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William Ronald George Loader (born 1944 [1] ) is a minister of the Uniting Church in Australia and emeritus professor of New Testament at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.

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From 1978, Loader was New Testament lecturer at the Perth Theological Hall of the Uniting Church in Australia; from 1986, he was lecturer and later Professor of New Testament at Murdoch University (1998-2003 also as Head of the School of Social Inquiry).

Loader was the editor of Colloquium, the journal of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Theological Studies (ANZSTS), until 2005. He undertook a five-year Australian Research Council professorial fellowship on "Attitudes towards Sexuality in Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic Greco-Roman Era", 2005-2010.

Loader's academic degrees and qualifications are: [2]

Books and publications

Loader is perhaps best known to wider non-academic readership for his online book Dear Kim, This is what I believe: Explaining Christian Faith Today [1] that is written in a style reminiscent of the Gospel of Mark and Acts in being actually or supposedly a letter to a person, but also for his recent research on sexuality in the ancient world.

Loader also maintains a page for people seeking Bible study, commentary, sermon and prayer materials related to the Lectionary. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 , National Library of Australia catalogue, accessed 26 January 2010
  2. Academic record, William Loader, accessed 26 January 2010
  3. Loader, William (2014). "Same-sex relationships : a 1st-century perspective". HTS: Theological Studies. 70 (1): 1–9. doi:10.4102/hts.v70i1.2114. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2022.
  4. Resources (link), Uniting Church Board of Education, accessed 26 January 2010
  5. desperatepreacher.com, accessed 26 January 2010
  6. Recommended Resources on the Web, clergyresources.net, accessed 26 January 2010
  7. "Fellow Profile: William Loader". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 30 April 2024.