Professor Robert Crotty

I am an Emeritus Professor with the University.

The Ethics Centre of South Australia

• My field of teaching is mainly Religion Studies - the history and culture of early Christianity; the interface of Judaism and Christianity in the first two centuries CE.

Australian Association for the Study of Religion

Australian and New Zealand Society for Theological Studies

Member, Fellowship for Biblical Studies

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Department of Education, University of Adelaide

Master of Arts (M.A) in History Department, University of Melbourne

Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (S.S.L), Pontifical Biblical Commission Cum Laude

Diploma, Eleve Titulaire de l'Ecole Biblique, Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise

Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L), Pontifical University of St.Thomas Aquinas Cum Laude

Bachelor of Theology (S.T.B) awarded by the Pontifical University of St.Thomas Aquinas

• Historical aspects of Christianity up to the time of Constantine
• Christian Scriptures
• Religious pluralism and its impact on Religious Education

2003 Part-author "Finding A Way", second edition, Harper-Collins: Melbourne

2003 "Beyond the Jesus Question", PostPressed: Flaxton (Qld)

1998 Co-author In the Beginning, HarperCollins: Melbourne (with Bernadette Kiley)

1997 Part Author Exploring Religion, OUP: Melbourne (with twelve others)

1997 Introduction to the Gospels, sec.ed., HarperCollins, Melbourne

1996 The Jesus Question: the historical search, Harper-Collins: Melbourne

Professional Journal Articles:

1999 "The Two Magdalene Reports on the Risen Jesus: Literary Analysis and Message of John 20", Pacifica (forthcoming)

1998 "Studies in Religion in a Pluralist Society", Intersections: Journal of the Association for Studies in Religion, 4,1, pp. 21-34

1997 "The Dead Sea Scrolls: the state of play", Religious Education Journal of Australia, 13, 1, pp. 20-21. (with Shirley Wurst)

1997 "The Dead Sea Scrolls and contemporary Christianity", Australian Religion Studies Review, 10, pp. 5-15 (with Shirley Wurst)

1997 "The Dead Sea Scrolls: a political football", Colloquium 29, 1, pp. 49-61 (with Shirley Wurst)

1996 "James the Just in the History of Early Christianity", Australian Biblical Review , 44, pp.42-52

1996 "Redefining the Church and Sect Typology", Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 32, 2, pp.38-49

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Religion Studies