorporating Australian College of Theology, Sydney tertiary sector College of Divinity, University of Divinity); Honorary Research Fellow in Practical Theology, The University of Queensland Membership of Chair: Discipline Coordinators committees and bodies in Member: Academic Board; Academic Standards Committee; the SCD Distance Education Committee; Learning and Teaching Committee; LOTE Committee; Professional Development Committee Role in the career and Coordinator and presenter at SCD Professional Development professional development Days; of staff Professional Development of Academic Deans, especially by 7 means of creation of the Academic Deans Handbook Professional development Development of alternative program for offering undergraduate in institutional