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Ian Packer

Dean of Studies, Lecturer

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Ian Packer

Ian holds to a generous Evangelical orthodoxy, and is interested in open, critical engagement with the breadth of Christian tradition. His areas of teaching, writing, and research interest have been in areas of ‘theology and…’: that is, the connections between theology and ethics, other disciplines, integral or wholistic mission, and ‘whole of life discipleship’ including faith and work. He is interested in Christian contributions to the ‘marketplace of ideas’ and public square. He was previously an ethicist and public theologian for Australian Evangelical Alliance and then Assistant Director of Ethos—EA Centre for Christianity and Society; Academic Registrar and Lecturer with Morling College in Sydney; and Executive Assistant to the Dean of the Australian College of Theology. Ian is an accredited Baptist minister and has pastored in interdenominational and Baptist churches in NSW and WA.

Qualifications

PhD candidate, Sydney College of Divinity MDiv, Australian College of Theology (Ridley College and Morling College) BA (hons), Murdoch University

Publications

“Transcendence or Transgression? Technological Enhancement and the Human Vocation,” Zadok Perspectives 123 (Winter 2014). [With Gordon R. Preece] “Christian Political Models—Ancient and Modern: An Outline and Reading Guide, Part 1,” Zadok Paper No. 200 (Summer 2013): 1-16. “An Immodest Proposal for the Practice of the Lord’s Table” in Beyond 400: Exploring Baptist Futures, ed. David Cohen and Michael Parsons (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2011). “How Shall We Live? Probing Contemporary Ethics, Metaphysics and Religion,” Viewpoint 2 (February 2010). “Christian Leadership ‘Between the Times’: An Apocalyptic, Communitarian, and Missional View of Christian Influence,” Crucible 5:2 (November 2013)

Presentations

“Christian Bioethics, the Fear of Death, and the Transhuman Future,” A Curious Machine: Wesleyan Reflections on the Post-human Future, 10th ACWR Conference, Eva Burrows College, 13-15 September 2019. “Walking Worthy of the Calling: Toward a Baptistic Theology of Vocation and Profession,” ANZATS Conference, 2019. “Deviant Convictions, Common Causes: Vocations and ‘Options’ in the Liquid Modern Workplace, ‘Not in Kansas Anymore’ Conference, Morling College, 2017.

Affiliations

Ethos – EA Centre for Christianity and Society (Editorial Board)

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