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"In this seminal treatise, Peter J. Leithart argues that the coming of the New Creation in Jesus Christ has profound and revolutionary implications for social order, implications symbolized and effected in the ritual of baptism. In Christ and Christian baptism, the ancient disti…
In 2008, Lewis Ayres and Michel Barnes published several articles in the journal Augustinian Studies proposing a theory of early Christian pneumatology in three stages. They argue that each successive stage marked a downturn in the church’s pneumatology, progressing from a high …
René Girard’s mimetic theory posits that culture is predicated upon religion, which in turn is predicated on sacrifice that stems from mimetic behavior. In archaic systems, culture is ultimately rooted in a violent scapegoating mechanism whereby human violence is attributed to t…
This thesis draws upon empirical data from fifty semi-structured interviews, participant observation and living alongside the community of Kirkham, Lancashire to answer the question "Why do people bring their infant child to baptism when they do not attend Church?" The study con…
This thesis proposes that the narrative engagement of ethical leadership is foundational for contemporary Lay Ecclesial Leadership of ministries of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is argued that in the appointment of women and men as board directors it is essential to devel…