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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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