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Searching for the Real Secret River: The Dyarubbin Project
Sunday 2 February, 2025
2:00 pm
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4:00 pm
St James’ Hall
Reading the Gospels Contextually, Comparatively, and Faithfully
Sunday 2 March, 2025
3:00 pm
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5:00 pm
St James’ Hall
Peter Sherlock: Theology Matters
Sunday 2 March, 2025
2:00 pm
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4:00 pm
St James’ Hall
Hope and Hell: How I came to a Larger Vision of Redemption
Sunday 6 April, 2025
2:00 pm
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4:00 pm
St James’ Hall
Icons: Glimpses into Eternity
Sunday 4 May, 2025
2:00 pm
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4:00 pm
St James’ Hall
Marilynne Robinson and Theology
Sunday 22 June, 2025
2:00 pm
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4:00 pm
St James’ Hall
Annual Subscription
The St James’ Institute fosters informed discussions of the Christian faith where a diversity of viewpoints are welcome. Our speakers include leading historians, poets, religion writers, judges, and theologians. Subscribers and event guests include people from many paths — those deepening their understanding of the faith, those seeking God, and those questioning faith. We aim to be an inclusive and space safe space for conversation about matters of deep importance to individuals and our community.
Subscribing to the St James’ Institute grants you access to all events hosted by the St James’ Institute across the year, and supports the work of the Institute. Please consider subscribing using the button below or telephoning the church office on (02) 8227 1300.
Trinity in Sydney
Trinity in Sydney is a partnership between St James’ Institute and Trinity College Theological School Melbourne. Trinity is the Anglican College within the University of Melbourne and has been offering theological education since 1877. It teaches degrees from undergraduate to doctoral level accredited through the University of Divinity.
Trinity College Theological School Dean, the Rev’d Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker says the partnership with the St James’ Institute is exciting as it extends the reach and influence of TCTS and contribute to the diversity of Anglican theological education of Sydney. “This partnership begins to address the desire by many in Sydney for Anglican theological education from a Broad Church and Anglo-Catholic perspective. I am thrilled that Trinity is partnering with the St James’ Institute, which already has an established reputation for providing intellectually and spiritually meaningful theological education to Anglicans in Sydney.”
Courses in 2025 include Jesus in the Movies (BN3770T), Ecotheology (DP3747Z), Anglican Church Law and Governance (DC3000T).
For further information please contact tcts@trinity.edu.au or visit
trinity.unimelb.edu.au/theological-school/trinity-in-sydney
History of the St James’ Institute
The Institute was established in 2007, arising out of a spirituality centre that was founded by St James Church in 1989. The Institute’s current work builds on a foundation established by the inaugural Director Christopher Roper and two the most recent Directors Aaron Ghiloni and Christopher Waterhouse. The St James Ethics Centre was established by the Church but since 1996 has been an independent organisation, now known as known as The Ethics Centre. St James’ Church has a longstanding commitment to education. Australia’s first divinity school, St James’ College, was established by Bishop William Broughton and Rev’d Robert Allwood (Rector of St James and Vice Chancellor of the University of Sydney) in 1845 at the same location the Institute meets today. The Church also established St James’ Grammar School in 1839.
Dr Paul Oslington
Director of the Institute
Dr Paul Oslington was appointed Director of the Institute in February 2024, and will be working half-time alongside his position as Professor of Economics and Theology at Alphacrucis University College. https://www.ac.edu.au/faculty-and-staff/paul-oslington/
He has doctorates in both economics (University of Sydney) and theology (Trinity College, University of Divinity, Melbourne) and has written and taught widely in both fields, with a particular interest in the relationship of Christian faith to other areas of life.
The Director can be contacted by telephoning the office at (02) 8227 1300 or by email paul.oslington@sjks.org.au