Below are a sample of the topics being supervised by members of CECS. If you are looking for a supervisor for a research degree in New Testament, Early Christian studies or Byzantine studies, you can contact any of them by email.
Supervisor: Pauline Allen
Natalia Grigorieva (co-supervisor with Raymond Canning)
The reception of Augustine in Russia and his influence on Russian literature and theology 1700-2000 (PhD)Theresa Angert-Quilter (co-supervisor with Mary Sheather)
The Acts of Thecla (PhD)
Supervisor: Raymond Canning
Natalia Grigorieva
The reception of Augustine in Russia and his influence on Russian literature and theology 1700-2000 (PhD)
Supervisor: Damien Casey
Robert Ireland
Thomist realism as a resource of doctrinal theology in the world of E.L. Mascall (PhD)Nithyananda Augustus Nathan
The communion of saints: what it should mean for Catholics today(PhD)Stuart Weierter
Philosophy, prophecy and the divine in Plato (PhD)
Supervisor: Mary Coloe
Jose Vergara
A post-colonial reading of Mary Magdalene in the Fourth Gospel in the light of Filipino spirituality (PhD)
Supervisor: Geoffrey Dunn
Robert Haddad
The apologetic writings of Justin Martyr (MPhil completed 2008)
Supervisor: James McLaren
Suresh Shenoy
The Jewish war: a study of genre and thought (PhD)Margaret Carswell
Biblical metaphors of God and their use in the Archdiocese of Melbourne Religious Education text series, To Know, Worship and Love (PhD)Tjebbe Bekema
The development of early Christianity as it separates from Judaism (PhD)Annette Hirth
Diversity and factionalism between early Christian communities. The role of mission and the message of evangelisation (PhD)Naomi Wolfe
A biography of Queen Salome (MPhil)
Supervisor: Alan Moss
Elizabeth Guntrip
A critique of spiritual warfare in the light of a Pentecostal reading of Daniel 10 (MPhil completed 2008)
Supervisor: Bronwen Neil
Elizabeth Guntrip (co-supervisor with Alan Moss)
A critique of spiritual warfare in the light of a Pentecostal reading of Daniel 10 (MPhil completed 2008)Robert Haddad (co-supervisor with Geoffrey Dunn)
The apologetic writings of Justin Martyr (MPhil completed 2008)
Supervisor: Mary Sheather
Theresa Angert-Quilter
The Acts of Thecla (PhD)
Supervisor: David Sim
Brian Beggs
The concept of the house in the Gospel of Mark (PhD completed 2007)Ian Elmer
Paul's conflict with the Jerusalem church (PhD completed 2008)Michael Godfrey
Insiders and outsiders in the theology of Paul (PhD)Vivian Jacquin
Paul and Judaism
PhD (currently on leave)Thathatathai Singhsa
The figure of Wisdom in the Gospel of Matthew (MPhil)