Our Projects
Projects Funded by Scripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre | ||||
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Project Title | Partner / Funding Body | Researchers | Time-line | Project Information |
Spiritual Lives of 21 ANZACS | SWRC | A/Prof Daniel Reynaud (Avondale) | 2018-2019 | Book project: funds to cover travel & accommodation to Canberra to consult diaries not yet online at the Research Centre of the War Memorial; and to purchase rights to photographs from the Australian War Memorial for the book project. |
Youth Ministry: the lived experience | SWRC, CERC, Research Office | Prof Tony Williams (Avondale/ U of Wollongong) A/Prof Kevin Petrie (Avondale) Dr Peter Kilgour (Avondale) Dr John Skzypaszek (Avondale) | 2018-2019 | The 2018 Global Youth Leaders Congress (GYLC) provides a unique opportunity to look at the work of Youth Ministry, but through a different lens, utilising the lived experience methodology as a lens for better understanding the activity. |
Perceptions of Spirituality: Exploring the spectrum of beliefs in one Israeli university | SWRC | A/Prof Phil Fitzsimmons (Avondale) Dr Jon Kasler (Tel Hai University Israel) Ms Edie Lanphar (Holy Cross Catholic School, Ventura, CA) | 2017-2018 | This qualitative project seeks to explore the concept of ‘spirituality’ in one university in Israel. A contested research space in regard to tertiary students and tertiary institutions (Hyde 2008), the respondents in this project represent the broad spectrum of cultural and religious belief systems in Israel. |
Worship Perspectives | SWRC | Dr David Tasker (Avondale) Prof Robert K. McIver (Avondale) Dr Kayle de Waal (Avondale) Dr Erika Puni (Avondale) Dr Wendy Jackson (Avondale), et al. | 2017-2019 | Book project |
Projects Funded by Sources Other than the SWRC, but Researcher or Project Related to the Scripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre | ||||
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Project Title | Partner / Funding Body | Researchers | Time-line | Project Information |
A book titled “Anzac Spirituality: The First AIF soldiers speak” | Avondale Research Services Office | A/Prof Daniel Reynaud (Avondale) | 2008-2018 | Publication: Reynaud, D. (2018). Anzac spirituality: The first AIF soldiers speak. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Scholarly. |
Investigating the Status of Six Church Plants on Seventh-day Adventist School Campuses | South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church | Dr Kayle de Waal (Avondale) Dr Peter Beamish (Avondale) Dr Jason Hinze (Avondale) Dr Erika Puni (Avondale) Joe Azzopardi (Avondale HDR student) | 2018-2019 | |
Perceptions held by Employees of Seventh-day Adventist Organizations of their Relationship to the Mission of the Church | General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists office of Archives Statistics and Research; SWRC | Prof Rob McIver (Avondale) , Prof Tony Williams (Avondale/ U of Wollongong), Dr Peter Kilgour (Avondale), Dr Wendy Jackson (Avondale), Dr Sherry Hattingh (Avondale) | 2011-2025 | The aim of this project is to survey employees of Seventh-day Adventist institutions in the 13 world divisions of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (GC) to determine their perceptions of their relationship and the institution’s relationship to the mission of the Adventist Church. The institutions of interest are in the education sector (primary, secondary and tertiary levels), healthcare, publishing, and food industries. |
2017 Global Church Member Survey – South Pacific Division | General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists office of Archives Statistics and Research; SWRC | Dr Peter Beamish (Avondale) Dr David Tasker (Avondale) Dr Kayle de Waal (Avondale) Dr Kevin Petrie (Avondale) Dr Lindsay Morton (Avondale) Prof Rob McIver (Avondale) Prof Tony Williams (Avondale) | 2017-2019 | |
Motives for Tithing amongst Seventh-day Adventist Members, Analysis of Age Related Giving Patterns and Other Tithe-Related Matters | General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists office of Archives Statistics and Research | Prof Robert K. McIver (Avondale) | 2012-2016 | Results published in: Robert K. McIver, Tithing Practices Among Seventh-day Adventists: A Study of Tithe Demographics and Motives in Australia, Brazil, England, Kenya and the United States (Cooranbong, NSW; Silver Spring MD: Avondale Academic Press/General Conference Office of Archives, Statistics and Research, 2016). |
South Pacific Discipleship Research Project | South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church | Dr Kayle de Waal (Avondale) Dr Kevin Petrie (Avondale) Dr Sherry Hattingh (Avondale) Dr Lindsay Morton (Avondale) Dr Rick Ferret (Avondale) Julie-Anne Heise (Avondale) | 2014-2015 | The aim of this research project is:
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Incorporating Student Experience and Transformative Learning into Curriculum Design and Planning of Undergraduate Theological Degrees | Office of Learning and Teaching | Prof Peter Sherlock (UD) Prof Rob McIver (Avondale) Prof Neil Ormerod (ACU) Dr Gerard Moore (CSU) Dr Mark Harding (ACT) Dr Neil Holm (SCD) | 2010-2012 | Leslie J. Ball, Transforming theology: student experience and transformative learning in undergraduate theological education (Northcote, VIC: Morning Star, 2012) |
Uncovering Theology: The Depth, Reach and Utility of Australian Theological Education | Office of Learning and Teaching | Prof Paul Bierne (Lead Investigator) (ACU) Dr Rob McIver (Avondale) Prof Neil Ormerod Dr Gerard Moore | 2008 | Charles Sherlock, Uncovering Theology: the depth, reach and utility of Australian theological education (Adelaide: ATF, 2009) |