{"id":11902,"date":"2012-07-27T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T02:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=11902"},"modified":"2012-07-26T16:26:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T05:26:19","slug":"australian-christian-book-of-the-year-shortlist-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2012\/07\/27\/australian-christian-book-of-the-year-shortlist-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Christian Book of the Year – Shortlist 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2012 Australian Christian Book of the year SHORT LIST<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following books have been short-listed for the 2012 Australian Christian Book of the Year Award:<\/p>\n

A Short History of Christianity,<\/strong>\u00a0Geoffrey Blainey,\u00a0Penguin Books.<\/p>\n

Apologetic Preaching and\u00a0Teaching for the Church and\u00a0the Marketplace<\/strong>, Ross Clifford,\u00a0Morling Press.<\/p>\n

Colour Worms<\/strong>,\u00a0Shan Joseph,\u00a0Growing Faith.<\/p>\n

Gumbuli of Ngukurr<\/strong>,\u00a0Murray Seiffert,\u00a0Acorn Press.<\/p>\n

Love Tears and Autism<\/strong>,\u00a0Cecily Patterson,\u00a0Ark House Press.<\/p>\n

Teen Talk Parent Talk<\/strong>,\u00a0Sharon Witt,\u00a0Collective Wisdom Publications.<\/p>\n

The Zoo In You<\/strong>,\u00a0Cameron Semmens, Crooked Nose Wisdom.<\/p>\n

See our Facebook Page<\/a> for more information and where to find\u00a0these books.<\/p>\n

Join us at the awards presentation<\/strong>
\nThe 2012 Australian Christian Book of the Year will be announced and prizes awarded at a\u00a0presentation ceremony on Thursday 16 August at St Alfred’s Anglican Church, North Blackburn, Victoria. 7:30 pm for 8:00 pm start. Tickets are $20, call us on 1300 137 725 to book your seat today.<\/p>\n

This year’s judges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alex Crawford<\/em><\/strong> holds degrees in arts, law and theology. He is a practising barrister in Brisbane. Outside the law, he is interested in books, music and seeing the Brisbane Lions win. Alex is married to Penny. They have three adult children and attend St Mark\u2019s Anglican Church, Clayfield. He is the secretary of the Mathew Hale Public Library based in Brisbane.<\/em><\/td>\nChantelle Ogilvie-Ellis<\/em><\/strong> is Justice and Peace Promoter for the Catholic Archdioceses of Sydney. Chantelle has a BA\u00a0(Media and Communications) and a Graduate Certificate in Interfaith Dialogue\u00a0and is completing a masters degree in theology. Chantelle has worked in youth and social justice ministry\u00a0and has taught and tutored theology at a number of Catholic institutions.\u00a0She enjoys art, reading,\u00a0travel, and time with her husband, Evan.<\/em><\/td>\nMark Conner<\/em><\/strong> is the Senior Minister at CityLife Church, a diverse community of Christ-followers meeting in multiple locations across Melbourne. He has a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and is passionate about seeing people change and\u00a0grow. Mark is married to Nicole and they have three young adult children. He loves basketball, music, reading\u00a0and cooking for the family. He is an avid Geelong Cats supporter.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Read about the shortlist <\/a>and winner <\/a>from 2011!<\/p>\n

See also, Non-Christian is a Christian book prize contender<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2012 Australian Christian Book of the year SHORT LIST The following books have been short-listed for the 2012 Australian Christian Book of the Year Award: A Short History of Christianity,\u00a0Geoffrey Blainey,\u00a0Penguin Books. Apologetic Preaching and\u00a0Teaching for the Church and\u00a0the Marketplace, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11902"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11949,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902\/revisions\/11949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}