Emeritus Faculty.
Qualifications: BA (UNSW), DipEd (Sydney), BTh (ACT), MLitt, PhD (Sydney).
Family: Colin is married to Gillian, and they have three children: Robert, Elizabeth and Edmund.
Research interests: include responses of grief to Australian losses in World War 2, as well as researching war graves.
“Researching war graves may sound a bit strange… but it is a great way of seeing what really matters to people”.
Celebrating the Reformation: its Legacy and Continuing Relevance. Edited by Mark D. Thompson, Colin R. Bale & Edward A. Loane. London: Apollos, 2017.
“The Reformation in Australia.” Pages 383-402 in Celebrating the Reformation: its Legacy and Continuing Relevance. Edited by Mark D. Thompson, Colin R. Bale & Edward A. Loane. London: Apollos, 2017.
A Crowd of Witnesses – Epitaphs on First World War Australian War Graves. Haberfield, NSW: Longueville Media, 2015.
“The Use of the Bible in Remembrance.” Pages 117–125 in Their Sacrifice: The Brave and Their Bibles. Minto, NSW: Bible Society Australia, 2015.
“Calvinism in Australia 1788–2008.” In Engaging with Calvin. Edited by Mark D. Thompson. Nottingham: IVP, 2009.
“In God We Trust: The Impact of the Great War on Religious Belief in Australia.” In Donald Robinson: Selected Works – Appreciation. Edited by Peter G. Bolt & Mark D. Thompson. Camperdown, NSW: Australian Church Record/Moore College, 2008.
“Damn Precedence! An examination of ecclesiastical precedence in Australia with particular reference to the Commonwealth of Australia and New South Wales in the period 1901–1945.” M. Litt Treatise, 2002.
“Changing Gods in Post-Modern Australia.” In Explorations 13: Sure and Certain Hope at the Edge of Time. Edited by Richard J. Gibson. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2002.
“Grief, Religion and National Identity.” St Mark’s Review 231 (April 2015): 86–97.
“Federation and the Churches.” Published as Annual Lecture of the Canberra/Goulbourn Anglican History Society Lecture 2001. Published in St Mark’s Review No. 185/2 (2001): 11–19.
“The Commonwealth Celebrations of 1901: Sectarianism and the Symbolic Unity of Federation.” Lucas: an Evangelical History Review 27-28 (2001): 90–107.
