Our history, her story: Rachel Ciano
The Church suffers when women’s stories, perspectives and insights are missed. But sadly, women’s stories are often hidden from history, and historically women haven’t been given the same opportunities to study theology in depth. Historian, theologian, 2023 ADM Fellow and new Dean of Academic Development at Mary Andrews College, Rachel Ciano, is trying to do something about that, with her passions for history, theology and teaching entwined.
Farewelling our 2023 ADM Fellows
As we warmly welcome our 2024 ADM Fellows in the ADM space, it is also time for our 2023 Fellows to pack their bags and say farewell. Their Fellowships have come to an end, and they’re leaving ADM to make room for our 2024 Fellows. Or are they?
Announcing the 2024 ADM Fellows
ADM is delighted to introduce our 8th cohort of Fellows, with five women appointed to complete major projects that engage our sceptical and hurting world with the gospel.
Bringing forth life
Birth has always been a big part of Jodie McIver’s life. When she was a child, she was with her parents in the birthing suite as her mother gave birth to her brother Tim, and once again a few years later for the birth of her sister Tarn. While many children may be horrified and scared by the process of birth, for young Jodie, watching her siblings being born was a positive and encouraging experience that sparked a lifelong interest in pregnancy, birth and babies - and ultimately inspired her new book, written with the support of an ADM Fellowship.
Serving all God’s people, all around the world
Marlies Hartkamp came to faith in Jesus as a child and, like many, was challenged to own her faith for herself at university, in her home country of the Netherlands. Now she’s a 2022 ADM Fellow, working on a PhD in disability theology and hoping to inspire the Church to greater inclusivity.
Announcing the 2023 ADM Fellows
ADM is delighted to introduce our 7th cohort of Fellows, with five women appointed to complete major projects that engage our sceptical and hurting world with the gospel.
Announcing the 2022 ADM Fellows
ADM is pleased to announce that five women have been awarded a 2022 ADM Fellowship in our sixth annual Fellowships cohort.
Mental Health and Wellbeing: Where do you find hope?
A conversation about mental health and wellbeing, how the gospel speaks into this space and provides hope, as we seek to care for each other well. With Rev. Jo Gibbs, CEO of ADM; Rev. Dr Keith Condie, Co-Director of the Mental Health and Pastoral Care Institute, at Mary Andrews College; and Rev. Lily Strachan, 2021 ADM Fellow.
ADM appoints its fifth cohort of Fellows for 2021
The ADM Fellowships program aims to raise up Christian women to engage a sceptical and hurting world with the good news of Jesus, as they serve in our churches, communities, nation and world. It gives Christian women the time, space, finance and collegial support to complete a major project and pursue avenues to engage the public with their work.
Living the Gospel across cultures
Q&A with Amanda Mason, 2020 ADM Senior Fellow
Amanda Mason is an Evangelist and Community Chaplain with the Sydney Anglican Department of Evangelism and New Churches. During her Fellowship at ADM this year, she’s creating accessible resources to equip Australian churches in discipling Buddhist-background believers and mobilise them to reach their families and social networks.
Award-Winning Historian Meredith Lake Calls for a Better Understanding of Story
In a society that seems increasingly polarised, can understanding history play a role in shaping our future? Which stories of our shared past could enhance our current civic discourse? Dr Meredith Lake, 2017 ADM Senior Research Fellow, award-winning historian and ABC Radio National host explores these questions in ADM’s 2018 Annual Public Lecture.
Half-yearly update: ADM Fellows share their progress
Four of ADM’s 2018 Fellows reflect on their progress over the past six months. Read what they’ve been doing, how ADM has supported them, and their plans for the next steps in their projects…
William Cooper: a Yorta Yorta Christian and his Bible
“…Yorta Yorta man William Cooper grew up in a world shaped by these realities, and spent decades of his adult life challenging its injustice.” In this extract from 2017 ADM Senior Research Fellow, Meredith Lake’s book, ‘The Bible in Australia: A cultural history’, we hear about the life and work of William Cooper: a Yorta Yorta man, a Christian, and a man who fought injustice and was central to the founding of NAIDOC week…
Exposing the Story of the Bible Down Under
The Bible in Australia – a new book by 2017 ADM Senior Research Fellow Dr Meredith Lake – is fast becoming an iconic reference point in the Australian cultural landscape – not only among the church but in far wider circles. Meredith shares about the experience of launching her book and the public conversations it is opening up …
Rediscovering Australia’s Deep History
ADM Fellowship awardee Dr Laura Rademaker has been appointed to a prestigious position at the Australian National University, researching Australia’s deep human past.
Reflections From Our 2018 Summer Fellows
What a privilege it was to invest in five amazing Christian women and their projects this summer! Our Summer Fellows share about their experience at ADM and their accomplishments over the month of January...
2017 Fellows Finish at ADM
It’s been an incredible journey for our first cohort of Fellows, with their time at ADM coming to an end on 31 January. We caught up with them in the final month of their fellowship to ask about the experience and the inspiring projects they have created...
ADM Fellow Takes up Job at Cardiff University
As Senior Research Fellow, Dr Alix Beeston, prepares for a new position as Lecturer in modern and contemporary literature at Cardiff University in Wales (starting 16 October 2017), she shares how an ADM Fellowship paved the way for her to make a Kingdom impact as a Christian academic.
ADM's Visiting Fellow Events Announced
This year's ADM Visiting Fellow is New York writer, critic and scholar Alissa Wilkinson and ADM has a group of fantastic events scheduled for her visit from 9 – 14 October.
Art, Culture and the Bible
It’s been an exciting month for our Creative Fellow, Jo Chew, as the first art exhibition in her Fellowship draws to a close this week. Jo shares about her Fellowship journey so far, and the experience of her ‘Numbering Stars’ exhibition …