Staff Directory - Michael Trainor
Areas of Teaching
New Testament and early Christian literature, with particular interest in the gospels.
Research Activities and Interests
Biblical education, adult biblical literacy, first-century culture and archaeology in their relation to the formation of earliest Christian communities and their writings in the Mediterranean region.
Recent Publications
‘The Cosmic Christology of Colossians 1:15-20 in the light of Contemporary Ecological Issues,’ Australian Biblical Review (forthcoming).
Journeying: A Beginner’s Guide to the Bible. Kensington: St Paul Publications, 2005.
‘Celebrating Biodversity: The Hymn to Christ in a Letter from Ancient Colossae (Col 1:15-20),’ Biodversity & Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Challenge. M. Worthing, D. Edwards, editors. Adelaide: ATF Press, 2004, 65-71.
‘Preparing to Celebrate the Liturgy of the Word, Year C: From the Fourth Sunday of Easter to the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time,’ Compass 38:1 (Autumn, 2004): 41-43
‘Preparing to Celebrate the Liturgy of the Word, Year C: From the Eighteenth to the Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time,’ Compass 38:2 (Winter, 2004): 45-48.
‘On the Rise Again: Neo-Fundamentalism in Australian Catholicism (Part One),’ Compass 38:2 (Winter, 2004): 9-13.
‘On the Rise Again: Neo-Fundamentalism in Australian Catholicism (Part Two),’ Compass 38:3 (Spring, 2004): 28-33.
‘Preparing to Celebrate the Liturgy of the Word, Year C: From the Thirty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C) to the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A),’ Compass 38:3 (Spring, 2004): 28-33.
‘On the Rise Again: Neo-Fundamentalism in Australian Catholicism (Part Three),’ Compass 38:4 (Summer, 2004): 33-39.
‘Preparing to Celebrate the Liturgy of the Word Year A: From the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time to the Fifth Sunday of Easter,’ Compass 38:4 (Summer, 2004): 46-48.
‘Amrozi and Luke’s Gospel: A possibility for Dialogue,’ Compass 37:3 (Spring, 2003): 36-40.
‘Preparing to Celebrate the Sunday Liturgy: An Overview of the Readings for Year C. Advent 2003 to January 2004,’ Compass 37:3 (Spring, 2003): 45-48.
‘Mark’s Passion Narrative: A story of Abuse and Failed Intimacy,’ Compass 37:1 (Autumn, 2003): 39-44.
‘Preparing to Celebrate the Liturgy of the Word, Year C: From the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time to the Third Sunday of Easter,’ Compass 37:4 (Summer, 2003): 46-48.
‘Living in Difficult Times: Insights from Ancient Colossae,’ Pacifica 16:3 (2003): 295-308.
‘A story that subverts: Jesus’ Resurrection in Matthew’s Gospel,’ Compass: A Review of Topical Theology 36:1 ( 2002): 39-45.
‘Matthew’s Passion Narrative: The Abuse of Jesus’ Compass: A Review of Topical Theology 36:2 (Winter, 2002):43-47.
‘Matthew’s Passion Narrative: The Physical and Sexual Abuse of Jesus (PART TWO)’ Compass: A Review of Topical Theology 36:3 (2002):24-31.
‘Unearthing Ancient Colossae in Southern Turkey: Theology and Archaeology in Dialogue,’ Compass 36:4 (Summer, 2002): 40-45.
‘A Footstool or a Throne? Luke’s attitude to Earth (ge) in Acts 7’ The Earth Story in the New Testament (N. Habel and V. Balabanski, editors. London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002), 122-36.
The Quest for Home: The Household in Mark’s Gospel. Collegeville, Minnesotta: The Liturgical Press, 2001
Learning about Jesus. Melbourne: HarperCollinsReligious, 2001.
‘Living in Jesus’ world: the setting for the Gospels,’ Living in Harmony. Melbourne: HarperCollinsReligious, 2001, 31-44.
‘ “…And on Earth, Peace…” (Lk 2:14): Luke’s Perspectives on the Earth,’ Readings from the Perspective of the Earth. Volume 2. Norm Habel, editor. UK: Sheffield Press, 2000, 174-92.
‘Theological Education in a world of Suffering: Insights from Luke’s Passion Narrative,’ Reo: A Journal of Theology and Ministry (Spring, 2000), 7-24.
Work in Progress
Currently working on three projects:
- Collaborating with Flinders University department of archaeology on a cultural and archaeological study of the early Christian communities in the Lycus Valley of south west Turkey, especially located near the ancient site of Colossae;
- Completing a study on the gospel stories of Jesus' death in terms of the abuse of Jesus;
- Investigating the appreciation which early Christian writers had about the body of Jesus.
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