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Qualifications
LISAI
- Licentiate in the Study of Arabic and Islamics
[Pontifical Institute for the Study of Arabic and Islamics (PISAI),
Rome
1986]
TheolM - Masters in Theology
[
Melbourne
College
of Divinity, 2003]
PhD (Cand) [ACU – thesis
submitted for examination in 2009]
Research
Interests
Islam
& Christian-Muslim Relations
Interreligious Relations
Lonergan Studies
Selected
Publications
McInerney,
Patrick J. "Religion and Violence." Interface: A Forum for
Theology in the World 10, no. 1 (2007): 1-16.
McInerney,
Patrick J. Being Children of Abraham Today Australian EJournal of
Theology - Issue 8, October 2006. Available from http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/theology/ejournal/aejt_8/mcinerney.htm
McInerney,
Patrick J. On Pope Benedict XVI's Address on Faith and Reason, September,
2006. Available from http://www.melbourne.catholic.org.au/eic/documents/Statement06-09-25BenedictXVIonFaithandReason.doc.
McInerney,
Patrick J. "The Address of Pope Benedict on Faith and
Reason." Compass 40, no. Summer (2006): 26-29.
McInerney,
Patrick J. "September Eleven. What
Hope for Unity? The
Mission
of the Church." South Pacific Journal of
Mission
Studies, no. 27 (2002).
McInerney,
Patrick J. "Differences Make All the Difference." In
Travelling Together - Beyond Dialogue: Peace and Dialogue in a Plural
Society - Common Values and Responsibilities, 49-59. Moonee Ponds:
Australian Intercultural Society Inc., 2002.
Personal
Fr
Patrick McInerney
is a Columban missionary priest from
South Australia
and was ordained in 1978. He was assigned to the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan for more than twenty years, where he was involved in a variety
of ministries – parish, teaching, administration, leadership, and
Christian-Muslim Relations.
He
completed a licence at the Pontifical Institute for the Study of
Arabic and Islamics in
Rome
in 1986, and a Masters in Theology at the Melbourne
College of Divinity in 2003.
Fr
Patrick is a staff member of the Columban Mission Institute’s
Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations in Strathfield and the
Coordinator of that Institute’s Centre
for Mission Studies.
For further details see www.columban.org.au and follow the links to the respective Centres.
He also coordinates Missiology at the Catholic Institute of
Sydney and lectures in Islam and Interreligious Dialogue.
He
is a member of the Australian Catholic Council for Ecumenism and
Interreligious Relations (ACCEIR) (which advises the Bishop’s
Commission on Ecumenism and Interrreligious Relations), a board member
of the
Australian
Catholic
University’s Asia-Pacific Centre for Inter-religious Dialogue (APCID),
and takes part in the NSW meetings of the World Conference of
Religions for Peace (WCRP).
Fr
Patrick attends interfaith and multi-faith conferences, and gives talks
and lectures on Islam, Christian-Muslim Relations, Interreligious
Relations and mission related topics to a wide variety of audiences.
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