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Ecclesiastes
Written By Rev Dr Kirk Patston
Rev Dr Kirk Patston

B.App.Sc. (Cumberland), B.Th. (Hons) (MTC/ACT), Dip.Th.St. (PTC), M.Th. (MTC) Ph.D (University of Sydney)

 

Publications and Research:

PhD on 'Job, Otherness and Christian Theology of Disability' (2016)

‘Review of Nigel Zimmerman: Levinas and Theology. (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark)’, 2013 Journal of Religious History 38 (2014):192.

‘Disability Discrimination in the book of Job.’ Conference Proceedings of Theology, Disability and the People of God Conference, 2013, forthcoming

Isaiah: Surprising Salvation. Reading the Bible Today. (Sydney South: Aquila, 2010). (Also available for purchase from SMBC online store)

‘God’s Inefficient Creation: A Fresh Look at Disability in the Old Testament’ CASE 21(2009): 16–21.

‘Introduction’ and ‘Jerrah: A Father’s Perspective’ in K. Hurley, Take Heart: For Families Living with Disability. (Sydney South: Blue Bottle, 2008), 8–12, 57­–62.

Recent Conference Presentations:

2014    Proposal accepted to present ‘Ostriches and Others: Disability in the book of Job’ at the Healthcare and Disability in the Ancient World Unit, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting;

2013    ‘Disability Discrimination in the book of Job’ at Theology, Disability and the People of God Conference, Auckland;

2013    'Surrendering to God in the Old Testament' at Katoomba Easter Convention (KEC)

2011    Malachi at Next Generation Convention;

2010    Ecclesiastes and Isaiah in Northern Ireland;

2009    Ecclesiastes at Katoomba Easter Convention (KEC);

2001    Deuteronomy at Katoomba Youth Leadership Convention

Academic Interests:

Wisdom Literature, the relationship between the gospel and culture, and ministry with people with disabilities.

Personal:

He is married to Lisa and the father of two teenage boys. The Patstons live and attend church in the Lower Blue Mountains.

https://www.smbc.edu.au/about/faculty/rev-kirk-patston
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