Randall Prior
Major teaching areas:
- Ministry Studies
- Theological reflection on Ministry Practice
- Pastoral Theology
- Pastoral Care and Ritual
- Caring and teaching in the church and community
- Missiology
- Gospel and Culture
- Future Church, Future Ministry
- Mission and Evangelism
- Introduction to Mission
Research Interests:
- Exploring Gospel and Culture in Vanuatu as an experiment in grounding
theology in the context of a post-independent South Pacific. A sixth volume on
Gospel and Culture in Vanuatu is in process and due for publication by the end
of 2008.
Publications:
- 2006: Gospel and Culture in Vanuatu 5: Women in Culture and Church and
other issues (ATF & Gospel Vanuatu Books 2006)
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2005: Gospel and Culture in Vanuatu 4: Local voices on Jesus Christ and Mission
(ATF & Gospel Vanuatu Books 2005)
- 2004:
Peter the Principal - A Collective Impression in Ian Breward (ed)
Reforming the Reformation: Essays in honour of Principal Peter
Matheson. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Press, 2004.
- 2004:
A Hope Worth Despairing For: The Ministry of Hope in the Context of
Pastoral Care, in Christiaan Mostert (ed) Hope: challenging the culture
of despair. Adelaide: Australian Theological Forum Press, 2004.
- 2003: Gospel and Culture in Vanuatu 3: The Voice of the Local Chhurch (Gospel Vanuatu Books 2001)
- 2001: Gospel and Culture in Vanuatu 2: Contemporary Local Perspectives (Gospel Vanuatu Books 2001)
- 1998: Gospel and Culture in Vanuatu: The Founding Missionary and A Missionary for Today (Gospel Vanuatu Books, 1998)
- 1997:
Edited The Gospel and Cultures: Initial Explorations in the Australian
Context (Melbourne: Victorian Council of Churches, 1997)
- 1992: Study Booklet - The Lord's Supper: A Resource Kit for Elders 1992
Administration:
- Principal, Uniting Church College
Community & Professional Service
- Theology and Culture Project, Melbourne
- The Gospel and Our Culture Network, based in North America
- The Gospel and Culture Working Group in Vanuatu
- Rural Ministry Working Group, Synod of Victoria/Tasmania
- Working Group on Theology and Property, Synod of Vic/Tas
- Working Group on Funerals and Civil Rites, Synod of Vic/Tas
- Reception of Ministers Committee, Synod of Vic/Tas
- Church of Scotland, Assistant Minister, 1972-1973
- Minister, Presbyterian Church of Canada, Saskatchewan 1973
- Minister, Presbyterian Church, North Melbourne/ Hotham Parish UCA 1975-1982
- Minister, Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu (half-time Port Vila parish, half-time National Church Resource Person) 1983-1987
- Minister of the Word, Wantirna, 1989-1997
- Minister of the Word, Trinity Uniting Church North Balwyn, 1997-2002
- Principal, Uniting Church Theological College
- Head of Department of Practical Theology,
UFT, 2007 -
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