Stephen Pickard
Biography
Stephen Pickard, an Anglican bishop, has served as executive director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture in Barton, Australia, as assistant bishop in the Canberra-Goulburn Diocese, and as professor of theology at Charles Sturt University, where Pickard previously headed the School of Theology. Earlier roles included Anglican bishop in the Archdiocese of Adelaide, visiting fellow at Ripon Theological College in Cuddesdon, Oxford, and acting CEO of Anglicare Canberra & Goulburn. Pickard edited The Impact of the Media, The Impact of Health Care, and The Impact of the Military (2023).
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Philosophy
“An Honest Faith takes the reader on a personal journey into some of the most important, challenging, and controversial issues for contemporary believers. Mascord offers a clear, cogent and inviting reflection on the plausibility of Christian faith in today’s world. Whether it is faith and reason, scripture and ethics, uncertainty and doubt, or contested moral issues; all are tackled with humility, honesty and joy. A must read for the inquiring pilgrim unafraid to ask the hard questions.”
Christian Political Theology in an Age of Discontent
Theology
“Jonathan Cole offers a powerful and fresh account of the importance and indispensability of political theology. Cole challenges simplistic notions of what it means to do political theology and he argues that it is time for political theology to grow up and become a real discipline. The essays in this book offer a creative, illuminating, and stimulating account of the issues and challenges facing political theology today. A major contribution from a formidable and exciting scholar.”
Church, Communion, and Culture
History & Biography
“In Church, Communion, and Culture, Martyn Percy offers an informed, theologically nuanced, and provocative assessment of the powerful forces shaping and challenging the very existence of the Anglican Communion. Through an examination of the episcopate of Samuel Seabury a window is provided into the cultural, social, and religious history of the fortunes, fate, and possible futures of global Anglicanism. Percy does this with his trademark attention to detail, learning, wit, and insight. This is a must read for any who care deeply for the life of the church and the need for truth telling.”
Community Engagement after Christendom
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Doug Hynd offers a terrific account of the challenges and opportunities for a discipleship of community engagement on the way out of Christendom. . . . The book is lucid, clear, theologically informed, and laced with apposite stories drawn from his knowledge and experience of contracting and advocacy in the welfare sector. . . . An excellent guide for rethinking community engagement and the welfare sector.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Frozen Institutions is a wonderful compendium of essays . . . . With insight and sharpness, Kaye brings his considerable skills as a wise and astute interpreter of the faith and fortunes of the Anglican Church worldwide as it grapples with issues of diversity and plurality in the modern world. A scholarly, penetrating, at times disturbing yet unfailingly gracious account of the ecclesia of God.”
Imagination in an Age of Crisis
Arts & Literature
“Goroncy and Pattenden have assembled a remarkable collection of reflections on the power of the imagination to instill hope and meaning in disturbing times. . . . This volume is a breath of fresh air. It will leave the reader with an abiding sense of what it means to be a human being in a world beloved of God.”
Theology
“Heather Thomson offers the reader the fruits of her theological work over two decades as a lay feminist theologian teaching, writing, and engaging with key issues for the contemporary believer. There is a breadth and depth to the essays that address key themes for theology and the church-—justice, violence, power, atonement, peace, aging, and vocation. No Sense of Entitlement is an apt title for a refreshing, creative, and persuasive account of the faith of a feminist theologian.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Broughton's impressive Restorative Christ offers the reader a fresh, insightful, intellectually rigorous, and eminently practical approach to issues of justice and reconciliation today. The author develops key practices (e.g., remembering, forgiving, repenting, repairing) that bear witness to the restorative Christ. Broughton shows how genuine restoration is multilayered involving not only victims and wrongdoers but also the community. The discussion is grounded throughout by insights from Christian ministry, reflection on core Scripture texts, and practical application. An important theological contribution to a contemporary challenging topic.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Here is a vision of a renewed Christianity for a new epoch. Michael Paget-Wilkes maps out a radical new paradigm for followers of Jesus Christ in the third decade of the twenty-first century. The author provides a comprehensive assessment of ways in which the Western church has been seduced by it host cultures, the challenges ahead, and the critical moves required to live more faithfully to the gospel.”
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Theology
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