Past events

EHA Lecture - Dr Malcolm Prentis , 19th October 2021

Andrew Stewart's Mission in Queensland, 1899-1952

Hear Dr Malcolm Prentis, author of The Scots in Australia (UNSW Press) and joint author of Presbyterian Ministers in Australia 1822-1901 (New Melbourne Press) outline the life and work of Andrew Stewart.

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EHA Lecture - Associate Professor Stuart Piggin, 14th August 2021

Evangelical Christian Keys to the History of Nation-Building in Australia: Takeaways from the Piggin/Linder research

Hear one of Australia's most significant historians, Emeritus Associate Professor Stuart Piggin, reflect on Christian keys to the history of nation-building, drawing on the 30-year project he undertook with the late Professor Bob Linder, which culminated in the multi-award-winning two-volume Evangelical Christians in Australian History.

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Annual General Meeting Lecture - Dr Daniel Reynaud, 2nd March 2021

The AGM lecture for 2021 was given on the 2nd of March by Dr Daniel Reynaud on the topic of "Researching Religion in the ANZAC narrative".

Please note, there were some issues with the audio quality for the first 4 minutes of the lecture.

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Online Public Lecture - Dr Michael Gladwin, 29th October 2020

The Australian Bible Society and the Crisis of War and Pandemic, 1914–1919  
EHA Zoom Public Lecture with Dr Michael Gladwin
Lecturer in History at St Mark's National Theological Centre in the School of Theology, Charles Sturt University, Canberra
 
Hosted by The Evangelical History Association
Oct 29, 2020, 08:00 PM DST (that is 08:00 PM in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney) 

This lecture offers a historical perspective on how a group of Australian Christians responded to a time of crisis. The focus here is on leaders and supporters of the Australian arm of the British and the Foreign Bible Society (BFBS)—since renamed the Bible Society of Australia. The Bible Society’s response to a period of “unprecedented” crisis—marked by the First World War and the Spanish Influenza pandemic.
 
As this lecture will show, Bible Society leaders and supporters responded with a clear focus on their mission and raison d’être; with creativity that saw opportunities within crises; with sacrificial commitment and flexibility; and with a stubborn optimism underpinned by a theology of a transcendent kingdom governed by the generous and good providence of God—all of which was pursued in the face of profound uncertainty and loss that touched almost every family in Australia. 

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