Dr Gregory C Jenks

Presenter/Workshop Leader

Rev Dr Gregory Jenks is Academic Dean at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane, an Anglican priest, and a religion scholar with a special interest in Biblical Studies, and particularly Christian origins. Greg's current research interests are focused on historical Jesus and Galilee in the early Roman period.

Presentation

Imagining a future for the Bible in tomorrow's churches and a post-Christian world.

Jack Spong has attempted to rescue the Bible from fundamentalism and Marcus Borg has encouraged us to read the Bible again for the first time. However, the Bible remains a problematic text for religious progressives, including Christians and people from other faith traditions. This presentation will acknowledge the constraints on the capacity of the Bible to function in the post-Christian global era, but also imagine some ways in which the Bible may make a constructive contribution to progressive religious communities in the future.

About Rev Dr Gregory Jenks

Rev Dr Gregory Jenks is Academic Dean at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane, an Anglican priest, and a religion scholar with a special interest in Biblical Studies, and particularly Christian origins. Greg's current research interests are focused on historical Jesus and Galilee in the early Roman period. As a member of the international project team at Bethsaida he has been involved in archaeological research into the history of Galilee in the time of Jesus, as well as the significance of earlier stages of that site for our understanding of the traditions relating to David and Solomon. He is also a Fellow of the Jesus Seminar and a former Associate Director of Westar Institute.

He is currently preparing an introduction to the Bible designed for progressive Christians and believers in exile. It is scheduled for publication in late 2010.