Research

Publications

award winning and highly regarded publications

Our academics consistently publish works of a high standard which make valuable contributions to scholarship, public discussion and Christian life. In recognition of this, their books have been both shortlisted for, and awarded, prizes such as the Australian Christian Book of the Year. Listed below is a searchable selection of recent publications, with links to online content and bookstores.

ACT Research output ranking estimates

(✓ indicates where ACT faculty have published)

The following selection of journals and publishers is intended to provide a guide to ACT researchers as they consider their research output in relation to their research active status. Research Active status is achieved by meeting one of the following criteria over a five year period:

1. at least one (1) book of at least world standard research; or
2. at least one (1) research article/chapter of at least ‘above world standard’, plus at least two (2) research articles/chapters of at least world standard; or
3. at least three (3) research articles/chapters of at least world standard plus at least one (1) scholarship output (based on applied research).

Completed supervision as a principal supervisor of a doctorate will be accepted in place of one world standard article/chapter.

The rankings are a guide and may be changed when reviewed. Nevertheless, ACT researchers are encouraged to consult the lists when considering where to publish their research.

ACT Monograph series

A series in partnership with Wipf and Stock Publishers

Since 2014, the ACT Monograph Series has provided a forum for publishing quality research theses and studies by ACT graduates, affiliated college staff, and other contributors in the broad fields of Biblical Studies, Christian Thought and History, and Practical Theology.  The Series offers the academic community, scholars, church leaders and the wider community uniquely Australian and New Zealand perspectives on significant research topics and topics of current debate.

You can find them all in Australia here.

Titles:

The Narrative Integrity of Mark 13:24–27
Peter G. Bolt

T. E. Ruth (1875-1956): Preacher and Controversialist
Ken R. Manley

Living to the Praise of God’s Glory: A Missional Reading of Ephesians
Mark A. Simon

Transforming Vocation: Connecting Theology, Church, and the Workplace for a Flourishing World
Eds. David Benson, Kara Martin and Andrew Sloane

Grounded in the Body, in Time and Place, in Scripture: Papers by Australian Women Scholars in the Evangelical Tradition
Eds. Jill Firth and Denise Cooper-Clarke

Wide-Awake in God’s World: Bible Engagement for Teenage Spiritual Formation in a Culture of Expressive Individualism
Graham D. Stanton

From a Ministry for Youth to a Ministry of Youth: Aspects of Protestant Youth Ministry in Sydney 1930-1959
Ruth Lukabyo

Beyond Four Walls: Explorations in Being the Church
Eds. Michael D. O’Neil & Peter Elliott

Holding Forth the Word of Life: Essays in Honor of Tim Meadowcroft
Eds. John de Jong & Csilla Saysell

Making the Word of God Fully Known: Essays on Church, Culture, and Mission in Honor of Archbishop Philip Freier
Eds. Paul A. Barker & Bradly S. Billings

The Son of Man in Mark’s Gospel: Exploring its Possible Connections with the Book of Ezekiel 
David Forrest Mitchell

The Spirit at the Cross: Exploring a Cruciform Pneumatology
Carolyn E.L. Tan

Engaging Ethically in a Strange New World: A View from Down Under
Eds. Michael Bräutigam & Gillian Asquith

Foundations of Anglican Evangelicalism in Victoria: Four Elements for Continuity, 1847-1937
Wei-Han Kuan

The Impact of Church Consultancy: Explore the Impact of One Model of Church Consultancy on Church Health and Church Growth in NSW/ACT Baptist Churches
Ian G. Duncum

Passion and Resurrection Narratives Post Nicene Latin Interpretations
Andrew M. Bain

The Soteriological Use of Call by Paul and Luke
Ian Hussey

Anglican Evangelicalism in Sydney 1897 to 1953: Nathaniel Jones, D. J. Davies and T. C. Hammond
John A. McIntosh

Theological Education: Foundations, Practices, and Future Directions
Eds. Andrew M. Bain & Ian Hussey

The Global Edwards: Papers from the Jonathan Edwards Congress held in Melbourne, August 2015
Ed. Rhys S. Bezzant

Contextualization of the Gospel: Towards an Evangelical Approach in the Light of Scripture and the Church Fathers
Andrew J. Prince

Finding Lost Words: The Church’s Right to Lament
Eds. G. Geoffrey Harper and Kit Barker

Gender in Solomon’s Song of Songs: Discourse Analytical Abduction to a Gynocentric Hypothesis
Alastair Ian Haines

Shifting Allegiances: Networks of Kinship and of Faith: The Women’s Program in a Syrian Mosque
Moyra Dale

Christ’s Under-Shepherds: An Exploration of Pastoral Care Methods by Elders in the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia Relevant to the Circumstances of Twenty-First-Century Australia
Leo Douma

The Word Became Flesh: A Rapprochement of Christian Natural Law and Radical Christological Ethics
David Griffin

Son of Mary: the Family of Jesus and the Community of Faith in the Fourth Gospel
Margaret Wesley

Preaching the New Testament as Rhetoric: The Promise of Rhetorical Criticism for Expository Preaching
Tim MacBride

Research Report

Diverse Scholarly research

As with other academic institutions globally, the Australian College of Theology values publication as a way to share the knowledge arising from research undertaken by our faculty and others. We collect publication data each year as one way to measure our research output, and produce a research report to summarise this data. This report includes publications which are judged to be original research scholarship.

The research report also includes the research currently being undertaken by our postgraduate students, revealing future areas of research within the consortium and the wider Australasian theological academy.