Research Institute

The Centre for Theology, Science and Culture (CTSC)

Director
Lee Levett-Olson BA (Hons) Calvin, MDiv Princeton, PhD Flin, Principal, Coolamon College   [Uniting Distance Education]
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Research Consultant
Ms Di Brittain-Thiele, DipT(Ade), GradDipED (SACAE), MEd (SACAE)

The Centre for Theology, Science and Culture (CTSC) is a research institute established by the Flinders University School of Theology and the Adelaide College of Divinity (ACD) to focus on research that relates theology, science and culture. The CTSC is based at the ACD campus at Brooklyn Park. There are a number of researchers within the school and the college who are researching and publishing in this area and already a number of challenging research projects are underway.

Purposes
The main purposes of the institute are:

• to provide a focus for collaborative and individual basic, applied and contract research, such that the Flinders School of Theology and the Adelaide College of Divinity can make a significant contribution to the discovery and interpretation of new knowledge and the revision and interpretation of existing knowledge in the field of theology as it relates to science and culture;
• to provide impetus for quality research, teaching, postgraduate supervision and consultative services within the school and the college;
• to stimulate a lively interaction with the industry (that is, the churches and other religious organisations) that the school and the college serve;
• to engage proactively with a range of community and societal groups outside the school and the college to ensure an appropriate contextualisation of teaching and research.

Current Collaborative Research Projects

• The Earth Bible
  (Principal Researcher: Revd Dr Norman Habel)
  
  
• Exploring Australian Spirituality through the Arts
  (Principal Researcher: Ms Jennie Teasdale)
  
  
• Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Disability
  (Principal Researcher: Ms Lorna Hallahan)
  
  
• Bringing Archaeological Sites of the Mediterranean to Adelaide
  (Principal Researcher: Revd Dr Michael Trainor)
  
  
• Reconciliation Revegetation Project
  (Principal Researcher: Dr Vicky Balabanski)
  
  
• The Australian Biblical Project
  (Principal Researcher: Revd Dr Michael Trainor)
  

Further Information
For further information about the projects listed above, about the possibility of becoming a visiting or collaborating scholar, about becoming a postgraduate student or about becoming a member of the institute, please contact:

Di Brittain-Thiele
Research Consultant
The Centre for Theology, Science and Culture
Adelaide College of Divinity
34 Lipsett Terrace
Brooklyn Park SA 5032
Australia

Tel: (+61 8) 8416 8400
Fax: (+61 8) 8416 8410
CTSC@flinders.edu.au