Publications - Peter Horsfield

2003 “Electronic media and the past-future of Christianity,” in Sophia Marriage and Jolyon Mitchell (eds.), Conversations in media, religion and culture. Edinburgh: T&T Clark and Continuum. (forthcoming)

“Forgiveness: An ethical critique,” The Journal of Religion and Abuse, (Forthcoming)

2002 The Mediated Spirit. A creative CDRom on media, religion and culture: the place of media in the historical culture of Christianity, and changes in the culture of recent Christianity under the impact of electronic media. Published by the Uniting Church in Australia, Melbourne. Produced by Redfish Bluefish Creative.

“ Continuities and discontinuities in ethical reflection on digital virtual reality.” Paper presented at the Virtual Reality and Communication Ethics International Conference, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, October.

“Churches and sex abuse: the media have only started their job,” The Age, 19th June.

Retorno al futuro: Los medios de comunicación, religion, cultura y comunidades de fe. Published jointly by CEDEPCA, Guatemala and Instituto de Estudios de la Comunicación, Perú. March.

2000 “A framework for discussion of faith and electronic media-culture,” The Gospel and Our Culture 12: 2. Reprinted in Urban Connections, Winter.

“Electronic media and religious education,” Newsletter of the Victorian Association for Religious Education, February.

1999 “Better that one should write badly: Media and the early Christians,” Ministry, Winter.

“Churches and electronic culture,” pp. 137-53 in Peter Ballis and Gary Bouma (eds.), Religion in an age of change. Kew: CRA.

1998 “Moral panic or moral action? The appropriation of moral panics in the exercise of social control.” Media International Australia, No. 85 (November), pp. 3-8.

“Alternative frameworks for understanding and responding to professional sexual abuse by clergy,” pp. 179-188 in Christina Boechenhauer, Leah Michael, Neil Ormerod and Ann Wansborough (eds.), Violating trust: professional sexual abuse. Sydney: CAHPACA.

1997 “Religious changes during media convergence.” pp. 167-183 in Stewart M. Hoover and Knut Lundby (eds.) Rethinking media, religion and culture. London: Sage Publications.

“The role of media in situations of trauma.” Ministry, Society and Theology, 11/2 (November), pp. 45-55.