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The Jesus Intellectual Community
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay explores how Gregory C. Jenks’ book, “Jesus Then and Jesus Now: Looking for Jesus, Finding Ourselves” (2014), serves as a theological and intellectual synthesis that could bind together a “Jesus intellectual community.” Drawing on the historical trajectories of the House of Freedom (HOF), Teen Challenge (Qld) Inc., and the…
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Religion is not what it was
Dr Neville Buch Thinking Religion in Place Thinking Religion in Place: A Critique of the “Post-Religious” Lament Abstract The colloquial observation that “religion is not what it was” often masks a deeper cognitive tension between Historical Forgetfulness and the requirement for a topological understanding of existence. While populist discourse frequently mourns the decline of institutional…
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Poor Dynamic of Cognition: Historical Case – Reactionary Phenomenon (Resistance)
Abstract This essay examines the systemic cognitive pathology characterizing the Queensland Cabinet’s resistance to the heritage listing of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) under Premier Johannes Bjelke-Petersen. By applying the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the analysis identifies the poor cognitive dynamics driven by an aggressive obsession with State sovereignty and a narrow “techné mindset”…
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What is this Protestant-Catholic Thing. The Queensland Case
What is this Protestant-Catholic Thing. The Queensland Case Dr Neville Buch Abstract The social and political landscape of Queensland has long been defined by the “Catholic-Protestant thing,” a shorthand for deep-seated sectarian divisions that influenced education, governance, and the state’s cultural identity. Dr. Neville Buch’s scholarship frames this dynamic as a transition from a…
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Myth, Morality, and the Republic of Heaven
Dr Neville Buch Abstract The literary and ideological clash between C.S. Lewis and Philip Pullman serves as a primary site for Dr. Neville Buch’s application of Spiral Historiography and the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC). While Pullman characterizes the Chronicles of Narnia as “poisonous” religious propaganda, Dr. Buch provides a synoptic evaluation that moves…
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Aging Well in the Sea of Faith and Reason: An Invitation to Youth to Join the SOFiA
This is an invitation for younger persons to join The Sea of Faith in Australia. There is a place for you. From the source, Steven Petrow, “I want to avoid the ‘aging mistakes’ my parents made. I’ve got work to do.” The Washington Post, 22 March 2026: 1. Hold…
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ART and Christian Churches
Abstract This essay examines the causal link between the decline of Australian churches and the systematic adoption of the American Revivalist Tradition (ART), as forewarned by Dr. Neville Buch in his 1995 doctoral research. It argues that the transition from a British-oriented “clerical Enlightenment” to a mechanized American model of faith has induced a state…
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As I Stand Mildly Crucified: Life of Jesus
As I Stand Mildly Crucified: Life of Jesus Abstract This essay presents a philosophical plea constructed through the “historical-critical” lens of David Strauss’ Life of Jesus, advocating for the professional employment of Dr. Neville Buch. It argues that just as Strauss sought to strip away the “mythical” layers of the New…
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Christian Progressivism and Christian Realism, and the arrogant stupidity of cultural warfare
There is a great arrogance in Cultural Warrior arguments. One such argument is a confusion between Christian Progressivism and Christian Realism. In a recent “debate” of the Sea of Faith in Australia, my attempt to defend Christian Progressivism was meet with an arrogant dismissal. I cite Steven Higson in fairness, and hold no…
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Why the Disciplines and No Apologetics Part 4. Back to genuine faith and reason
For years I been hounding in ‘the public square’ about the failure of the apologetics industry which needs to be scrapped. And by apologetics industry I mean unreformed organisational humanism as much as I mean unreformed evangelicalism for the 21st century. It is time to act. I have a message that must be…