Adjunct Professor Stephen Pickard
Scholar in residence, St Francis College; adjunct Professor of Theology, CSU
B.Comm (Newcastle); BD (MCD); PhD (Dunelm)
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Stephen Pickard is a Sessional Lecturer in Being the Church for the Bachelor of Theology program. He is St Francis College’s Scholar in Residence for Semester 2 2022.
Stephen is an adjunct Professor of Theology at CSU. He is the former Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture Charles Sturt University, and Assistant Bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. He was Head of the School of Theology, CSU for 9 years and Director of St Marks National Theological Centre prior to being consecrated as a Bishop in the Diocese of Adelaide in 2007. He was Visiting Fellow at Ripon Theological College, Cuddesdon, 2010-2011 and in 2011 was installed as a Six Preacher at Canterbury Cathedral. On his return to Australia he ministered in a Canberra parish and subsequently was for one year acting CEO of Anglicare in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
He has been a recent member of the Doctrine Commission and a former Chair of the Mission and Ministry Commission of the Anglican Church of Australia. In March 2022 he received, from the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Cross of St Augustine. This Lambeth Award was in recognition of his service to the Anglican Communion as a theologian, teacher and bishop, and in particular his membership of the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission (2001-2007) and the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (2009-2020).
His teaching, research and writing (4 books and other assorted articles and chapters) are in systematic theology with a special focus on ecclesiology. He is married to Jennifer and their larger family includes 4 grandchildren.
Publications (selected 2019-2022)
Led by the Kindly Light of Truth: Gandhi, Nonviolence and the Renewal of Sociality (chap), Gandhi’s Truths in an Age of Fundamentalism and Nationalism, Fortress Press, 2022.
Barth on Divine Simplicity and the Attributes of God: A Theological Agenda for Christian/Muslim Dialogue, International Journal of Public Theology, 15, December 2021
This mortal life: ageing and spirituality after the Great Transition (art), Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Ageing, 33/2, 2021.
Solitude and Society: faith beyond Covid 19. (art), Eremos, 2021.
At the Third Altar: The Vocation of the Church in the World (chap.), Making the Word of God Fully Known: Essays on Church, Culture, and Mission in Honour of Archbishop Philip Freier. Barker, P. & Billings, B. (eds.). Eugene, OR, USA: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2020.
Optimal environments for the formation of character and prospects for religion (chap), The impact of religion: On character formation, ethical education, and the communication of values in late modern pluralistic societies. Welker, M., Witte, J. & Pickard, S. (eds.). Leipzig, Germany: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 2020.
Rational choice theory and virtuous economics? Problems and possibilities (chap), The Impact of the market: on character formation, ethical education, and the communication of values in late modern pluralistic societies. von Hagen, J., Welker, M., Witte, J. & Pickard, S. (eds.). 1st ed. Leipzig, Germany: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 2020.
Mercy as Divine Self-Giving: Seven Theses toward a Kenotic Ecclesiology (chap.), Justice, Mercy and Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Bolt, P. & Harrison, J. (eds.). Eugene, Oregon, USA: Pickwick Publications, 2020.
A collaboratively shaped ministry for the coming church, (chap)., The study of ministry: A comprehensive survey of theory and best practice. Percy, M., Markham, I. S., Percy, E. & Po, F. (eds.). London: SPCK Publishing, 2019.
Disagreement and Christian unity: Re-evaluating the situation, (chap.), Marriage, same-sex marriage and the Anglican church of Australia: Essays from the Doctrine Commission. of the Anglican Church of Australia, T. D. C. (ed.). Mulgrave, Victoria: Broughton Publishing, 2019.
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