Interesting comments indeed thus. Just some brief points in response to discussion thus far:

1. In response to OzSpen's thesis query, easiest step is to search-engine "Peace Education: Exploring Some Philosophical Foundations" and "International Review of Education", and an online version of a summary journal article will come up. BTW, I like much of what Crossan says, but I think the train goes a little off the tracks on the resurrection.

2. In response to Jayb posting, I believe that if you make adverse comment about a University as such, there is no right for the University to sue for defamation. It is only when you make specific comments about individuals associated with the University that adverse comments become potentially defamatory.

Dr Page,

Thanks for your suggested topics for a Google search for your dissertation.

<<BTW, I like much of what Crossan says, but I think the train goes a little off the tracks on the resurrection.>>

Do you support his postmodern, deconstruction (reconstruction), reader-response hermeneutics?

In response to Dr James. I guess I won't name names well.

The other bloke worked at AIMS & contradicted the Greenies there so they sacked him. He pointed out what the Boaties in North Queensland had been telling them for 40 years. One part of the Reef is healthy, another part starts to die another part is dying, another part is dead, another part is starting to rejuvenate another part is rejuvenating another part is healthy again & so on down the line. It's been this way for millions of years.

They thought they might lose their funding if the supported him. They told him to keep his mouth shut & he didn't so they sacked him. Seems to happen a lot at universities. Ay. Go with the current flow or get tossed out.

Then something closer to home. All of my brothers are Boaties. Two of them owned Trawlers. One brother while waiting in Upstart Bay was watching some Giant Manta Rays, He went swimming with them & noticed they were Mating. So he took photos on a Polaroid. When he was passing AIMS he called in & gave the Photos to a Professor there. The Professor tols him the Photos were fakes & no-one in the World knew where Giant Manta Rays Mated. They ordered him off the Wharf or they would call the Police. 12 months later this Professor make an amazing discovery & it's written up as his discovery.

Apparently this happens a lot at AIMS. When AIMS first started up all the Boaties & fishermen came to help them with information as to where thing happen & what happens. This was a great help to the people at AIMS. Then a few years later they took that information & closed down the Fishing Industry. The Boaties won't even let them look at their Bycatch now-a-days.

Cont.

My other brother hit a reef near Princess Charlotte Bay & was stuck there for a few weeks until another Prop Shaft could be got to him. He had a lot of time on his hands & went exploring. He came across a sort of rock jetty built into the side of a cliff face. The rock had been cut away & the was a flat piece forming a jetty. There were long, what he said looked like wheel ruts & a type of Crane using a single Post in a deep cut hole (he dug one out) & a semi circular where mark where a weight had used to maneuver the crane. On the back of the cliff face there were, what he said looked like Hieroglyphic. He took photos of the whole thing & measurements.

When he got back to Townsville He got the Photos developed & took them out to the Uni. The History department took the Photos & said they'd look at them & get back to him. Months later he rang the Uni to find out what the verdict was. He was told to forget he's ever seen the place because if they investigated & found them to be factual they would have to change the whole history of Australia & no-one wanted to do that. He asked for the Photos back & they said they'd keep them for future reference.

Do I think Universities are ethical. I don't think so.

Ospen. I read you dissertation. My personal Opinion. Load of old Codwollop.

First you have to assume it's all true. That dictionary must have tasted delightful.

Another Opinion. People who use an excess of big words to impress people only makes them look stupid. It's a quote I heard on T.E.D. You succeeded spectacularly. Ay.

OK. Before I commence, apologies that typo in my previous comment. Anyways:

1.OzSpen. I probably don't know enough about Crossan to respond sufficiently. I did read The Greatest Prayer, and I found it was one of those books where you could only read a little at a time, because you needed time to reflect. I think he is on the money with his comments on justice and nonviolence in the message of Jesus. But, in my humble opinion, I think he goes off the rails with the resurrection. BTW, the writer who I think today has a great deal to say is Franciscan priest Richard Rohr. Insightful and highly readable. He heads a Centre for Action and Contemplation in the US. Love that name!

2. Jayb. Gee, you're a bit tough on OzSpen! I think you're kinda correct regarding the big words thing. But then again big words can be a short-hand that those within a specific field understand. For instance, OzSpen used the word "hermeneutics". I understood exactly what he meant. And if it comes to big words, then I probably need to plead "guilty as charged" as well, at least in my academic writing. You raised another important issue, but I think I've run out of word limit.