John Harris (biblical scholar)

John W. Harris
Education	University of Queensland (PhD)
Awards	Lambeth Degree
Scientific career
Fields	linguistics, Bible translation
Institutions	Darwin Institute of Technology (now Charles Darwin University)
Thesis	Language contact, Pidgins and the rise of Kriol in the Northern Territory: historical and theoretical perspectives  (1986)
Academic advisors	Bruce Rigsby, John Sandefur

John W. Harris is an Australian Bible translator and linguist known for his works on aboriginal Christianity and creoles. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He is one of the first scholars who provided a detailed account of Australian creoles. ^[4] In 1986, he was Senior Lecturer in Education at Darwin Institute of Technology. ^{[5] [6]} He received a Lambeth Degree from the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2010. ^{[7] [8]}

Books

• 1986. Northern Territory pidgins and the origin of Kriol. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics
• 1994, One Blood: 200 Years Of Aboriginal Encounter With Christianity (revised edition), Albatross Books, Sydney.
• 1998, We wish we’d done more: ninety years of CMS and Aboriginal issues in north Australia, Openbook, Adelaide.

References

1. Loos, Noel (1993). "Scenes from an Academic Life: A Review of One Blood by John Harris". Aboriginal History . 17 (1/2): 133–141. ISSN   0314-8769. JSTOR   24046230.
2. "Early missionaries to Australia". Australians Together.
3. "A brutally honest book about Christians and Aborigines in Australia - Eternity News". www.eternitynews.com.au. 16 March 2013.
4. Goldfield, Beverly A. (April 1992). "Early language development: Implications for clinical and educational practice. Harris John. London: Routledge, 1990". Applied Psycholinguistics. 13 (2): 243–247. doi:10.1017/S0142716400005580. S2CID   143459857.
5. Harris, John (1985). "Contact Languages at the Northern Territory: British Military Settlements 1824-1849". Aboriginal History. 9 (1/2): 148–169. ISSN   0314-8769. JSTOR   24045834.
6. Harris, John W. (April 1986). "Creoles — New Languages and an Old Debit" . Journal of Christian Education. os-29 (1): 9–22. doi:10.1177/002196578602900102. ISSN   0021-9657. S2CID   185848521.
7. "A passionate lover of bringing the Bible to lonely people in lonely places - Eternity News". www.eternitynews.com.au. 15 January 2020.
8. "Top 2021 Australian Christian books announced - BCWA". 12 November 2021.

External links

• On a Mission: The Institutionalising of Aboriginal Children
• NORTHERN TERRITORY PIDGINS AND THE ORIGIN OF KRIOL
• Hiding the bodies: the myth of the humane colonisation of Aboriginal Australia
• CONTACT LANGUAGES AT THE NORTHERN TERRITORY BRITISH MILITARY SETTLEMENTS 1824-1849
• 1998 Mission Australia Address by Dr John W Harris