Homepage Feature Archives - Whitley College https://www.whitley.edu.au/category/homepage-feature/ The Baptist College of Victoria Mon, 22 Jul 2019 05:55:55 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://www.whitley.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Whitley-Bird-white-transparent-100x100.png Homepage Feature Archives - Whitley College https://www.whitley.edu.au/category/homepage-feature/ 32 32 The Gospel in a Consumer Culture https://www.whitley.edu.au/2019/07/22/the-gospel-in-a-consumer-culture/ Mon, 22 Jul 2019 02:06:05 +0000 https://www.whitley.edu.au/?p=5446 A public lecture by Jonathan Cornford
 and launch of his book ‘Coming Home’, 
with Rev Dr Simon Holt.

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]]> Humanity in the 21st century faces enormous challenges. Australian Christianity in the 21st century is also facing enormous challenges. It will be argued that both of these challenges are linked to a crisis of the dominant mode of living in the West: consumer culture. This lecture will consider the tasks of Christian witness in Australia if it is to take these twin challenges seriously. How might ecological responsibility and economic justice be linked to the health of faith and the content of witness? And what might this actually look like?

Jonathan Cornford is the co-founder of Manna Gum, a ministry in good news economics. He has a doctorate in political-economy and is currently undertaking a doctorate in theology through Whitley College.

Date:

Wednesday 14 August 2019, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm refreshments

Venue:

Whitley College, 50 The Avenue, Parkville, VIC

RSVP

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