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- ↑ "Books of the Year 2012," in The Guardian (November 25, 2012).
- ↑ "Books: Theology and Philosophy," in The Christian Century (November 25, 2012).
- ↑ 2019 ECPA Book Award Finalists.
- ↑ 2019 Australian Christian Literature Awards.
- ↑ "Home". faith-theology.com.
- ↑ Benjamin Myers, Salvation in My Pocket: Fragments of Faith and Theology.
- ↑ "Soul Search: I Believe - Ben Myers on Creeds in the Contemporary World", ABC Radio National (February 28, 2021).
- ↑ Benjamin Myers, (August 13, 2013), Reflected glory: Imitation, biography and moral formation in early Christianity, ABC Religion and Ethics, Benjamin Myers, (October 30, 2015), Love Your Neighbour: Why Tony Abbott is (partly) Right and his Critics are (partly) Wrong, ABC Religion and Ethics
- ↑ Megan Fowler, "D is for Discipleship, E is for Eschaton," in Christianity Today (November 22, 2021).
