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    Academic Biography

    1986  Bachelor of Science (UNSW)

    1992  Bachelor of Theology (Honours 1) (ACT)

    1993  Diploma of Arts in Theology (Honours 1) (MTC)

    1993  Diploma of Ministry (MTC)

    1998  Master of Theology (Merit) (MTC)

    2003  Ph.D. (University of London, King’s College)

    PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

    1981 Clerk, State Bank of NSW,

    1982-83 Student, UNSW

    1984-85  Nursing assistant, Bowden Brae Nursing Home

    1984  Clerk, NSW Department of Housing

    1986-89 Clerk, State Rail Authority of NSW

    1989-92 Student, Moore College

    1993-98 Assistant Minister at St Philip’s Anglican Church, Caringbah

    1994-95 Lecturer (casual), School of Christian Studies, Robert Menzies College

    1996-97 Lecturer (casual), Moore Theological College Department of External Studies

    2000-01 Elder, Royston Evangelical Church (UK) while pursuing doctoral research at King’s College, London

The Rev Dr Andrew Cameron

Social Issues Executive Chair
Lectures in Ethics, Social Ethics, Philosophy


“For me ethics is where the whole of Christian theology, Jesus’ lordship and living life really come together.”

After six years the Camerons are still loving life at Moore.  Mary-Anne is loving her garden and her chooks, Amy is loving St Andrew’s School and Thomas is loving Sydney Secondary College, Leichhardt.  For Andrew, interacting with students, reading, writing and teaching remain life’s great pleasures.

andrew.cameron@moore.edu.au

Cameron, Andrew, and Lisa Watts. “Euthanasia and the abandonment of life.” In Voluntary Euthanasia, edited by Justin Healey, Vol. 266, Issues in Society, 34-35. Thirroul: Spinney Press, 2008.

Cameron, Andrew. “Desire and Grace: Williams and the Search for Bodily Wholeness.” In On Rowan Williams: Critical Essays, edited by Matheson Russell, 141-162. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2009.

Cameron, Andrew. “Liberation and desire: the logic of law in Exodus and beyond ” In Exploring Exodus: literary, theological and contemporary approaches, edited by Brian S. Rosner and Paul R. Williamson, 123-153. Nottingham: Apollos, 2008

“Still Deadly: Ancient Cures for the Seven Sins,” co-edited with Brian S. Rosner. Sydney South: Aquila, 2007.

“How to say YES to the world: Towards a New Way forward in Evangelical Social Ethics.” Reformed Theological Review 66, no. 1 (2007), 23-36.

“’Trust us’: governments, justice and peace.” Debate, no. 1 (2007), 18-20

“Church and State: Exploring Views on the Relevance of Faith to Politics,” The 19th Annual New College Lectures, New College UNSW 25-26 October 2005 (with The Hon John Anderson MP and The Hon Kevin Rudd MP). Kensington: New College, 2005 [DVD format]; online: http://www.newcollege.unsw.edu.au/whatsnew.php#57

“Anglican Schooling in a Pluralistic Society,” The Inaugural Armitage Lecture, Shore School, 11 November 2005; forthcoming and online: http://www.shore.nsw.edu.au/html/CameronA-Armitage%20lecture.pdf

“An Anglican perspective,” in Rachel A Ankeny et al., “Religious perspectives on withdrawal of treatment from patients with multiple organ failure,” MJA 2005; 183 (11/12): 616-621; online: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/183_11_051205/ank10614_fm.html

“Does apologetics need an apologetic?” Paper for the Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and Education Symposium on Future Apologetics, New College UNSW, February 2004; forthcoming.

“The embryo and the theologian: a case-study in handling science theologically.” Paper for the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics, Oxford UK, September 2004.

“Stemming the tide: A Christian response to the Embryonic Stem Cell Research Debate” (co-authored with Andrew Prince); in Sarah Buckle-Dykes (ed.), 1st Century Answers to 21st Century Questions, Volume 2. Croydon: SMBC books, forthcoming.

“The Bible and Christian Ethics: Is the Good Book Still Good for a Watching World?” Third Halifax-Portal Lecture, May 2003; online: http://www.anglicanmedia.com.au/index.php/article/articleview/764 .

“The Challenge of Civic Involvement.” Paper for the Moore College School of Theology, September 2002.

Contracts

Acorn Press for chapter on ‘A Theological Approach to Social Reform, Advocacy and Engagement,’ in Rodney Yule (ed.) Another Way to Love: Christian Engagement in Social Reform.

IVP UK for a chapter on ‘How “ethics” works: an engagement with John Calvin,’ in forthcoming monograph on Calvin’s theology by Mark Thompson (Ed.).

Reviews in Reformed Theological Review:

Bioengagement: Making a Christian Difference through Bioethics Today, by Nigel M. de S. Cameron et al. (eds), 64:2 (August 2005) 91-92.

Jesus the Word according the John the Sectarian, by Robert H. Gundry, 63:3 (December 2004) 160-62.

Ever Against the Stream: The Politics of Karl Barth, by Frank Jehle, 62:3 (December 2003) 165-66.

Appealing to Scripture in Moral Debate: Five Hermeneutical Rules, by Charles Cosgrove, 62:1 (April 2003), 56-57.

Character and Scripture: Moral Formation, Community, and Biblical Interpretation, by William Brown (ed.), 62:1 (April 2003) 43-44.
OTHER WRITING:

Articles in kategoria:

“When God is not allowed,” vol. 3 (1996) 65-72 – Review of Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law and Education, by Phillip E. Johnson.

“Report on Bioethical Issues,” vol. 11 (1998), 11-23 (co-authored with the Bioethical Committee of the Synod, Anglican Diocese of Sydney).

“The politics of peace: Two political theologies,” vol. 20 (2001) 23-36 – Review of The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the roots of political theology, by Oliver O’Donovan; and A Darwinian Left: Politics, evolution and cooperation, by Peter Singer.

“The strange world of Peter Singer: a hitchhiker’s guide,” vol. 29 (2003) 35-41 – Review of Rethinking Peter Singer, by Gordon Preece (ed.).

Articles in The Briefing:

Fifteen briefings on various social issues (some co-authored) sent to an email list of over 1200 subscribers and published at http://your.sydneyanglicans.net/socialissues: #057 02/02/2007 “Euthanasia and the abandonment of life” #058 16/02/2007 “Climate change 1: steadying ourselves” #059 02/03/2007 When home is hell” (Domestic violence) #060 16/03/2007 “Climate change 2: two evangelical views” #061 30/03/2007 “How to set captives free” (Slavery ancient and modern) #062 20/04/2007 “Social issues and the life of praise”

(Evangelicals and social issues) #063 04/05/2007 “Climate change 3: how skeptical is too sceptical?” #064 06/06/2007 “Climate change 4: what next?” #065 20/06/2007 “The peak oil society” #066 30/07/2007 “Relating to politics” (Local federal candidate forums) #067 15/08/2007 “Investigating the intervention” #068 30/08/2007 “A peek at APEC” #069 25/10/2007 “We can do that” (Churches and climate change) #070 22/11/2007 “The Queen and the humanity of marriage” #071 14/12/2007 “The hearing of sorry” (Indigenous apology)

“Do-it-yourself morality.” The Briefing, no. 344 (2007), 11-14.

“War: A Time to Fight?” no. 319 (April 2005) 13-16.

“The subversive,” no. 291 (December 2002) 15.

“When does life begin? The archbishop’s fiat,” no. 285 (June 2002) 13-16.

“Should Christians be involved in industrial action?” no. 245 (21 October 1999) 4.

“Should conscience be your guide?” no. 234 (18 March 1999) 6-10.

“One nation before God,” no. 204/205 (9 July 1997) 6-10.

“Singer’s different drummer,” no. 161 (18 July 1995) 10-12 – Review of Rethinking Life and Death, by Peter Singer.

Ten briefings on various social issues (some co-authored) sent to an email list of over 1400 subscribers and published at http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/socialissues: #072 08/02/2008 “The churches and sexual wholeness together” #073 08/05/2008 “The China Syndrome” (cowriter Lisa Watts) #074 30/05/2008 “Caring for children now and in future” #075 30/05/2008 “Living together #076 13/06/2008 “Beyond homophobia” #077 01/08/2008 “Nuclear weapons” (cowriter Lisa Watts) #078 15/08/2008 “Caring for the carers” (cowriter Lisa Watts) #079 16/10/2008 “How free is your religion?” #080 31/10/2008 “Free money for new lives!” #081 16/12/2008 “When economics is the anti-Christ”

Review of ‘One Land, One Saviour,’ The Briefing, October 2008 Issue 361, 27-28

Articles in Sydney Morning Herald:

“More riches in renewal rather than a new intimacy.” Sydney Morning Herald, February 21 2008, 13.

Articles in Southern Cross:

“Church answers climate fears,” Southern Cross, Dec. 2007 – Jan 2008, 16 & 23

“Watching the results of abortion,” (co-authored with Tracy Gordon) – October 2004.

“Waiting Game: The Silence of Evangelicals,” (co-authored with Tracy Gordon) –August 2004

“The good book in a bad world” (abridged H-P lecture) – July 2003.

“Would Jesus have condemned the war?” – April 2003.

“Bring the joy back this Christmas” – December 2002.

“When leaders fail: some observations from the Bible” – October 2002.

“Five reasons we must oppose research on human embryos” – September 2002.

“Our ambivalence is sin” – May 2002.

“What should I wear?” – June 2001.

“Who will care for ‘fatherless’ clonees?” – April 2001.

“Native Title: a brief biblical guide” – June 1998.

“Church answers climate fears,” Southern Cross, December 2007/January 2008, 16, 23.

“Do we have a sex problem?” Southern Cross, October 2008, 14-15.

Articles for the Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and Education (CASE):

“Christianity and terrorism.” CASE magazine, no. 11 (2007), 11-16.

“Just War or Just Aggression? Christian thinking on war and justice,” CASE News no. 1 (Summer 2002), pp 1, 6-8.

Review of The Just War Revisited by Oliver O’Donovan; online: http://www.case.edu.au/fileuploads/1CASEWebODonovan.pdf .

“Are children welcome?”; online: www.case.edu.au/fileuploads/1Welcomingchildren.pdf .

“Driving the point home” (Review of Schluter, M., and Lee, L. Cambridge: Relationships Foundation, 2002), CASE News no. 2 (Autumn 2003), pp.10-11.

Booklets and papers for the Social Issues Executive, Anglican Diocese of Sydney:

“Environment: A Christian Response.” Newtown, NSW: Social Issues Executive, 2005.

“Family: A Christian Response.” Newtown, NSW: Social Issues Executive, 2005.

“Heart 2 Heart: Surprising facts on what makes the best relationships!” Newtown, NSW: Social Issues Executive, 2005. (Co-authored with Jeremy Halcrow.)

“Home/Work Conflict and relational wellbeing.” Newtown, NSW: Social Issues Executive, 2005. (Co-authored with Jeremy Halcrow and Tracy Gordon.)

“Christian Spirituality and relational wellbeing.” Newtown, NSW: Social Issues Executive, 2005. (Co-authored with Jeremy Halcrow and Tracy Gordon.)

“Time for War? Just War and the war in Iraq,” February 2003; online: www.anglicanmedia.com.au/index.php/article/articleview/622 .

Regular “Social Issues briefings” (co-authored with Tracy Gordon); online: www.anglicanmedia.com.au/sie , including:

#047 – On the Twelfth Day of Christmas

#046 – Nguyen Tuong Van and punishment by death

#045 – Forgotten something? (Tsunami update)

#044 – Wise leadership to an important goal

#043 – A new deal for immigration detainees

#042 – The fate of the beautiful swan

#041 – The fate of the ugly duckling
#041 – The fate of the ugly duckling

#040 – Changing the abortion landscape

#039 – Double standard on the death penalty

#038 – Sent home to no home at all

#037 – Time for more work

#036 – Asylum religious or sexual

#035 – Major new development in the abortion debate

#034 – Re-railing ailing CityRail

#033 – Is gambling all that wrong

#032 – In search of a new abortion debate

#031 – Western sex goes full-circle

#030 – Satanism as a social issue

#029 – Performance will come first for Family First

#027 – Why bother with elections

#024 – Words of truth, words of hope

#023 – Weakness and the Olympic Spirit

#022: Telling the story of drought.

#021: The National Marriage Forum

#020: The amendments to prevent the amendment of marriage

#019: Watching the results of choice

#018: Why ‘Social Issues’?

#014: Lost in Space

#013: Our place in the international neighbourhood

#012: What makes a marriage?

#011: The dreams and realities of marriage

#010: Refuge, detention and the failure of evangelical identity

#009: Delusions of goodness beyond Abu Ghraib

#008: Detention and Asylum Children

#007: Maybe not God

#006: The world’s advice for churches

#005: Death in the Sudan

#004: How to be Discriminating about Discrimination

#003: Fool’s Gold

#002: Abbott, Abortion and Christianity in Australia

#001: Terror and the People of God

#000: Special briefing on the French headscarf ban

Miscellaneous:

Sin Boldly, five volumes of an occasional magazine in Christian ethics, self-published between 1998 and 2001 (available at Moore College library).

“Consuming our unborn is indefensible,” Sydney Morning Herald 7th August 2002.

“Banning the Box: Why we threw out the TV,” Canvas 3/4 (Autumn 2003) 1-4.

Cameron, Andrew. “Review: New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics, ed. C. Campbell-Jack and G. McGrath.” Journal of Christian Education 50, no. 2 (2007), 74- 76.

St Paul’s Ethic, with Special Reference to Philippians 4:8. Thesis as part-requirement for the degree of Master of Theology, Moore Theological College, September 1997.

The Logic of Love: A Theological Approach to the Relationship between Ethics and Emotion. Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, King’s College London, April 2003.

1. An appraisal of analogues to ‘emotion’ in Christian scripture and theology, and the place of passion and affection in Christian ethical thought and practice.

2. The impact of OT law and wisdom upon Christian ‘wisdom’ and ethics, with special reference to Proverbs 10-31; the degree to which ‘Christian ethics’ should be construed as a task of wisdom.

3. Articulating appropriate modes of civil and political involvement for people of Christian faith.

4. Theological responses to climate change.

5. Ongoing research into the ethics of various social issues (in bioethics, politics, environment, sociology etc.

6. Survey of introductions to Christian ethics.