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A N N I V E R S A R Y
30th
A brief history of the New College Lectures
Edited by Adela Davis & Jonathan Billingham
A U S T R A L I A

A N N I V E R S A R Y
30th
CONTENTS
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Introduction
4
Establishing
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1987-1993
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1995-2002
A/Prof William Peirson
the
New College Lectures
(1983-1986)
Rev Dr Bruce Kaye
Rev Dr Bruce Kaye
Dr Allan Beavis
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Prof Trevor Cairney
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New College Lectures
19 Trustees
The Present and the Future
A/Prof William Peirson
Lectures and Publications
Master of New College
Adjunct Professor William L. Peirson
Editors
Jonathan Billingham, Adela Davis
Art Direction and Design
Joy Lankshear
Mailing Address
New College,
UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052
ISBN 978-0-9775179-1-6
Published September 2017
Email:
enquiries@newcollege.unsw.edu.au
Web: www.newcollege.unsw.edu.au
www.ncv.unsw.edu.au
www.case.edu.au
Acknowledgments
A variety of sources have been drawn upon to compile this short history,
including independent submissions by three previous Masters of New College.
The editors are extremely grateful to Reverend Dr Bruce Kaye AM, Dr Allan
Beavis OAM, and Professor Trevor Cairney OAM for the significant time and
effort they expended in documenting the history of the Lectures. The editors
have adapted these contributions to produce a cohesive account of the history
in conjunction with primary sources from the College archives.
About New
Founded in 1969, the original New
College is an Anglican residential
college for students at the University
of New South Wales. New College
actively contributes to the life of
the wider University and its main
campus is set within University
grounds. New College Village
was opened in 2009 and is home
for postgraduates and selected
undergraduates. New welcomes
people of all faiths and none. The
College celebrates, and is enriched
by, the diversity of backgrounds of
its staff and students. The College
pursues academic excellence,
collegiality and service to society
founded upon Christian faith and
values.
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Rev Dr Bruce Kaye Dr Allan Beavis Prof Trevor Cairney

Introduction
A/Prof William Peirson
Welcome to this brief
history of the New College
Lectures as we pause and
reflect on 30 years of major
contributions to intellectual
life and Christian thinking in
the public sphere.
The significance of the New College
Lectures must be appreciated in the
unique context in which they are
nestled and have been nourished.
New College originated from the work
of a small group of academics, clergy and
parishioners from Sydney churches who
observed the rapid development of new
universities in post Second World War
Australia. Some, having experienced the
depth and richness of the intellectual life
of residential colleges elsewhere, were
determined that students of these emerging
universities would have that same opportunity.
They formed the New Universities Colleges
Council (NUCC) with this grand vision but next
to no financial resources.
At the same time, the University of New
South Wales (UNSW) was emerging from the
Sydney Technical College to be a technical
University with a commitment to a liberal arts
curriculum for all students. Its coat of arms
is marked with the word Scientia (knowledge)
and subtitled with the motto Manu et Mente (by
hand and mind) pointing to the University’s
commitment to practical application founded
on theory.
With financial support from Australian
government grants, NUCC formed New College,
emblazoning its shield with Scientia but
challenging the University with Psalm 111:10:
Initium Sapientiae Timor Domini (The fear of the
LORD is the beginning of wisdom) – a gentle
reminder that an appropriate respect for God is
the starting point for true wisdom.
As we approach the 50th year of New
College, we have commenced major
discussions with those who have been a part
of our communities over these (almost) five
decades to capture and document our history.
From these beginnings emerged the most
vibrant community on the Kensington Campus
of The University of New South Wales. A college
with a reputation for academic excellence, a
strong sense of collegiality, and an enviable
track record in sport and in the performing and
fine arts.
Coupled with our vibrant communities,
major intellectual contributions to the life of
Australia have also emerged. The Centre for
Christian Apologetics, Scholarship and Education
(CASE) continues to produce a quarterly journal
that draws major scholars together to reflect on
matters of social importance in contemporary
Australia. With its predecessor, the Institute for
Values Research, CASE continues a total 30 years
of New College producing vigorous Christian
scholarship at UNSW.
The New College Lectures are our flagship
scholarly event each calendar year. What
follows is our summary of their history.
I must acknowledge, with my gratitude,
the outstanding efforts of my predecessors
and other Lecture Trustees in maintaining the
standard of excellence that these lectures have
achieved.
Be astounded at the depth and breadth
of the New College Lectures as a major
contribution to the intellectual life of Australia
as it is captured in the following pages.
A/Prof William Peirson
Master
September 2017
INTRODUCTION
A N N I V E R S A R Y
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NEW COLLEGE LECTURES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
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ESTABLISHING THE NEW COLLEGE LECTURES
Establishing the
New College Lectures
(1983-86)
Rev Dr Bruce Kaye am
The first New College Lectures were given in 1987, but they began life in a
document presented to the College Board in June 1983. On his appointment
in January 1983, the new Master, Rev Dr Bruce Kaye, had been given the
brief of developing the College in its vocation as an Anglican university
college representing within The University of New South Wales what a
Christian academic college might look like. The proposal was that the College
should have a way of exercising a Christian witness in the various levels of
university life – undergraduate, postgraduate, faculty and public engagement.
Rev Dr Bruce Kaye am
The June report flagged a number of
developments, which were endorsed
by the College Board and also
supported by the student body. These
included a Resident Fellows programme for
distinguished academics visiting UNSW, faculty
inter-disciplinary seminars, and career entry
seminars for College members. These all began
in the following four years. The Institute for
Values Research was initiated a little later but,
in fact, started operating in the same year as the
Lectures. The Institute was to facilitate research
into the values implicit in the workings of public
institutions in Australia and to engage those
values with a Christian critique.
Amongst these initiatives was the
proposal to establish an annual set of public
lectures. The Lectures were to serve the role
and vocation of New College as an Anglican
institution. This was a university college whose
alumni would be engaged in vocations located
in the wider society and its industries and
professions. The Lectures were thus to deal
with the kinds of themes that would serve
those vocations.
The foundation documents of New College
identify one of its purposes as that of:
‘…advancing the Christian religion and
morality, and the promotion of useful
knowledge.’
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The lecturer would be required:
‘to take up some aspect of contemporary
life and society which has some relevance
to the work done in universities in
Australia, and especially that done in
the University of New South Wales. In
treating the subject, the lecturer will take
cognizance of the interdisciplinary, general,
and social character of learning which is
implicit in the collegiate experience of
university education.’ 1
A Trust was established 9th December 1985
to establish and promote the annual lectures
now to be known as the New College Lectures.
The founders were the Master of the College,
the Honorary Secretary, Dr Allan Beavis, and
Mrs Alison Reid. The Trustees consisted of the
Master, Dr Beavis and the Honorary Treasurer,
Maxwell Dickens. All were members of the New
College Board. The Trust was charged with:
‘the establishment and promotion of
lectureships under the auspices of
New College relating to some aspect of
contemporary life and society consistent
with the objects and purposes of New
College.’ 2
The early meetings of the Trustees were
taken up with finding suitable lecturers and,
especially, a first lecturer. They resolved to
look, in the first instance, overseas and then
to alternate between overseas and local
candidates. The model in their thinking was
the Reith Lectures, presented each year by the
BBC, and the ABC Boyer Lectures. The target
audience was the lay members of the Diocese
and the alumni of the college. The idea of
trying to develop a tradition of lay theology
in the Australian context was a key part of
their thinking and so there was a priority in
having lay lecturers who would speak to a lay
audience.
These early times were challenging as the
Trustees struggled not only to find suitable
lecturers, but also, in that very process, to
clarify and develop the purpose and shape
of the contribution the Lectures were to
make. At one point, an opportunity arose to
be in conversation
The idea of trying to
develop a tradition
of lay theology in the
Australian context
was a key part of their
thinking and so there
was a priority in having
lay lecturers who would
speak to a lay audience.
with Alexander
Solzhenitsyn, who
was at that time
living in exile in the
United States. It was
a conversation that
helped to sharpen
thinking about the
Lectures and the
standing of the
lecturers being sought.
Brian Griffiths, the
Dean of the City
University Business School, an active Christian
and well respected Anglican in London, agreed
to give the Lectures in 1986. However, he was
appointed Economic Advisor to Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher and so he withdrew. A list
was beginning to take shape, but it was also
becoming clear that appointments for the
lectureship needed to be made well ahead.
ESTABLISHING THE NEW COLLEGE LECTURES
1 New College Board records, NCBM8409 held in the New
College archives
2 Deed of Trust. 9th of December 1985. Held in the New College
archives. The Trust deed provided also for the appointment of
a selection panel to choose lecturers.
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1987-1993 | REV DR BRUCE KAYE
1987-1993
Rev Dr Bruce Kaye am
In the four years between the first idea and
the first set of lectures a great deal of work
had been done and the College authorities
were fully committed to the project for the
long-term. The Master and Trustees worked
hard at clarifying and discovering how the
Lectures might best serve the purposes for
which they had been initiated. Central to this
process were the selection of lecturers and the
presentation of the Lectures.
The Trustees moved to a general policy of
seeking a balance between local and overseas
lecturers. They tried to keep a broad overall
coverage of areas of social life and the work of
the University. A lot of thought went into what
was meant by lay theology and what kind of
academic exercise was needed to support lay
Christians in their vocations in the wide range
of contexts in which they were called to witness
to their faith. In 1986, two practical things
helped this last question: the re-formation of
the New College Alumni Association and the
computerisation of the College records.
The first lecture brought out some
important presentation issues. How were
the Lectures to be brought to the attention of
their target audience? In particular, how was
the university community to be engaged? A
dinner was held in the Roundhouse before the
lecture with specially invited guests from the
University and beyond, as well as representative
members of the college community. These
dinners were seen in part as ‘friend raising’
exercises for the College generally. The Lectures
were advertised widely in the press. Over
two hundred people came to the first lecture,
though numbers dropped off for the following
lectures. This pattern was to repeat itself for
some years to come, so experiments were made
with one-off lectures and shorter series.
It became very apparent during this time
that securing the publication of the Lectures,
to which the Trustees and the College were
committed, was neither straightforward nor
easy. Some lecturers saw their material as part
of a larger project and this would determine
publication. Others found it difficult or wellnigh
impossible to provide the promised
manuscript of their lectures, and it was proving
hard to secure a publishing commitment for the
series. One publisher collapsed into bankruptcy
just as the book was being published.
The first lecture was given in 1987
by Professor Malcolm Jeeves on how we
understand the relation between brain and
mind and what that might mean for Christians.
He presented slides and gave a series of
engrossing lectures that were later published in
1993 as Mind Fields. At the time of his lectures
he had been the Foundation Professor of
Psychology at the University of Adelaide (1959)
and also at St Andrews University in Scotland
(1969). He was a member of the Royal Society
of Scotland (later President) and had written
several books on science and Christian belief.
This certainly set the bar very high. Here
was an internationally famous professor of
psychology at the forefront of his field engaging
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with a vital and complex question that was
important, not only within his own scientific
discipline, but also for Christian understanding
of personal identity and responsibility.
In 1988, Dr Veronica Brady gave a series
on Can these Bones Live? Veronica Brady taught
as a Reader in the English Department of
the University of Western Australia. She
was a member of the inaugural board of the
Australian Broadcasting Commission, precursor
to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. A
member of the Loreto Order, she was a public
advocate for Christian values and regular
broadcaster on religious and literary topics.
An authority on the work of Patrick White,
she published in 1981 an early and ground
breaking work on belief in Australia, A Crucible
of Prophets: Australians and the Question of God.
She was incisive, provocative and determinedly
focused on Christian belief in the Australian
context. Her lectures were later published by
Federation Press.
In 1989, the Lectures moved to an
institutional aspect of life in Australia with
Keith Mason QC on the law. At the time he
gave his lectures, he had just finished a twelve
year term as Chair of the New South Wales
Law Reform Commission. He was Solicitor
General for New South Wales (1987-1998) and
then President of the New South Wales Court
of Appeal (1997-2008). He was an involved
Anglican in Sydney, known for his work with
the then Home Mission Society and in support
of the ordination of women in the Church. He
was also Chancellor of the Diocese of Armidale.
His lectures, entitled Constancy and Change,
dealt with issues of human institutions that
were broader than simply the form these
questions took in the law. Issues such as
tradition, revising opinions and decisions,
human fallibility and the role of texts in
decisions. The Lectures were a model study
of the transmission of values in institutional
frameworks and bore an uncanny resonance
with issues that face other major social
institutions, including the Church. They were
published in 1990 by Federation Press.
In 1990, Stanley Hauerwas, Professor of
Theological Ethics at Duke University in the
United States of America, was the second
overseas lecturer. A Texan by birth, Stanley
Hauerwas was one of the most prominent
theologians in the English speaking world
at the time he gave the Lectures. He was a
prominent contributor to public debates in the
USA and in 2001 Time magazine named him
“America’s Best Theologian,” a title he could not
take very seriously. He also delivered the highly
prestigious Gifford Lectures in Scotland, and
was known for his advocacy of virtue ethics
and his opposition to both fundamentalism
and liberalism in theology.
His five lectures covered the necessity of
belonging in the Church, by which he meant a
company of believers who saw themselves as
belonging to Jesus. He contrasted this to the
wider society and warned that, for Christians,
justice was a bad idea because it deflected them
from acting on truly Christian virtues that were
set in the context of the eschatological kingdom
of God. He then argued that the Church as a
community should be committed to training
Christians to be Christian. He likened this
to training in the craft of bricklaying, which
involved passing on the skills, practices and
traditions of the craft. The Church makes
disciples in a similar way, by passing on skills,
practices and traditions of faith. The Lectures
were published as After Christendom?: How the
Church is to Behave if
Stanley Hauerwas
was one of the most
prominent theologians
in the English speaking
world at the time he
gave the Lectures.
Freedom, Justice, and
a Christian Nation are
Bad Ideas.
In 1991, Professor
Geoffrey Bolton from
the University of
Western Australia
gave a series of
lectures on the
place of Christian belief in Australia and the
following year, Professor Peter Newman gave
a series on the environment and the art of
planning urban life for the future.
During 1993 there were two individual
lectures. The first was delivered by John
Polkinghorne, entitled Religion and Current
Science. This was a standing room only event.
A very full audience heard a masterful
presentation of how a very prominent physicist
saw the fingerprint of God in the world of
particle physics. John Polkinghorne had been
Professor of Mathematical Physics and played
a part in the discovery of quarks. He resigned
his professorship and was ordained in the
Church of England in 1982. He later returned to
Cambridge eventually to become President of
Queens’ College.
Later in the year, Robin Gill gave a single
New College Lecture entitled Beyond Self-
Interest, a critique of modern self-directed
philosophies of life. Robin Gill was the Michael
Ramsey Professor of Modern Theology and
widely known for his work on Christian ethics.
This period in the life of the New College
Lectures was not only exciting and challenging,
it was also a time of learning. Lecturers needed
to be booked well ahead if the best people
were to be appointed. It was very important
to aim for the highest calibre of lecturers from
the general university and professional world.
Sustained engagement with UNSW was an
important element in maintaining the standing
and effectiveness of the Lectures, while the
importance of the Lectures as an outreach
from the college meant the broader public and
the past members of the College were crucial
constituencies.
1987-1993 | REV DR BRUCE KAYE
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1995-2002 | DR ALLAN BEAVIS
1995-2002
Dr Allan Beavis oam
Prior to assuming the Mastership of New College in 1995, Dr Allan Beavis was
Secretary of the New College Board, and original founder and Trustee of the New
College Lectures. From their inception, he was heavily involved in the selection
of lecturers, and attended every lecture in each series.
Dr Allan Beavis oam
Upon becoming Master of the College,
the Lectures continued to attract the
attention of both academics within
the University and members of the
Church. The initial lecture in each series was
preceded by a function at the College and this
was generally attended by the Vice Chancellor
and other senior academics of UNSW, as well
as the Archbishop and senior members of the
Church. Their success correlated with the quality
of the lecturers, both international and local,
and their scholarship. Lecturers were selected
by a committee, which for many years was
chaired by Professor Austin Hukins, Head of the
Department of Science Education at UNSW, and
Deputy Chair of the College Board.
While each lecture series during this period
was of interest, a number were particularly
influential. For example, English intellectual
Elaine Storkey provoked deeper thinking on
the role of women in the Church. Rev Prof Sir
John Polkinghorne also had a strong impact,
returning in 1995 to deliver the New College
Lectures for the second time. Dr Beavis recalls
thinking that upon hearing Polkinghorne speak
he had encountered:
‘one of the greatest minds…a true
“polymath” being learned in mathematics,
physics and theology. Yet he is a person
of deep humility, an English gentleman
in the true sense of that word, who is
able to make complex technical concepts
accessible to the layperson.’
The combination of Polkinghorne’s intellectual
capacity, deep understanding of the nature of
the physical world, and firm belief in God was
an encouragement to hold on in faith in the
face of the social and personal conundrums
that can cause questions and doubts to arise.
This series was an edifying, intellectual and
faith based presentation for the hundreds of
people who attended the Lectures.
Dr Peter Vardy, from Heythrop College
at the University of London, was another
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1995-2002 | DR ALLAN BEAVIS
particularly notable speaker, as his series of
lectures were somewhat controversial within
the College. Vardy’s Christian understandings
and those promoted by the University’s
Anglican Chaplaincy and Campus Ministry
had significant points of difference, and Vardy
was not loathe to point out those differences.
As a result, some members of the Christian
community in College chose not to attend
the Lectures, while others appreciated the
representation of an alternative theological
perspective. Nevertheless, Vardy’s lectures
provided a framework within which to reflect
upon the nature of truth in the face of the
extreme relativism of our present age.
The lecturer generally resided in the
College during the Lectures. This meant that he
or she had informal contact with the students,
but it was generally a minority that attended
the Lectures. And, for the most part, these
were students taking courses in the area of
the lecturer’s expertise. Occasionally, other
activities such as small dinners were held to
give students the opportunity to interact with
the lecturers.
The Archbishop of the day generally
attended at least the first lecture in each series
and at the conclusion of the lecture, gave a
response and expressed thanks on behalf of
the College and all present. Both Archbishop
Robinson and Archbishop Goodhew covered
complex and technical material with
commendable finesse.
A member of the College Board, and
Treasurer at the time of the Lectures being
established, was Mr Maxwell I. Dickens. An
alumnus of the College (1975-78), including as
Dean of Men (1975) and Acting Dean (1976). He
went on to become the Chief Financial Officer
of the relatively new Regent Hotel at Circular
Quay and continued to contribute to New
College life as a Trustee for the Lectures.
Following each lecture series, Max arranged
a private dinner for the lecturer at the Regent
Hotel. Included on the guest list were the
Master, the Archbishop, the UNSW Vice
Chancellor, the Lecture Trustees, the Student
President and their partners. This was a very
generous gesture by Max and a splendid way
of expressing appreciation to the lecturer.
After several years,
Max was appointed
to be responsible
for a group of hotels
around the world and
he moved to Monaco
in the south of
France. In spite of this
move, he continued
to host (sometimes
in absentia) a postlectures
dinner.
Always on the guest
list was the Archbishop, the Vice Chancellor,
and Dr Stuart Babbage (during whose
Mastership Max had been a resident and
staff member, and for whom Max had a deep
respect). Max’s contributions to life at New
College were considerable and he was made a
Life Fellow of the College.
As a new millennium arrived, the annual
New College Lectures remained a key
element in enhancing the College’s standing
as an academic institution and in making
a contribution to the intellectual life of the
University.
The Archbishop of the
day generally attended …
Both Archbishop
Robinson and Archbishop
Goodhew covered
complex and technical
material with
commendable finesse.
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2002-2016 | PROF TREVOR CAIRNEY
2002-2016
Prof Trevor Cairney oam
Prof Trevor Cairney oam
2002
In 2002, the New College Lectures were hosted
for the first time by the 5th Master of the
College, Professor Trevor Cairney OAM.
The lecturer was Associate Professor
Craig Gay from Regent College, who offered
a Christian perspective on money and global
capitalism – Does global capitalism announce the
‘final clearance’ of meaning? His first talk was
titled ‘Capitalism’s Remarkable Productivity’,
the second ‘Exaltation of the Monetary Unit’
and the third ‘Towards a Theology of Shrewd
Stewardship’.
Invitations to the Lectures in 2002 and
before were primarily by letter and were
addressed to friends of New College, Rectors
of Anglican churches, and associates of the
former Institute for Values Research (IVR). The
latter institute had been closed just prior to
Professor Cairney’s appointment as Master.
The Lectures were published in 2003, as
part of a contract between New College and
UNSW Press, in the form of a book titled Cash
Values: The Value of Money, the Nature of Worth.
Forwarded by Professor Trevor Cairney, Dr Gay’s
book is still available and has been reviewed
well by secular and Christian writers.
The Master introduced the Lectures
and speaker, and moderated the question
time. In previous years, there had been a
more hands-on role from the Trustees, with
Emeritus Professor Christine Alexander, in
particular, often acting as a responder and
even introducing some lectures. As a Christian
and eminent English academic within The
University of New South Wales, Professor
Alexander has been a devoted supporter of the
New College Lectures and one of its longest
serving Trustees. It was with the support of
Prof Alexander and fellow Trustee, The Right
Rev Rob Forsyth, that the 5th Master sought to
expand the reach of the New College Lectures
through recent decades.
2003
The Master decided, in consultation with the
Trustees, to change the format slightly for
2003. This was primarily to engage residents
more fully with the series, as well as staff on
campus and the wider Church. There was
also an attempt to integrate the Lectures with
the activities of CASE, founded by Professor
Cairney in 2002, with Dr Greg Clarke appointed
as full-time Director. With the introduction
of a database, the College was also able to
develop a broader and more sophisticated
array of advertising approaches, and engage
the Christian and secular media. Additionally,
a formal dinner for New Collegians was moved
to the night before the Lectures with the aim
of attracting residents to then attend the full
lecture series.
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The speaker, Bishop Frame, was Bishop
to the Australian Defence Force (2001-2007).
He was also a former resident of New College
(NC 1983), and hence an ideal person to trial
the new format. The theme for the Lectures
was Living by the sword: the ethics of armed
intervention and explored the ethical character
of Australia’s involvement in war.
The week commenced with a formal dinner
on the topic ‘Why is television obsessed with
armed conflict?’ The first public lecture was
titled ‘Wars aren’t what they used to be!’ A
special invitation-only lunchtime event was
also held in conjunction with the College’s new
Centre for Christian Apologetics, Scholarship
and Education (CASE), 3 and this served as the
second lecture. It was titled ‘Where have all
the conscientious objectors gone?’ The same
evening, he presented his third lecture titled,
‘Indicting the nation-state for war crimes.’
After every lecture, Dr Frame discussed
his topic, college life, and varied ethical and
philosophical topics with residents and guests.
His stories kept many residents till the late
hours before the Master encouraged them all
to go to bed each night!
The Lectures were published again with
UNSW Press. The book Living by the Sword?
The Ethics of Armed Intervention (2004) was
well reviewed in The Sydney Morning Herald
and The Australian, as well as in a number
of scholarly international journals. It was
shortlisted for Australian Christian Book of the
Year in 2004 and is still in print. Dr Frame also
wrote an article for the flagship publication of
CASE, Case Quarterly, entitled ‘The impact of
American Foreign Policy on World Christianity’.
2002-2016 | PROF TREVOR CAIRNEY
2004
Professor Henry F. Schaefer III was, and still
is, the Graham Purdue Professor of Chemistry
and Director of the Centre for Computational
Chemistry at the University of Georgia. He
is the author of more than 1000 scientific
publications, and one of the top three most
cited chemists in the world. He has been
nominated for the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
on more than one occasion. His lectures were
related to the theme Science and Christianity:
Conflict or Coherence? His first was titled
‘Scientists and their Gods’, and the second
‘The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking, and God’.
There were also two additional invitationonly
seminars, held in association with CASE.
These were titled ‘Chaos, Complexity, and God’
and ‘The Christian Academic in the Secular
University’.
A feature of the series was a strong
3 Originally named the Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and
Education (CASE).
university presence, with DVC Professor
John Ingleson and Dean of Science Professor
Michael Archer amongst the many academics
and over 800 guests in attendance over the
course of the week. Justice Michael Kirby QC
was also in attendance.
2005
In 2005, there were three lecturers. Having
chosen the broad theme of Church & State, the
Trustees selected two high profile Christian
politicians from each of the major political
parties, and theologian Dr Cameron, to provide
the continuity across the two evenings. There
were two talks each evening. Dr Cameron
opened the first event in the Scientia Building
(Leighton Hall) with a short talk entitled
‘Separating Australia: Church, State and
recent Aussie thought.’ This was followed
by the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. John
Anderson, with ‘Church & State: The role
that people of faith have and should play
in politics’. The second night was opened
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2002-2016 | PROF TREVOR CAIRNEY
by the Hon. Kevin Rudd, Deputy Leader of
the Opposition at the time, with his talk ‘A
consideration of the relationship between
Church and State’. This was followed by
Dr Cameron’s second talk, ‘Making it work:
Proposals for future engagement between
Church and State’.
The Lectures were attended by almost 700
people over two nights and were recorded and
sold as a DVD. John Anderson’s lecture was also
published in a themed edition of Case Quarterly,
‘The Christian and Politics’, in 2007.
2006
The lecturer in 2006 was Prof Kim Oates AM,
MD DSc FRAC. Prof Oates is a paediatrician
with particular interests in child development
and child protection. He is Emeritus Professor
of Paediatrics and Child Health at the
University of Sydney, and had also been Chief
Executive Officer of the Children’s Hospital
Westmead from 1997 to 2006. The aim of the
three talks was to offer a new perspective
on family and its significant impact on
community.
The Lectures were titled ‘The amazing early
years of life!’, ‘When parenting goes wrong:
Hints for effective parenting’, and, ‘Sexual
abuse and children as reliable and truthful
informants?’ They later stimulated an edition
of Case Quarterly titled ‘Family Foundations’.
2007
The 2007 lectures were very significant. At the
time, Professor O’Donovan was seen as one of
the world’s great Christian scholars. His book
Resurrection and Moral Order was set reading
for all Moore College students, and had been
for some time. His work has always traversed
intellectual places and arguments that few
theologians were addressing in sound biblical
ways. He was accompanied by his wife, Dr Joan
Lockwood, who, a scholar in her own right, also
presented some talks.
The title for the lecture series was Morally
Awake? Admiration and resolution in the light
of Christian faith. The first lecture was held
in the Great Hall of Scientia and attended by
more than 600 guests. This first talk, ‘Waking,’
was framed around wakefulness – the mind
alert to shape decisions and actions – using
the metaphor of a journey. Prof O’Donovan
suggested that moral reasoning requires us
to think more seriously about the need for
frequent journeys from what is the case, to
what is not yet the case.
On night two he explored how ‘admiration’
is not mere effort or action, rather, it is ‘rest’ in
the biblical sense of the word. The third night’s
lecture, ‘Resolving’, concluded the journey,
discussing how we make the transition of reason
from what is the case to what we are to do.
These lectures created a real ‘buzz’ across
the Sydney and wider Australian church
with many people travelling from interstate
to attend. The Lectures eventually found
their way into a book that Oliver O’Donovan
published in 2013 – Self, World, and Time: Ethics
as Theology. In the book’s foreword O’Donovan
spoke of:
‘the generous hospitality of New College
and the Centre for Apologetic Scholarship
& Education (CASE) … which gave me
the first opportunity to explore some of
the terrain in September 2007, and an
occasional reminiscence of that pleasant
Australian visit still flavours the text.’
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2008
The 2008 lectures were presented by Trevor
Hart, who was Professor of Divinity and Director
of the Institute of Theology, Imagination and the
Arts at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
He presented a stimulating series of three
lectures on the relationship between creativity,
imagination and belief.
The week commenced with Professor Hart
speaking at the College formal dinner on the
nature of imagination as God’s gift, as well as
something to be expected in the creatures of a
creative and imaginative God.
The first lecture was titled ‘The lunatic,
the lover and the poet’: divine copyright and
the dangers of ‘strong imagination’. Prof Hart
examined the place of artistic creation and
put forward a theology of human artistry –
“that takes seriously Christian Scripture and
Creeds”. He encouraged us to hold together
human creativity and “God’s unique identity
as the originator and gracious giver of being
and life to the world”.
Prof Hart’s second talk, ‘God and the Artist:
Human creativity in theological perspective,’
explored artistry for humans as ‘sub-creators’
and unpacked the alternative and secondary
worlds of Tolkien and poet Sidney. In his final
talk – ‘Givenness, grace and gratitude: creation,
artistry and eucharist’ – Prof Hart suggested
that it is part of our humanity to take and
transform things and offer them back to our
creator. He concluded this is not just to serve
human need, but because, as an act of sheer
gratuity, it is right, good, and fitting to do so.
He suggested that art, in this sense can be
inherently eucharistic, “a gift freely offered in
thanksgiving, because the one who gives it has
him or herself first freely received.”
An essay titled ‘Creation, Reincarnation &
Redemption: In the Arts?’, was published in
Issue 16 of Case Quarterly. The content of the
Lectures can also be found in Trevor Hart’s
book Between the Image and the Word: Theological
Engagements with Imagination, Language and
Literature.
2009
The lecturer in 2009 was John Wyatt, Professor
of Ethics and Perinatology at the Institute for
Women’s Health, University College London.
He offered a Christian perspective on the
impact of technology on contemporary medical
practices. The talks were informed by a biblical
understanding of God’s purposes, as Professor
Wyatt considered the bioethical issues that
we face every day, as we make decisions about
creating, preserving and protecting life. These
lectures were deeply challenging and, at times,
very moving, as he related experiences from
his medical work and the challenges faced
when making medical decisions about death
and dying.
The first lecture was titled ‘Bioethics and
Creation’ and challenged attendees to consider
what creation order implies about reproductive
technology, parenthood, and the intrinsic value
of human life.
In the second lecture, ‘Bioethics and
redemption’, Prof Wyatt considered how the
desire to minimize suffering is central to the
moral vision of utilitarianism. He challenged
us to consider how the Easter story should
transform perceptions of suffering, and
have an impact on bioethical controversies
about assisted suicide, euthanasia, ageing,
and degenerative diseases. The third lecture,
‘Bioethics and future hope,’ addressed the
quest to create better humans by the use
of technology. One of the most challenging
moments in the Lectures was when he
related a personal story of a child born with
anencephaly. The little child, who many would
have argued should have died at birth, was
allowed to live by his parents, and became
a loved member of the church who touched
everyone in his short life.
Some of the content of Professor Wyatt’s
lectures was featured in Issue 17 of Case Quarterly
in an essay titled ‘Bioethics and the Future’.
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2010
The Lectures in 2010 were presented by
Professor Jeremy Begbie, the Thomas A. Langford
Research Professor at Duke Divinity School,
Duke University. Professor Begbie is known
internationally for his work on the theology
of music. In this work, he marries superb
musicianship and knowledge of music, with
his knowledge of theology and its application
to explorations of music. The Lectures explored
three central themes – creativity, freedom
and the powers of language, and each lecture
required a grand piano on centre stage.
In lecture one, titled ‘Can we be creative in
the midst of God’s creation?’ Professor Begbie
explored one of the hallmarks of the modern
era: that human creativity is seen as bringing
our own order to the physical world. The
second lecture was titled ‘Freedom – Can we be
free with God around?’ In the human quest for
freedom in the modern age it is often assumed
that the more God is involved in our lives,
the less freedom we have. However, Professor
Begbie demonstrated with musical analysis
of chord structures that ‘musical space’ can
help us grasp a far more biblical account of
human freedom, and discover that God is not
freedom’s enemy. The third lecture – ‘Language
– Can we speak about God without words?’ –
suggested that music can ‘transcend’ words. He
challenged us all to consider the place of music
in a faith that pivots on God using human
words to make himself known.
Professor Begbie’s essay ‘Polyphony of Life:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’ was presented in Case
Quarterly Issue 23. He was also interviewed
by Rachael Kohn for her ABC Radio National
program ‘The Spirit of Things’.
2011
The 2011 lectures featured three ‘younger’
theologians who were asked to explore the
theme, Theology and the Future. The speakers
chosen were: Rev Dr Michael Jensen (Moore
College), Prof John McDowell (Newcastle
University), and Rev Dr David Starling (Morling
College). The series was introduced by Dr Greg
Clarke (former Director of CASE, now CEO of
the Bible Society). Greg’s knowledge of the
College, his work on CASE, and his ability to
make a theme accessible to residents were a
great contribution.
Prof John McDowell presented the first
lecture titled ‘Theology & the Future of
Education’. The following evening, Dr David
Starling spoke on ‘Theology & the Future of
the Church’. On Thursday evening, Dr Michael
Jensen considered ‘Theology & the Future of
Humanity’.
Issue 28 of Case Quarterly was devoted to
the theme, and a contract was also secured
with the international publisher T&T Clark to
write a book titled Theology and the Future. This
was edited by Prof Trevor Cairney and Rev Dr
David Starling and included submissions from
many eminent Australian and international
theologians. This book was subsequently
launched at the 2014 New College Lectures and
is still on sale worldwide.
2012
The 2012 lectures, given by Professor James K.
A. Smith, explored Christian worship in the
theme Imagining the Kingdom. Instead of a third
lecture, a conference was organized through
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CASE titled ‘Education as Formation,’ which
applied this idea to education.
Both events were given unity by the
underpinning of the act of ‘sending’ God’s
people into the world. Smith argued that the
goal of worship and education are to form
disciples of Jesus, who bear God’s image to and
for the world. Each seeks the formation of actors
who bear witness to God’s coming kingdom.
In the Lectures, Prof Smith challenged some
of our assumptions about why and how we
act, and the central role of the imagination
in shaping our perception of the world and
our action within it. Prof Smith’s address at
the CASE conference was titled ‘Educating the
Imagination: Christian Education as a Pedagogy
of Desire’. Other speakers included Archbishop
Peter Jensen, Prof Trevor Cairney (UNSW),
Dr James Pietsch (St Luke’s Grammar School),
Anne Johnstone (St Catherine’s at Waverley),
David Hastie (Presbyterian Ladies’ College) and
Richard Ford (St Andrew’s Cathedral School).
The conference also offered an opportunity
for Archbishop Jensen to launch the book New
Perspectives on Anglican Education: Reconsidering
Purpose and Plotting a Future Direction (Cairney,
Cowling and Jensen), which also explored
many of the themes of the Lectures and the
conference.
One outcome of the conference was that all
the speakers contributed articles which formed
Issue 31 of Case Quarterly titled ‘Formative
Education’.
2013
The 2013 lectures were delivered by Professor
Stanley Hauerwas from Duke University, who
had also spoken previously at the New College
Lectures in 1990.
The overall theme of the series was The
Work of Theology: Thinking, writing and acting
politically. In the talks, Professor Hauerwas
reflected on his own life and development
as a theologian set against the work of other
theologians, literary theorists, philosophers
and ethicists.
He reminded us that we must never forget
the value of the Church as a place where
the body of Christ worships God in varied
ways as a community of wonder, love and
praise. In particular, he spoke about the many
communities of practice that we inhabit –
families, schools, the church. He also stressed
the role of story in our lives and that of
formation in the life of all of us. He argued that
good theology requires us to make the familiar
strange, and to use language that brings
contrast between our finiteness and God’s
infiniteness.
Case Quarterly Issue 36 featured a paper
from Professor Hauerwas titled ‘Citizens of
Heaven’.
2014
Dr Peter Harrison (now an Australian Research
Council Laureate Fellow), Director of the
Centre of the History of European Discourses
at the University of Queensland, was
chosen to deliver the 2014 lectures. He has
published extensively in the area of cultural
and intellectual history with a focus on the
philosophical, scientific and religious thought
of the early modern period.
The purpose of the three lectures was to
consider the changing boundaries of science
and religion, and consider how the positive
interactions of the past offer insights into
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Archbishop Jensen to launch the book
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science-religion relations in the present.
The first lecture, ‘Is Christianity a Religion?’
offered an account of the emergence of the
modern idea of religion, which in the 17th
century began to be understood less in terms
of a way of life, and more in terms of explicit
beliefs. The second lecture, ‘The Invention
of Modern Science,’ examined the history of
‘scientific’ endeavours, reminding us that
the study of nature, up until the nineteenth
century, was vitally concerned with moral and
religious questions. Finally, on night three,
Dr Harrison explored the ongoing legacy of
religion and science, suggesting that some
of the problematic aspects of their present
relationship arise out of the history of the ideas
themselves.
2015
Professor Trevor Hart returned to deliver the
2015 lectures. He began with the most basic
of Christian claims about the world; that is,
its Creator took on flesh and dwelt among
us. The Lectures sought to trace resonances
between this claim and the realities of our
shared human condition, especially as they are
manifested by participation in the arts.
The first lecture was titled ‘Clayey lodging:
on the predicament of being human and
why matter matters’. In it, he argued that the
sorts of meaning typically associated with
the arts furnish a healthier picture of human
knowing than ones that presuppose our
final disentanglement from the flesh and its
contingencies. In his second lecture – ‘Earthy
epiphanies: the incarnation of meaning and
the meaning of incarnation in the arts’ –
Professor Hart discussed the tendency in the
arts to grant the meanings and experiences
they generate an exalted status. In his final
lecture – ‘Heavenly bodies: why Wagner was
right about art and wrong about God, and
what the Church may yet have to learn from
him’ – Professor Hart suggested that Wagner’s
music had a radical vision for the arts that
was theologically informed and inspired. He
suggested that we need to recapture Wagner’s
intuition that the true ‘hallowing’ of things
by creatures like ourselves must necessarily
involve a multi-sensory and imaginative
‘total’ engagement whereby the whole self is
reordered and reoriented.
Professor Hart’s second lecture from
the series was published in issue 43 of Case
Quarterly.
2016
Some of the most widely published challenges
to the Christian faith today have come in the
publicity surrounding the “apocryphal” gospels
not included in the Christian Bible. The idea
that there is nothing particularly special about
the four New Testament Gospels has appeared
in both the popular media and in Biblical
scholarship, from references to the ‘Gospel of
Philip’ in the Da Vinci Code, to the publication
by the Harvard Theological Review of the socalled
“Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” fragment. The
2016 lectures considered the relevance of these
gospels, comparing them with Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John.
In the first talk, ‘What Ten Gospels Say
About Jesus’ Death and Resurrection’, Dr
Gathercole sought to debunk the notion that
there is nothing particularly special about the
four New Testament Gospels. In his second
talk, ‘What Ten Gospels Say About Jesus the
Jewish Messiah’, Dr Gathercole’s broad concern
was the extent to which Jesus was present
and whether this was internally consistent.
He also examined the extent to which this is
consistent with the Old Testament, as well as
Jewish literature and other historical evidence.
The major outcome from the series was the
publication of Issue 46 of Case Quarterly with
the theme ‘Which Gospel’. It featured an article
by Dr Gathercole titled ‘The Old Testament in
Ten Gospels’.
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The Present and the Future
A/Prof William Peirson
At our 30th anniversary of the New College
Lectures in 2017, we will be addressed
by Dr Brian Rosner, Principal of Ridley
College in Melbourne, on the subject
of Personal Identity. Personal identity is arguably
our most vexed present societal issue. Futuristic
portrayals of the destiny of members of the
human race are a common central theme
of contemporary visual media. At the same
time, this present generation are considering
redefinition of their identity in a way that was
never imagined by their grandparents.
Careful readers of this history will have
observed some common elements between
Dr Rosner’s venture and many previous
lectures. This highlights again the significance,
development and contemporary nature of the
core issue of personal identity. Hard on the
heels of the Lectures will be publication of a
special edition of Case Quarterly embracing
a brief written summary of Dr Rosner’s
presentations as well as neuroscientific and
end-of-life considerations.
I am pleased to advise that, at the time
of writing, both our 2018 and 2019 lecturers
have already given in principle agreement
to contributing to our lecture series. I am
confident that our immediate future lectures
will be prescient contributions and of benefit to
all who hear them.
As we look to 2020 and beyond, more
fundamental questions about the future of
the New College Lectures emerge. For what
end do we hope the Lectures will engage and
challenge residents and alumni of New College
whilst also being outward looking to serve
the university and broader community? Why
bother holding lectures when 15 minute TED
talks are the fashion and ideas are measured in
thousands of tweets per minute?
Daniel Kahneman has brilliantly
highlighted the answer for us in Thinking, Fast
and Slow (2011). It requires dedicated work
to carefully consider major problems and it
is beguilingly easy to be lazy and trust our
intuition – leading to serious and fundamental
mistakes. Purposeful planning is required to
think through challenging issues.
Our present
societies are
undergoing
cataclysmic changes.
Our environments
are undergoing
secular changes
that universally
are regarded with
regret but are
also (apparently)
irresistible.
Technology and big
data are invading
our lives in an accelerating fashion. This
present time, perhaps more than any other in
the course of human history, requires careful
consideration of the consequences of present
initiatives, actions and trajectory.
The ongoing challenge of Christianity
comes from its founder, Jesus Christ, whose life
and words remain disturbing and inspirational
to this day. Jesus’ own major lecture is recorded
for us by His disciple Matthew as the Sermon
on the Mount in chapters 5 to 7. The breadth
of Jesus’ topics in His sermon is breathtaking.
Significant issues relevant to every UNSW
Faculty are addressed.
Following Jesus’ example, and in
collaboration with our invited lecturers,
the New College Lectures will continue to
challenge and to reflect profoundly on the
entire counsel of God (Acts 20:27): not in
cloistered halls, but as it applies to the streets,
board rooms, schools, churches and research
laboratories of the 21st century.
I am pleased to advise
that, at the time of
writing, both our 2018
and 2019 lecturers have
already given in
principle agreement to
contributing to our
lecture series.
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LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS
Lectures and Publications
Year Title Lecturers Publications
2017 Personal Identity Dr Brian Rosner Case Quarterly Issue 49, ‘Personal Identity’ (2017)
2016 Jesus and the Ten Gospels Dr Simon Gathercole Case Quarterly Issue 46, ‘The Old Testament in
Ten Gospels’ (2016)
2015 Taking Flesh: Christology,
Embodiment and the Arts
2014 Exploring the Territories of
Science & Religion
2013 The Work of Theology:
Thinking, Writing, and Acting
Politically
Professor Trevor Hart
Professor Peter Harrison
Professor Stanley Hauerwas
Case Quarterly Issue 43, ‘Earthly Epiphanies:
the incarnation of meaning and the meaning of
incarnation in the arts’ (2015)
Case Quarterly Issue 36, ‘Citizens of Heaven’
(2013)
2012 Imagining the Kingdom: On
Christian Discipleship and
Action
Professor James K. A. Smith Case Quarterly Issue 31 (2012)
2011 Theology and the Future Professor John McDowell,
Rev Dr David Starling,
Rev Dr Michael Jensen
Theology and the Future: Evangelical Assertions
and Explorations (Bloomsbury, 2014), edited
by Professor Trevor Cairney and Rev Dr David
Starling
Case Quarterly Issue 28 (2011)
2010 Music, Modernity and God Professor Jeremy Begbie Case Quarterly Issue 23, ‘Polyphony of Life:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’ (2010)
2009 Bioethics and Future Hope Professor John Wyatt Case Quarterly Issue 17, ‘Bioethics and the Future’
(2008)
2008 God and the Artist: Human
Creativity in Theological
Perspective
2007 Morally Awake? Admiration
and Resolution in the Light of
Christian Faith
Professor Trevor Hart
Professor Oliver O’Donovan
Between the Image and the Word: Theological
Engagements with Imagination, Language and
Literature (Routledge, 2013) by Trevor Hart
Case Quarterly Issue 16, ‘Creation, Reincarnation
& Redemption: In the Arts?’ (2008)
Self, World, and Time: Ethics as Theology
(Eerdmans, 2013) by Oliver O’Donovan
Case Quarterly Issue 12, ‘Scripture and Christian
Ethics’ (2007)
2006 Children in the Spotlight:
Issues in Early Childhood and
Parenting
Professor Kim Oates Case Quarterly Issue 12 (2007)
2005 Church & State: Exploring
Views on the Relevance of
Faith to Politics
2004 Science & Christianity:
Conflict or Coherence?
2003 Living by the Sword: The
Ethics of Armed Intervention
The Hon John Anderson
MP, The Hon Kevin Rudd
MP and Rev Dr Andrew
Cameron
Dr Henry “Fritz” Schaefer
Dr Tom Frame
Case Quarterly Issue 13, ‘Church and State: The
Role People of Faith Have and Should Play in
Politics’ by The Hon John Anderson (2007)
Living by the Sword?: the Ethics of Armed
Intervention (UNSW Press, 2004) by Dr Tom
Frame
Case Quarterly Issue 6, ‘The impact of American
Foreign Policy on World Christianity’ (2004)
2002 The Rise of Global Capitalism Professor Craig Gay Cash Values: The Value of Money, the Nature
of Worth (UNSW Press, 2003) by Professor
Craig Gay
2001 Media Mania Dr Hugh Mackay Media Mania: Why Our Fear of Modern Media
is Misplaced (UNSW Press, 2002) by Dr Hugh
Mackay
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Year Title Lecturers Publications
2000 Writing in Rights Professor Hilary
Charlesworth
1999 If Christ Came to the
Olympics
Dr William Baker
Writing in Rights: Australia and the Protection of
Human Rights (UNSW Press, 2001) by Professor
Hilary Charlesworth
If Christ Came to the Olympics (UNSW Press,
2000) by Dr William Baker
1998 What is Truth? Dr Peter Vardy What is Truth? (UNSW Press, 1999) by Dr Peter
Vardy
1997 Men and Women –
Constructed or Created
Dr Elaine Storkey
Created or Constructed? The Great Gender Debate
(Paternoster Press, 2000; UNSW Press, 2001) by
Dr Elaine Storkey
1996 Killing the Black Dog Mr Les Murray Killing the Black Dog (Federation Press, 1997) by
Les Murray
1995 Beyond Science The Reverend Dr John
Polkinghorne
Beyond Science (Cambridge University Press,
1996) by Rev Dr John Polkinghorne
NEW COLLEGE LECTURES TRUSTEES
1994 Economics Professor Geoffrey Brennan
1993 Beyond Self-Interest Professor Robin Gill Beyond Self-Interest (New College, 1993) by
Professor Robin Gill
1993 Religion and Current Science The Reverend Dr John
Polkinghorne
Religion and Current Science (New College, 1993)
by Rev Dr John Polkinghorne
1992 Environment Professor Peter Newman
1991 History Professor Geoffrey Bolton
1990 After Christendom? Professor Stanley Hauerwas After Christendom?: How the Church is to Behave if
Freedom, Justice, and a Christian Nation Are Bad
Ideas (Abingdon Press, 1991; Anzea Publishers,
1991) by Professor Stanley Hauerwas
1989 Constancy & Change The Hon. Justice Keith
Mason
Constancy and Change (Federation Press, 1990)
by The Hon. Justice Keith Mason
1988 Can These Bones Live? Dr Veronica Brady Can These Bones Live? (Federation Press, 1997)
by Dr Veronica Brady
1987 Mind Fields Professor Malcolm Jeeves Mind Fields: Reflections on the Science of Mind
and Brain (Anzea Publishers, 1993) by Professor
Malcolm Jeeves
New College Lectures Trustees
Emeritus Professor Christine Alexander
Dr Allan Beavis oam
Professor Trevor Cairney oam
Maxwell I. Dickens
The Right Reverend Robert Forsyth
Emeritus Professor Austin A. Hukins
Reverend Dr Bruce Kaye am
Adjunct Professor William Peirson
The Right Reverend Dr Michael Stead
The Trustees have devoted significant time and effort to founding, nurturing, and developing the New College
Lectures over the last 30 years. Their dedication to ensuring the highest intellectual standard of lectures,
keen understanding of contemporary societal issues, and appreciation of the importance Christian thought
continue to be greatly valued.
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Initium Sapientiae Timor Domini
The Fear of the LORD is
the Beginning of Wisdom
PSALM 111:10
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