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SUMMARY:Imagine Something Else: Communities\, Creativity\, Resistance
DESCRIPTION:The 2026 ACFT Conference program includes The Annual Janette Gray RSM Lecture delivered by Dr Mary Kate Holman titled: Boldness\, Courage\, and Truth: Reclaiming a Gift of the Spirit for Our Time. A celebration of the first decade of ACFT\, and launch of the 2027 ACFT Art Exhibition based on the theme of this years’ conference\, ‘Imagine Something Else: Communities\, Creativity\, Resistance’. \nDr Mary Kate Holman is a scholar of contemporary Catholic theology. She holds a BA from Georgetown University\, an MTS from Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry\, and a PhD from Fordham University. Prior to her arrival at Fairfield\, Dr. Holman was Assistant Professor of Theology at Benedictine University in the suburbs of Chicago. Dr Holman’s teaching interests include Feminist Theology\, Ignatian Spirituality\, Vatican II\, and Spirituality & Social Justice. Her research interests encompass Ecclesiology\, Nouvelle Théologie\, Marie-Dominique Chenu\, Vatican II\, and Feminist Theology. \nDr Holman published Marie-Dominique Chenu and the Signs of the Times through University of Notre Dame Press in 2025. She published an English translation of Chenu’s Saulchoir: A School of Theology with Joseph Komonchak in 2023. Dr Holman’s writing has appeared in the Journal of Jesuit Higher Education\, Theological Studies\, and Commonweal. \nIn a time marked by intersecting crises\, narratives of disaster and nevertheless deep possibilities\, we invite fresh perspectives to enact and sustain hope and courage. \nWhere and why does hope flourish? What sustains commitment and resistance in times of trial? What space can be made for dissonance and dissent? How do people engage and encourage others of like mind and heart? What resources can we find in our contexts and traditions? How do communities cultivate creative practices of transformation? To what are we called? \nDate\nFriday 21 August (evening) and Saturday 22 August (day) \nVenue\nPilgrim Theological College\, 29 College Crescent\, Parkville VIC 3052 \nTickets\nRange from $30 virtual attendance to $200 for the full conference\, see registration link below for more details for day access. Note that if you become an ACFT member as you register a 10% discount on the conference is applied to your registration. \nContact the ACFT conference organisers if you require any further information. \nThe conference program is not only academic papers but also workshops and creative offerings – academics\, ministers\, teachers and pastoral carers\, lay people and leaders of all faiths and none are welcome to join diverse conversations\, thinking and liberative theologies that canvas these themes of ‘thinking otherwise’. Our event poster is available here for distribution to your own networks and workplace. \nIf you cannot join us on this occasion but want to stay connected\, you might like to become a member of the ACFT network\, sign up for our very occasional newsletter  or consider making a donation or bequest to the Janette Gray RSM Fund that promote education and leadership of women in theology. \nRegister\n \nSt Francis CollegeSt Francis College is a college of the University of Divinity from the Anglican tradition\, based in Brisbane\, Queensland.
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/imagine-something-else-communities-creativity-resistance/
LOCATION:Pilgrim Theological College\, 29 College Crescent\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3052\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australian Collaborators if Feminist Theologies,Conference,Hybrid (Online and In-person),Pilgrim Theological College
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260828T123000
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SUMMARY:Labourism and the Common Good: Australia’s Democratic Post-Liberal Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary debates about post-liberalism are often framed as a reaction against the excesses of neoliberalism and the cultural individualism of the late liberal settlement. Calls to recover the common good\, re-embed markets within society\, restore the dignity of work\, and rebuild institutions of belonging have gained traction across both the political left and right. This paper argues that Australia need not import these ideas from Britain\, Europe or the United States because it already possesses a distinctive democratic post-liberal tradition: labourism. \nDrawing on Australia’s political history\, Dr Dyrenfurth argues that labourism has long understood freedom not as radical individual autonomy but as something sustained by families\, unions\, faith communities\, voluntary associations and the nation itself. Far from being merely an economic movement concerned with wages and redistribution\, labourism advanced a moral vision rooted in reciprocity\, obligation and the common good. Religious traditions—particularly Nonconformist Protestantism\, Christian socialism and Catholic social teaching—played an important role in shaping this ethical inheritance. \nSpeaker: Dr Nick Dyrenfurth\nExecutive Director\, John Curtin Research Centre\,\nMonash University\,\nRegular Contributor\, The Australian. \nRegister to join in-person or by Zoom\nIn-person location\nGrant Room\, Old Warden’s Lodge (Gate C)\, Trinity College\n100 Royal Parade Parkville 3052 \nRegister to attend\nSt Francis CollegeSt Francis College is a college of the University of Divinity from the Anglican tradition\, based in Brisbane\, Queensland.
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/labourism-and-the-common-good-australias-democratic-post-liberal-tradition/
LOCATION:Trinity College Theological School\, 100 Royal Parade\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Hybrid (Online and In-person),Seminar,The Common Good Project
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SUMMARY:Faith in Protest | Northey Lecture by Michael Mawson
DESCRIPTION:In 1969\, the World Council of Churches launched its controversial Programme to Combat Racism. Over the next two decades\, the programme funded and supported Civil Rights activism in the USA\, anti-apartheid movements in South Africa\, and revolutionary groups in South America. What is less well known is that the programme made important contributions to anti-racist theologies and activism in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. \nUsing the work of the Programme to Combat Racism as a point of departure\, this lecture will explore the kinds of ideas and theological commitments that led New Zealand and Australian Christians to become involved in anti-racist activism in the 1970s and 1980s. Moreover\, it will suggest how this history can continue to provide valuable lessons for responding to racism and white supremacy today. \nMichael Mawson is a Pākehā (white) theologian and holds the Maclaurin Goodfellow Chair of Theological and Religious Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. He previously worked at the United Theological College in Parramatta. Some of his recent books include Standing Under the Cross: Essays on Bonhoeffer’s Theology (2023) and\, with Brian Kolia\, Unsettling Theologies: Memory\, Identity and Place (2024). \n\n  \nTime and Date\n2.00 pm AEST Wednesday 2nd September \nLocation\nOnline via zoom or in person Centre for Theology and Ministry\, 29 College Crescent\, Parkville \nThis is a free event\, but tickets are required for catering purposes and to access the zoom link. \nRegister\n  \n \nSt Francis CollegeSt Francis College is a college of the University of Divinity from the Anglican tradition\, based in Brisbane\, Queensland.
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/faith-in-protest-northey-lecture-by-michael-mawson/
LOCATION:Pilgrim Theological College\, 29 College Crescent\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3052\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Hybrid (Online and In-person),Lecture,Pilgrim Theological College
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SUMMARY:The Return of the Common Good
DESCRIPTION:Associate Professor in Political Science\, Stefan Borg was one of the first to identify the emergence of postliberal accounts of the common good as leading the alternatives to a neoliberal policy paradigm in decay. In doing so he highlighted the clear political differences between the communitarian British strand associated with ‘Blue Labour’ etc and the more statist thinking in the US with Vermeule\, J D Vance etc. Here Stefan will take stock of their fortunes in our fast moving poilicy environments. \nTime and Date\n4.00 pm – 5.30 pm AEST\, Friday 18 September \nMode\nJoin in person \nOld Warden’s Lodge\, Trinity College\, Gate C\, 100 Royal Parade\, Parkville \nRegister to attend in person\n  \nJoin online via Zoom \nJoin on Zoom\nMeeting ID: 835 6139 8013\nPassword: 820322 \nSt Francis CollegeSt Francis College is a college of the University of Divinity from the Anglican tradition\, based in Brisbane\, Queensland.
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/the-return-of-the-common-good/
LOCATION:Trinity College Theological School\, 100 Royal Parade\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Hybrid (Online and In-person),Seminar,The Common Good Project,Trinity College Theological School
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SUMMARY:Faith in Freedom and Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Professor Tim Stacey\, Endowed Professor\, Liberal Religion and Humanism\, Univ. of Humanistic Studies\, Utrecht\, The Netherlands.  Author of Saving Liberalism from Itself: The Spirit of Political Participation (2022). \nProfessor Stacey’s work is primarily concerned with restoring faith in freedom and democracy. He has written extensively on the connection between postliberal political theology and emergent sources of solidarity among those taking action on social justice and the environment. Amidst ongoing threats to freedom and democracy\, he places theology into dialogue with sociology and anthropology to argue that we must see politics as an act of collective faith that is carefully and repeatedly reenacted. He will discuss how faith is upheld\, altered\, and undermined. \nTime and Date\n4.00 pm – 5.00 pm AEST\, Friday 9 October 2026 \nMode\nJoin in person  \nCatholic Theological College\, 278 Victoria Parade\, East Melbourne\, VIC \nRegister to attend in person\n  \nJoin online via Zoom \nJoin on Zoom\nMeeting ID: 886 4049 7099\nPassword: 356743 \nSt Francis CollegeSt Francis College is a college of the University of Divinity from the Anglican tradition\, based in Brisbane\, Queensland.
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/faith-in-freedom-and-democracy/
LOCATION:Catholic Theological College\, 278 Victoria Parade\, East Melbourne\, VIC\, 3002\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Catholic Theological College,Hybrid (Online and In-person),Seminar,The Common Good Project
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261106T180000
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SUMMARY:"Entangled Worlds": the 2026 ISCAST 15th biennial Conference on Science and Christianity
DESCRIPTION:This year’s theme is Entangled Worlds: Seeking Understanding Through Faith and Science. \nCall for papers\nWe invite academics and church leaders from the Antipodes and across the globe to share their research and perspectives. Our goal is to think together about the “entangled worlds” of science and faith\, marked by a spirit of generous listening and a shared journey towards God’s kingdom. \nAlongside the main theme\, the conference also welcomes papers on any relevant topic at the intersection of faith and science. \nSubmissions due: 31 July 2026 \nMore information\n  \nConference Details\nRegistration has opened for COSAC 2026\, ISCAST’s 15th biennial Conference on Science and Christianity\, a conference supported by UD and AUT.  Early-Bird Tickets Available Now! \nOur keynote speakers are Peter Harrison\, Nicola Hoggard Creegan\, Nick Spencer\, and Paul Tyson\, joined by scholars\, church leaders\, and practitioners from across Australia and the world. \nYou can attend in person in Melbourne or join the livestream from anywhere. Early bird rates are available until Friday 4 September. \nDate and Time\n6PM AEST Friday 6 November  to  5 PM Sunday 8 November 2026 \nLocation\nJoin online via zoom AEST or in person Catholic Theological College\, 278 Victoria Pde\, East Melbourne VIC 3002 \nTo register\, for more details\, and call for papers: https://cosac.iscast.org/ \nSt Francis CollegeSt Francis College is a college of the University of Divinity from the Anglican tradition\, based in Brisbane\, Queensland.
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/entangled-worlds-the-2026-iscast-15th-biennial-conference-on-science-and-christianity/
LOCATION:Catholic Theological College\, 278 Victoria Parade\, East Melbourne\, VIC\, 3002\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Catholic Theological College,Conference,Hybrid (Online and In-person)
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