Rev’d Dr Andrew Cameron

Profile

Andrew has been Director of St Mark’s National Theological Centre in Canberra since 2014 after several years on the faculty of Moore Theological College in Sydney. His academic interests are in ethics and theology, and he teaches in the Ageing and Pastoral Studies program with the Charles Sturt University School of Theology. His short book, Living in the Next Phase: Developing the Theology, Practice and Ministries of Later Life (Sydney: Anglican Deaconess Ministries, 2014), looks at how to age and minister well, from the perspective of the Bible’s story.

Andrew has been a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia since 1993, and has had pastoral experience in a variety of Anglican and other denominational settings. He has also taught in ethics, social ethics, political and public theology, theological anthropology, theology and philosophy at a range of levels and institutions. His doctoral research interest was in a theological account of the relationship of ethics to emotion, and since then he has several other topics at the intersection of theology, ethics and public life.

Andrew is married to Mary-Anne, and they’ve replaced two adult children, Amy and Thomas, with two fluffy border collies, Wally and Colah. Their first grandchild arrived in mid-2019. Andrew’s latest hobby has been to create a veggie patch so vast, it is known as ‘Vegetable Park’.

Publications

Dissertations

‘The logic of love: a theological approach to the relationship between ethics and emotion.’ Ph.D. thesis, King’s College London, 2003.
‘St Paul’s ethic, with special reference to Philippians 4:8.’ M.Th. thesis, Australian College of Theology, 1997.

Books

Joined-up life: a Christian account of how ethics works. Nottingham, U.K.: InterVarsity Press; Eugene, OR.: Wipf and Stock, 2011.
The Trials of Theology: Becoming a Proven Worker in a Dangerous Business.Fearn, U.K: Christian Focus, 2010. (Edited with Brian S. Rosner.)
Still deadly: ancient cures for the 7 sins.Sydney South, N.S.W.: Aquila Press, 2007.(Edited with Brian S. Rosner.)
Living in the Next Phase: a Sydney Anglican approach to the ministry, theology and practice of later life. Sydney: Anglican Deaconess Ministries and Next Phase Ministries, 2014.

Book Chapters

“Towards a Practical Political Theology: A Provisional Typology of Public Faith in a Post-Secular Age.” In Proceedings of the 2015 Conference of the Association of Practical Theology in Oceania, edited by Anthony Maher. Adelaide: ATF Press, forthcoming, 2017.
‘The Triune God and Christian Living.’ In Church of the Triune God, edited by Michael P. Jensen, 142–160. Sydney South: Aquila, 2013.
‘Singing with the Messiah in a Foreign Land.’ In Stirred by a Noble Theme: The Book of Psalms in the Life of the Church, edited by Andrew G. Shead, 158–180. Nottingham, U.K.: InterVarsity Press, 2013. Co-authored with Andrew G. Shead.
‘What is at Stake? A Cultural History of the Emotions.’ In True Feelings: The emotions in Christian Life and Ministry, edited by Michael P. Jensen. Nottingham, U.K.: InterVarsity Press, 2012.
‘C.S. Lewis: Inner Circles and True Inclusion.’ In The Trials of Theology: Becoming a Proven Worker in a Dangerous Business, edited by Andrew J.B. Cameron and Brian S. Rosner, 75–93. Fearn, U.K.: Christian Focus, 2010.
‘How ‘ethics’ works: an engagement with John Calvin.’ In Engaging with Calvin: aspects of the Reformer’s legacy for today, edited by Mark D. Thompson, 230–253. Nottingham, U.K.: Apollos, 2009.
‘A Theological Approach to Social Reform, Advocacy and Engagement.’ In Another Way to Love: Christian Social Reform and Global Poverty, edited by Tim Costello and Rod Yule, 37–56. Brunswick East, Vic.: Acorn Press, 2009.
‘Desire and Grace: Williams and the Search for Bodily Wholeness.’ In On Rowan Williams: Critical Essays, edited by Matheson Russell, 141–162. Eugene, OR.: Wipf and Stock, 2009.
‘Augustine on Obsession.’ In The Consolations of Theology, edited by Brian S. Rosner, 27–49. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.
‘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.
‘Augustine on Lust.’ In Still Deadly: Ancient Cures for the Seven Sins, edited by Andrew Cameron and Brian S. Rosner, 33–49. Sydney South: Aquila, 2007.
‘Utilitarianism: whatever it takes.’ In A Spectator’s Guide to World Views, edited by Simon Smart, 85–101. Sydney South: Bluebottle, 2007.
‘Euthanasia and the abandonment of life.’ In Voluntary Euthanasia, edited by Justin Healey, Vol. 266, Issues in Society, 34–35. Thirroul: Spinney Press, 2008. Co-authored with Lisa Watts.

Academic Articles

“On Humility and Public Life.” St Mark’s Review 236, no. 2 (August 2016): 96–99.
“Review of Joseph E. Capizzi, Politics, Justice and War: Christian Governance and the Ethics of Warfare.” Theology 119, no. 3 (May-June 2016): 223-24.
“Theology in a New Space.” St Mark’s Review 229, no. 3 (September 2014): 1–18.
‘The “Great Permanent Mainspring”: C.S. Lewis on the Inner Ring,’ Zadok Perspectives 121 (2013), 9–15.
‘Anglican Perspective,’ in ‘Religious perspectives on umbilical cord blood banking,’ Journal of Law and Medicine19 (2012), 497–511. Co-authors: Christopher F. C. Jordens et. al.
‘Finding life in a world made strange,’ Churchman 126, no. 1 (2012), 51–70. ‘Is growth good? Toward a Christian ethical interrogation of a dominant paradigm.’ St Mark’s Review 214, no. 4 (2010), 15–32.
‘Toward a Christian understanding of the concept of human “community”, with special reference to the praxis of a non-government human services delivery organisation.’ Evangelical Review of Society and Politics 3, no. 2 (2009), 22–40. Co-authors: Greg J. Clarke and Michael P. Jensen.
‘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.
‘An Anglican perspective,’ in Rachel A Ankeny et al., ‘Religious perspectives on withdrawal of treatment from patients with multiple organ failure,’ Medical Journal of Australia 2005; 183 (11/12): 616–621.