Books by Sarah Bacaller
Transforming Vocation: Connecting theology, church and the workplace for a flourishing world (Wipf & Stock 2021), 2021
This chapter asks whether the use of an oppositional hermeneutic in positing sacred and secular r... more This chapter asks whether the use of an oppositional hermeneutic in positing sacred and secular realms is helpful for Christian self-understanding, particularly in the narratives used within contemporary Christian communities. It explores potential dynamics and implications present in making use of such a point of reference through three theological forays, which draw on the work of G. W. F. Hegel. These forays consider first, the role of demarcation and distinction in understanding identity; second, the way in which a christological lens (here considering Christ as both fulfilment and end of law) is able to move Christian thought beyond an oppositional stance toward the secular; and third, the way in which Hegel’s understanding of objective right (as part of his tripartite understanding of self-knowing spirit) illuminates the role of secular social structures in human life, thereby highlighting the importance of Christian engagement beyond sacred–secular dualities. By reworking particular conceptual boundaries and by gently addressing tacit anxieties that diminish the secular by contrast to the sacred, this piece seeks to encourage vocational commitment and aspiration as an expression of shared striving toward human flourishing.
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The Fault Lines Founding Liberty is a philosophical and theological novella exploring the tension... more The Fault Lines Founding Liberty is a philosophical and theological novella exploring the tensions inherent in growing up and moving on from faith, family, and past versions of ourselves. With unanswered questions and hovering guilt, a young woman comes to confront the specters of her past through dialogue with an unexpected companion. This process is as uncomfortable as it is transformative. Freedom is discovered not by eliminating life’s loose ends nor running away from them, but in gathering them bravely and continuing to put one foot in front of the other despite everything—a process made hopeful in the solidarity of unexpected friendship.
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Audiobooks by Sarah Bacaller
Audiobook: Hegel's Philosophy of Mind, 2018
This is an audiobook performed by Sarah Bacaller of the William Wallace translation (1894) of G.W... more This is an audiobook performed by Sarah Bacaller of the William Wallace translation (1894) of G.W.F. Hegel's text, Philosophy of Mind: The third part of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Outline.
This text draws together central components of Hegel's philosophical system as he explores the development of Mind (Spirit, Geist) in its individual, communal and conceptual aspects. Translator William Wallace writes (1894): 'I here offer a translation of the third or last part of Hegel's encyclopaedic sketch of philosophy, Philosophy of Mind. The volume, like its subject, stands complete in itself. But it may also be regarded as a supplement or continuation of the work begun in my version of his logic.'
In this philosophy of mind, contradiction and assimilation invoke constant change and development, as Hegel demonstrates the intrinsic fluidity of thought. While published in 1894, Wallace's translation remains a sound, historically significant translation of Hegel's work.
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The wisdom and religion of a German philosopher: Selections from the writings of G.W.F. Hegel, 1897
This is an audiobook of a thematically organised collection of excerpts from the writings of G. W... more This is an audiobook of a thematically organised collection of excerpts from the writings of G. W. F. Hegel, compiled and edited by Elizabeth Haldane and originally published in 1897. A new foreword, with information both on the text and its editor, has been written by Sarah Bacaller. Narrated by Sarah Bacaller.
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Mission Studies, 2021
Navigating the interplay of oppression and self-determination in the context of gender and race r... more Navigating the interplay of oppression and self-determination in the context of gender and race relations requires a deft and sensitive touch. An overlay of religious narratives that reinforce colonialist attitudes whilst affirming human flourishing further complicates the task. Joanna Cruickshank and Patricia Grimshaw exhibit deftness and sensitivity in investigating the roles of white women on Australian Aboriginal mission stations from the early-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries. Likewise, as they explore Aboriginal experiences of those mission contexts, particularly the complexities of Aboriginal relationships with non-Aboriginal maternal authority figures.
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Practical Theology, 2021
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Journal of Contemporary Ministry
Woven: A Faith for the Dissatisfied (Sydney: Acorn Press, 2019) ISBN 9780647530320, 225pp.
McKe... more Woven: A Faith for the Dissatisfied (Sydney: Acorn Press, 2019) ISBN 9780647530320, 225pp.
McKerrow's book boasts an impressive array of endorsements, reflective of the profile built by the author over a decade of performance, poetry and advocacy. His latest offering is a blend of memoir, theological reflection, imperative appeal and poetic manifesto, very much Bildungsroman in feel. One gets the sense that this book was written to be read aloud-not surprising, coming from McKerrow-and indeed, he narrates the audiobook with his characteristic modulations of rhythm, providing an immersive experience for readers who prefer to listen. The text is organised into three sections, titled as metaphors for stages in a dynamic maturation: the Sculpted self, Unravelled self and Woven self. These are suggestive of McKerrow's dialectical journey from unquestioned stability to total destabilisation, and then to a new form of groundedness in faith and selfhood. Each of these three sections begins with a story that represents metaphorically the book's metanarrative and this is indicative of McKerrow's style; layered imagery is emotively jam-packed into passionate reflections on faith, doubt, hope and growth, crystallised in the author's autobiographical anecdotes. In particular, McKerrow's stories validate the ubiquitous yet enduringly difficult maturation that occurs when one has grown up in a tight-knit and tightly bounded community (for McKerrow, conservative Anglicanism and then charismatic evangelicanism), but then begins to find the conceptual schemas of these communities insufficient for life's complexities. McKerrow presses readers and their communities to be open to learning from, and being reshaped by, emerging dissonances within stated beliefs; importantly, he urges inclusiveness and supportiveness toward those in the midst of such disjointing experiences. McKerrow also questions the final usefulness of enduring anger and resentment towards those initial and outgrown community contexts, while not shrinking from confessing his own difficult feelings and acknowledging their place in grief. These themes will connect with anyone struggling to reconcile what they have known with what they are becoming and is a welcome encouragement to graciousness in such seasons. As such, this book may be significant for those in ministry (official or otherwise) seeking further insight into, or solidarity within, such experiences. The relevance of this book for ministry will go as deeply as allowed;
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Practical Theology, 2020
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Miscellany by Sarah Bacaller
reo: a journal of theology and ministry, 2018
Wordplay is a short segment of reo, engaging with a significant theme or concept in 250 words or ... more Wordplay is a short segment of reo, engaging with a significant theme or concept in 250 words or less.
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Foreword to The wisdom and religion of a German philosopher (Audiobook), 2019
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Journal of British Cinema and Television, 2024
Buffalo Pictures' long-running television series Doc Martin (ITV, 2004-22) has recently concluded... more Buffalo Pictures' long-running television series Doc Martin (ITV, 2004-22) has recently concluded, eighteen years since production began. Filmed every second year-excepting COVID interruption-in idyllic Cornwall, the show begins with exceptional but irascible London vascular surgeon, Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes), moving into the fictional fishing village of Portwenn as local GP. This show, with its 79 episodes, weaves together situation comedy, medical mystery, drama and idiosyncratic romance. In this article I want to explore layers of comedy in this long-running 'dramedy' by heuristically deploying the comedy theory taught by Hegel in his Lectures on Aesthetics. By reference to the 'three forms of comic action' found in Hegel's lectures-the comedies of 'coincidence', 'reduction' and 'negation', to adopt Mark Roche's terminology-I aim to show how this television serial uses humour to raise questions about what is existentially meaningful within human experience; test the usefulness of Hegel's ideas on comedy for analysis of contemporary forms of media such as television and film; and contribute to literature on the nature of comedy in television serials, particularly those that utilise situation comedy.
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Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 2024
I was born into a church and a family governed by dichotomous frameworks of right/wrong, God/devi... more I was born into a church and a family governed by dichotomous frameworks of right/wrong, God/devil, truth/falsehood. Justifying the impulse to ask ques- tions in such contexts was difficult, because Christian faith was perceived in an authoritarian manner as ‘the truth’. But during my undergraduate study, studying attachment theory gave me an existential foothold. The existing literature on attachment theory, particularly the compassionate writings of John Bowlby, facilitated a complete reconstruction of my understanding of the needs and dynamics of human life, both generally and in relation to myself. These alterations then drew into question many of the theological beliefs shaping my religious outlook. Based on these experiences, I explore both the ways in which attachment theory has been brought into dialogue with religious studies and theology, and how it might enable us to develop an axiological and relational hermeneutic that directs attention to the ethical dimensions of theological belief and praxis, and even to a reconfiguration of absolutist approaches to the nature of truth.
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Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy, 2023
Within Australian society, the term ‘Country’ is used to acknowledge prior and ongoing Indigenous... more Within Australian society, the term ‘Country’ is used to acknowledge prior and ongoing Indigenous Australian connections to specific lands, waters, and skies, challenging any supposed neutrality of public, cultural, or institutional spaces. However, use of the term ‘Country’ might also slide into unreflective abstraction when disconnected from the nourishing interactions of particular people and places that the term in its fullness can embody. In this paper, we seek to dispel conjectural mists that can surround the notion of ‘Country’ in popular societal use by attending to various relational dynamics which configure and substantiate its meaning. Engaging with Warlpiri (Aboriginal Australian) epistemology and the pedagogic strategies of Warlpiri scholar and co-author, Wanta Jampijinpa Pawu, we propose the seemingly odd question, who is country? as a hermeneutic strategy—an approach which embraces a grounded ontology that ‘lowercases’ meaning as essentially relational and figured within shared identities. We indicate similar tonalities in the contextual hermeneutics of prominent Indigenous Australian theologians, who challenge latent abstractions of theism lurking within pronouncements of meaning as disembodied from real contexts of people and place.
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Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy, 2023
Within Australian society, the term ‘Country’ is used to acknowledge prior and ongoing Indigenous... more Within Australian society, the term ‘Country’ is used to acknowledge prior and ongoing Indigenous Australian connections to specific lands, waters, and skies, challenging any supposed neutrality of public, cultural, or institutional spaces. However, non-Indigenous use of the term ‘Country’ might also slide into unreflective abstraction when disconnected from the nourishing interactions of particular people and places that the term in its fullness can embody. In this paper, we seek to dispel conjectural mists that can surround the notion of ‘Country’ in popular societal use by attending to various relational dynamics which configure and substantiate its meaning. Engaging with Warlpiri (Aboriginal Australian) epistemology and the pedagogic strategies of Warlpiri scholar and co-author, Wanta Jampijinpa Pawu, we propose the seemingly odd question, who is country? as a hermeneutic strategy—an approach which embraces a grounded ontology that ‘lowercases’ meaning as essentially relational and figured within shared identities. We indicate similar tonalities in the contextual hermeneutics of prominent Indigenous Australian theologians, who challenge latent abstractions of theism lurking within pronouncements of meaning as disembodied from real contexts of people and place.
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Journal of Intercultural Studies, Aug 14, 2023
Open access. Editorial for the special edition of Journal of Intercultural Studies 44.5, 2023 Ple... more Open access. Editorial for the special edition of Journal of Intercultural Studies 44.5, 2023 Please download from journal homepage via DOI
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Mission Studies, Feb 15, 2022
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The writings of Australian academic Stephen Curkpatrick offer unique philosophical engagement wit... more The writings of Australian academic Stephen Curkpatrick offer unique philosophical engagement with Christian faith and theological hermeneutics. Working within the language of Christian tradition, Curkpatrick offers immanent critique of approaches to Christian identity through experimental creativity that blends aphoristic and academic genres. This article explores and compares significant themes in Curkpatrick’s earlier and later phases of writing, showing how recent aphoristic work performatively expands earlier critiques of theological language. Curkpatrick’s critical inquiry into post-structural hermeneutics, parables, and metonymy likewise function as helpful frames for interpreting the tone and genre of his short-form writing. A “kaleidoscopic” reading of Curkpatrick’s approach to Christian faith is suggested, brought to focus in the use of generosity and veracity as a metonymic motif for Christological grace and truth (John 1:17). The article concludes by teasing out the ethical, theological, and relational implications of such a reading for Christian expression and self-understanding
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Narrated by Sarah Bacaller, this audiobook of Less is More: Hegelian Fragments by Stephen Curkpat... more Narrated by Sarah Bacaller, this audiobook of Less is More: Hegelian Fragments by Stephen Curkpatrick is a compilation of aphoristic fragments that explore philosophical aspects of human, and specifically Christian, identity. Engaging Hegel in particular, along with a selection of his precursors and recent interpreters, these fragments explore diverse aspects and tensions of human existence through heuristic interpretation of Hegelian themes. This exploration takes the form of compressed aphoristic cameos whereby less is more.
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This text draws together central components of Hegel's philosophical system as he explores the development of Mind (Spirit, Geist) in its individual, communal and conceptual aspects. Translator William Wallace writes (1894): 'I here offer a translation of the third or last part of Hegel's encyclopaedic sketch of philosophy, Philosophy of Mind. The volume, like its subject, stands complete in itself. But it may also be regarded as a supplement or continuation of the work begun in my version of his logic.'
In this philosophy of mind, contradiction and assimilation invoke constant change and development, as Hegel demonstrates the intrinsic fluidity of thought. While published in 1894, Wallace's translation remains a sound, historically significant translation of Hegel's work.
Book Reviews by Sarah Bacaller
McKerrow's book boasts an impressive array of endorsements, reflective of the profile built by the author over a decade of performance, poetry and advocacy. His latest offering is a blend of memoir, theological reflection, imperative appeal and poetic manifesto, very much Bildungsroman in feel. One gets the sense that this book was written to be read aloud-not surprising, coming from McKerrow-and indeed, he narrates the audiobook with his characteristic modulations of rhythm, providing an immersive experience for readers who prefer to listen. The text is organised into three sections, titled as metaphors for stages in a dynamic maturation: the Sculpted self, Unravelled self and Woven self. These are suggestive of McKerrow's dialectical journey from unquestioned stability to total destabilisation, and then to a new form of groundedness in faith and selfhood. Each of these three sections begins with a story that represents metaphorically the book's metanarrative and this is indicative of McKerrow's style; layered imagery is emotively jam-packed into passionate reflections on faith, doubt, hope and growth, crystallised in the author's autobiographical anecdotes. In particular, McKerrow's stories validate the ubiquitous yet enduringly difficult maturation that occurs when one has grown up in a tight-knit and tightly bounded community (for McKerrow, conservative Anglicanism and then charismatic evangelicanism), but then begins to find the conceptual schemas of these communities insufficient for life's complexities. McKerrow presses readers and their communities to be open to learning from, and being reshaped by, emerging dissonances within stated beliefs; importantly, he urges inclusiveness and supportiveness toward those in the midst of such disjointing experiences. McKerrow also questions the final usefulness of enduring anger and resentment towards those initial and outgrown community contexts, while not shrinking from confessing his own difficult feelings and acknowledging their place in grief. These themes will connect with anyone struggling to reconcile what they have known with what they are becoming and is a welcome encouragement to graciousness in such seasons. As such, this book may be significant for those in ministry (official or otherwise) seeking further insight into, or solidarity within, such experiences. The relevance of this book for ministry will go as deeply as allowed;
Miscellany by Sarah Bacaller
Papers by Sarah Bacaller
This text draws together central components of Hegel's philosophical system as he explores the development of Mind (Spirit, Geist) in its individual, communal and conceptual aspects. Translator William Wallace writes (1894): 'I here offer a translation of the third or last part of Hegel's encyclopaedic sketch of philosophy, Philosophy of Mind. The volume, like its subject, stands complete in itself. But it may also be regarded as a supplement or continuation of the work begun in my version of his logic.'
In this philosophy of mind, contradiction and assimilation invoke constant change and development, as Hegel demonstrates the intrinsic fluidity of thought. While published in 1894, Wallace's translation remains a sound, historically significant translation of Hegel's work.
McKerrow's book boasts an impressive array of endorsements, reflective of the profile built by the author over a decade of performance, poetry and advocacy. His latest offering is a blend of memoir, theological reflection, imperative appeal and poetic manifesto, very much Bildungsroman in feel. One gets the sense that this book was written to be read aloud-not surprising, coming from McKerrow-and indeed, he narrates the audiobook with his characteristic modulations of rhythm, providing an immersive experience for readers who prefer to listen. The text is organised into three sections, titled as metaphors for stages in a dynamic maturation: the Sculpted self, Unravelled self and Woven self. These are suggestive of McKerrow's dialectical journey from unquestioned stability to total destabilisation, and then to a new form of groundedness in faith and selfhood. Each of these three sections begins with a story that represents metaphorically the book's metanarrative and this is indicative of McKerrow's style; layered imagery is emotively jam-packed into passionate reflections on faith, doubt, hope and growth, crystallised in the author's autobiographical anecdotes. In particular, McKerrow's stories validate the ubiquitous yet enduringly difficult maturation that occurs when one has grown up in a tight-knit and tightly bounded community (for McKerrow, conservative Anglicanism and then charismatic evangelicanism), but then begins to find the conceptual schemas of these communities insufficient for life's complexities. McKerrow presses readers and their communities to be open to learning from, and being reshaped by, emerging dissonances within stated beliefs; importantly, he urges inclusiveness and supportiveness toward those in the midst of such disjointing experiences. McKerrow also questions the final usefulness of enduring anger and resentment towards those initial and outgrown community contexts, while not shrinking from confessing his own difficult feelings and acknowledging their place in grief. These themes will connect with anyone struggling to reconcile what they have known with what they are becoming and is a welcome encouragement to graciousness in such seasons. As such, this book may be significant for those in ministry (official or otherwise) seeking further insight into, or solidarity within, such experiences. The relevance of this book for ministry will go as deeply as allowed;
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