Dr Iain Gardner, BA PhD Manc.  Chair of the Department of Studies in Religion email: iain.gardner@religion.usyd.edu.au

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Early Christianity, Gnostic and Coptic Studies 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books

with Lieu S.N.C., Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire, Cambridge 2003 (in press).

with Alcock, A, and Funk, W-P, Coptic Documentary Texts from Kellis I, (= P. Kell. V), Oxford 1999.

Kellis Literary Texts I, (= P. Kell. II), Oxford 1996.

The Kephalaia of the Teacher, Leiden 1995.

Coptic Theological Papyri II, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, NS XXI, Textband, Tafelband, Wien 1988.

Chapters in books

'The Reconstruction of Mani's Epistles from Three Coptic Codices (Ismant el-Kharab and Medinet Madi)', in P. Mirecki and J. BeDuhn, The Light and the Darkness: Studies in Manichaeism and its World, Leiden 2001: 93-104.

‘The Manichaean Community at Kellis’, in P. Mirecki and J. BeDuhn, Emerging from Darkness to Light, Leiden 1997: 161-175. 

with Alcock, A, and Mirecki, P, ‘Magical Spell, Manichaean Letter’, in P. Mirecki and J. BeDuhn, Emerging from Darkness to Light, Leiden 1997: 1-32.

‘An Abbreviated Version of Medinet Madi Psalm LXVIII found at Kellis’, in A. van Tongerloo,The Manichaean NOUS, Louvain 1995: 129-138.

‘Glory be to Mani!’, in C. Fluck et al, Divitiae Aegypti, Wiesbaden 1995: 105-112.

‘The Manichaean Account of Jesus and the Passion of the Living Soul’, in A. van Tongerloo and S. Giversen, (eds.), Manichaica Selecta, Studies presented to Professor Julien Ries on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Louvain 1991: 71-86.

Journal Articles

with Choat, M, 'O. Douch I 49', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik.

with Nobbs, A, and Choat, M, ‘P. Harr. 107: Is this Another Greek Manichaean Letter?’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 131, 2000: 118-124.

‘An Old Coptic Ostracon from Ismant el-Kharab?’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 125, 1999: 195-200.

with Worp, KA, ‘Leaves from a Manichaean Codex’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 117, 1997: 139-155.

with Lieu, SNC, ‘From Narmouthis (Medinet Madi) to Kellis (Ismant el- Kharab): Manichaean Documents from Roman Egypt’, Journal of Roman Studies, 1996: 146-169.

‘The Eschatology of Manichaeism as a Coherent Doctrine’, The Journal of Religious History, 17, 1993: 257-273. 

‘A Manichaean Liturgical Codex found at Kellis’, Orientalia, 62, 1993: 30-59.

‘On the History and Utility of the Term Gnosticism’, Acta Orientalia Belgica, VIII, 1993: 225-246. 

Conference papers

'Some Comments on Mani and Indian Religions from the Coptic Sources', Proceedings of the Vth International Conference of Manichaean Studies, Napoli 2001 (in press).

with Choat, M, 'Towards a Palaeography of Fourth Century Documentary Coptic', Acts of the VIIth International Coptic Congress, Leiden 2000 (in press).

'Report on Progress in the Editing of the Coptic Texts from Ismant el-Kharab, Proceedings of the IIInd Dakhleh Oasis Project Conference, Melbourne 2000 (in press).

‘He has Gone to the Monastery ..’, in R.E. Emmerick, W. Sundermann and P. Zieme, Studia Manichaica. Proceedings of the IVth International Conference of Manichaean Studies, Berlin 1997. Berlin, 2000: 247-57.

'Some Comments on Kinship Terms in the Coptic Documentary Texts from Ismant el-Kharab', Proceedings of the IInd Dakhleh Oasis Project Conference, Toronto 1996.

with Alcock, A, ‘Coptic Economic Texts from Ismant el-Kharab’, Acts of the VIth International Coptic Congress, Münster 1995.

‘Personal Letters from the Manichaean Community at Kellis’, in L. Cirillo and A. van Tongerloo, Manichaeismo e oriente Cristiano antico. Proceedings of the IIIrd International Conference of Manichaean Studies, Rende 1993. Turnhout 1997: 77-94. 
 

Professor Garry Trompf, BA DipEd Melb. MA Monash & Oxf. PhD A.N.U. Personal Chair in the History of Ideas email: trompf.editorial@religion.usyd.edu.au

RESEARCH INTERESTS 
Pacific and Australian (SW Pacific) Religion Studies, Aboriginal Studies, Melanesian Religions, History
of Ideas 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Editor with M. Honari (eds.), Mehregan in Sydney: Proceedings of the Seminar in Persian Studies during the Mehregan Persian Cultural Festival, Sydney, Australia, 28 October - 6 November 1994, Sydney Studies in Religion 1, Sydney: Persian Cultural Foundation of Australia, 1998 viii and 326pp (English and Persian). *FOR SALE* $20.00! CONTACT THE SCHOOL! Tel: (02) 9351-3650 

"An Agenda For Persian Studies", in Trompf and Honari (eds.), Mehregan in Sydney, (see above), pp 1-6. 

In Search of Origins, London : Oriental University Press, c1990. *FOR SALE* $20.00! CONTACT THE SCHOOL! Tel: (02) 9351-3650 

Islands and enclaves : nationalisms and separatist pressures in island and littoral contexts, Garry Trompf (editor), New Delhi : Sterling, c1993. *FOR SALE* $15.00! CONTACT THE SCHOOL! Tel: (02) 9351-3650 

"The Attitudes and Involvements of Religions in Population Plannings", in N. Polunin (ed.), Population and Global Security, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, pp. 205-34. 

"Macrohistory in Blavatsky, Steiner and Guenon", in A. Faivre and W. Hanegraaff (eds.), Western Esotericism and the Science of Religion: Selected Papers Presented at the 17th Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, (Gnostica 2, gen eds. Trompf and Hanegraaff), Louvain: Peeters, 1998, pp 269-96. 

"Does God Requite in History? Comments on a Theme in World History", Studies in World Christianity, 4/1, 1998: 65-83. 

Dr Tony Swain, BA PhD  Senior Lecturer and Honours Coordinator email: tony.swain@religion.usyd.edu.au

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Pacific and Australian (SW Pacific) Religion Studies, Aboriginal Studies, Religion and Art, Religion and the Body, Chinese Religions 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Interpreting Aboriginal Religion: An Historical Account, Adelaide: Australian Association for the Study of Religions, 1985. 

On 'Understanding' Australian Aboriginal Religion, Adelaide: Charles Strong Memorial Trust [Printed Charles Strong Young Australian Scholar Lecture], 1985. 

Aboriginal Australians and Christian Missions: Ethnographic and Historical Studies, edited with D.B. Rose. Adelaide: Australian Association for the Study of Religions, 1988. 

Aboriginal Religions in Australia: A Bibliographical Survey, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1991. 

A Place for Strangers: Towards a History of Australian Aboriginal Being,Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 

with G.W. Trompf, Religions of Oceania, London: Routledge, 1995. 

Published External Studies Lecture-Books:

Social Theory and Aboriginal Studies I: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Adelaide: University of South Australia, 1985. 

Social Theory and Aboriginal Studies II: Anthropology, Adelaide: University of South Australia, 1986. 

Social Theory and Aboriginal Studies IV: Aborigines, Ethics and the Politics of Social Science, Adelaide: University of South Australia, 1986. 

Aboriginal Art, Adelaide: University of South Australia, 1987. 

Dr Carole Cusack, BA MEd PhD  Lecturer & Undergraduate Coordinator  email: ccusack@mail.usyd.edu.au

RESEARCH INTERESTS 
Medieval Christianity, European Mythology, Theories of Conversion, Western Esotericism, Contemporary Religious Trends 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Justine Digance, "Glastonbury: A Tourist Town for All Seasons", in Graham Dann (ed.), The Tourist as
a Metaphor of the Social World, 2002, Wallingford (Oxon, UK): CAB International, pp 263-280.

with Justin Digance, "Secular Pilgrimage Events: Druid Gorsedd and Stargate Alignments", in Carole M.
Cusack and Peter Oldmeadow (eds), The End of Religions? Religion in an Age of Globalization, Sydney Studies in Religion 4, 2001, pp. 216-229. 

The End of Religions? Religion in an Age of Globalization, Sydney Studies in Religion 4, 2001, pp. 216-229. 

The Essence of Buddhism, Lansdowne Publishing, 2001. 

This Immense Panorama: Studies in Honour of Eric J. Sharpe, ed. Carole M. Cusack and Peter Oldmeadow, Sydney Studies in Religion 2, 1999. *FOR SALE* $22.00! CONTACT THE SCHOOL! 
Tel: (02) 9351-3650 

"Hagiography and History: the Legend of Saint Ursula", in Carole M. Cusack and Peter Oldmeadow (eds), This Immense Panorama:Studies in Honours of Eric J. Sharpe, Sydney Studies in Religion 2, 1999, pp. 

"Sacred Groves and Holy Trees" in Michael Griffith and James Tulip (eds), Spirit of Place: Source of the Sacred?, Sydney, Berget, 1998, pp. 252-261. 

Conversion Among the Germanic Peoples, Cassell, HB; x, 214 pp; 1998. 

"What's a Nice God Like You Doing in a Place Like This?", in M. Griffith and J. Tulip (eds), A Grain of Eternity, Centre for Studies in Religion, Literature and the Arts, 1998, pp. 54-61. 

"Graciosi: Medieval and Early Modern Attitudes to Disability", Disability and Rehabilitation, Vol. 19, No. 10, October 1997, pp. 414-9. 

"Towards a General Theory of Conversion", in Lynette Olson (ed.), Religious Change, Conversion and Culture, Sydney Studies in Society and Culture No. 12, 1996, pp. 1-22.

"Mysterious Ways: Some Reflections on the 'Religion, Literature and the Arts Project', 1994-6", AASR Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, Autumn 1996, pp. 81-6. 

"Arachne's Weaving: Disentangling the Ambiguities of Irreligious Representations of the Divine", in M. Griffith and J. Tulip (eds), Religion Literature and the Arts III, RLA Project, 1996, pp. 289-95. 

"Canon Fodder: General Religious Studies Textbooks and Educational Culture", Intersections, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1996, pp. 42-50. 

"Fair Play: Prejudices, World Views, and the Teaching of Religious Studies in Schools", Intersections, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1995, pp. 1-12. 

Dr Edward Crangle, BA PhD Qld.  Lecturer & Postgraduate Research Coordinator email: edward.crangle@religion.usyd.edu.au

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Consciousness Studies; Eastern Religious Traditions, emphasis on Buddhist Contemplative Practices 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Edward F. Crangle, "The Origin and Development of Early Indian Contemplative Practices", Volume 29, Studies in Oriental Religions series, Walther Heissig and Hans-Joachim Klomkeit (eds), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1994. 

Edward F. Crangle, The Sutta Basis for Momentary Consciousness, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, forthcoming. 

Crangle, Edward F. "Tertiary Teaching in Korea: An Australian Perspective", Journal of Australian Studies, 5/1 (1998), 99-106. 

Edward F. Crangle, "Hermeneutics and the Ontological Categorisation of Religious experience", 
Australian Religion Studies Review, 9/2, Spring 1997, 22-31. 

Edward F. Crangle, "Cognitive Styles and Studies in Religion", Australian Religion Studies Review, 8/1, Autumn, 1995, 22-26. 

Edward F. Crangle, "Will and the Way", Social Alternatives, 14/4, October 1995, 20-22. 

Edward F. Crangle, "A Comparison of Hindu and Buddhist Technoques of Attaining Samadhi", in 
Under the Shade of aCoolibah Tree, R.A. Hutch and P.G. Fenner (eds), Lanham: University Press of America, 1984, 187-199. 
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