Ah that precious library membership!

We would like to welcome Rogan the dog into our library community.
He is our latest library member.

William Paul Young - author of "The Shack"

Come and hear a more in-depth conversation and the story behind

"The Shack".

Paul will speak at :

Carey Baptist College

January 6, 2012

7.30-9.00 pm

Kiwi-made preaching forum

25 October 2011-Auckland

27 October 2011-Waikanae

29 October 2011-Christchurch

(9.30am - 4.30pm)

Provoking engagement with the issues confronting preachers in Aotearoa - New Zealand today.

http://kiwimadepreaching.com/2011-forum/

New e-books

Ecclesiastes [electronic resource] : the traditional Hebrew text with new JPS translation / Michael V. Fox




Wisdom literature in Mesopotamia and Israel [electronic resource] / edited by Richard J. Clifford

The Pentateuch [electronic resource] / edited by John Barton and John Muddiman

Colossians, Philemon [electronic resource] / Ernest D. Martin

Happy birthday William!

17th of August 2011

250th anniversary of William Carey's birth.

Grasping God's word

Library catalogue link:
"Grasping God's word : a hands-on approach to reading, interpreting, and applying the Bible" by John Scott Duvall, J. Daniell Hayes.


One copy of the book is also available in Korean language.

Introducing one useful library resource: Grasping God's Word - J. Scott Duvall, J. Daniel Hays

New Book

Martin Sutherland's new book "Conflict & connection : Baptist identity in New Zealand" is now available in the library.

New e-books in the library

The Blackwell companion to Christian ethics [electronic resource] / edited by Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells.

Christ the key [electronic resource] / Kathryn Tanner.

The Cambridge dictionary of Christian theology [electronic resource] / Ian McFarland.

John Robert Walmsley Stott, 1921 – 2011.

John Stott, English Christian leader, writer and Anglican cleric who was noted as a leader of the worldwide Evangelical movement, died on 27th of July 2011.

Link to the obituary: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/28/the-rev-john-stott-obituary?INTCMP=SRCH

Stuff publishing

Tim Bulkeley's article "L'auteur est mort, but won't lie down : inventing authors while reading Amos" has been published in Colloquium, May 2011, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 59-70.

Electronic books

The Society of Biblical Literature is pleased to offer, in association with Logos Bible Software, a critically edited, The Greek New Testament : SBL edition.
It is now free to download at http://sblgnt.com

Staff publishing

"The Gospel and the land of promise : Christian approaches to the land of the Bible" edited by Philip Church, Peter Walker, Tim Bulkeley and Tim Meadowcroft.

Staff publishing

New book by Laurie Guy titled "Shaping Godzone : public issues and church voices in New Zealand, 1840-2000" is now available in the library.

The book launch of Laurie's new book will be held at Carey Baptist
College on Friday 1st of July 2011 from 5.30 pm.
RSVP to enquiries@carey.ac.nz


Charles and Joanne Hewlett have also published book titled:
"Hurting hope : what parents feel when their children suffer".

Book launch:
Carey Baptist College
Thursday, 14th of July 2011 - 7pm
RSVP to Shireen: shireen.chua@carey.ac.nz

New books

"The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece & Rome" edited by Michael Gagarin ; Oxford University Press, 2009.

This multi volume reference work is a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world: Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman - from the Bronze age to the 5th century C.E. It also covers the legacy of the classical world and its interpretation and influence in subsequent centuries.

A survey

Are you a distance student studying theology and biblical studies at a college or university in New Zealand? Currently enrolled and completed at least one semester?
Or completed your studies in 2010?

This is invitation to participate in an anonymous online survey that looks at information seeking behaviour of distance students.

The survey should only take 10-15 minutes of your time. The survey is anonymous, and no data that will identify your individually is being collected. The results will be published as a journal article, or presented at a conference.

To complete the survey, please click on the link below before Friday 20 May 2011.
http://easysolutions.co.nz/library

Approval to conduct this research has been obtained from Carey College Academic Committee.

If you have any queries or concerns, you can contact me at siong.ng@carey.ac.nz

Christchurch - Baptist action

Resources:

Baptist Union website and Facebook page.
http://www.baptist.org.nz/

"What God is saying to Christchurch?" - Steve Graham article (Dean of Laidlaw College - ChCh)
http://stevegrahamchch.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-god-is-saying-to-christchurch.html

Australian video talks on helping people after disaster:
http://nzpsych.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc

Sermon by prof. John Lenox from Oxford University preaching at Spreydon on the topic " A city in crises" and directly addressing the qusetion "why the eartquake?"
http://www.spreydon.org.nz/


http://disasters.massey.ac.nz/factsheet/disaster-stress.htm
Massey paper re helping specific ages and types of people after disasters.


http://pledge.canterburyearthquake.org.nz/This website has been set up by Civil Defence as a way for businesses and NFPs to offer goods or services that Civil Defence can arrange logistics for i.e. arrange distibution to a specific community in need.

Staff publishing

Michael Duncan has written an article titled "Local churches and the stranger" in "Australian journal of mission studies" Vol. 4, No. 2 2010.