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No Ordinary View wins 2009 Australian Christian Book of the Year Award

2009 Australian Christian Book of the Year Award
For a work by an Australian author and published by an Australian publisher.

Winner

No ordinary view: A season of faith and mission in the Himalayas
by Naomi Reed (Ark House Press)

Joint 2nd Prize

Catherine’s gift: Inside the world of Dr Catherine Hamlin
by John Little (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Leadership on the front foot
by Zachary Veron (Anglican Press Australia)

Preach or perish: Reaching the hearts and minds of the world today
by Donald Howard (ed) (Donald and Nan Howard)

2009 Australian Christian Theological Writers’ Award
Open to books by Australian writers, published anywhere.

Winner

Paul Barnett
for After Jesus, Volume 3: Finding the Historical Christ (William B Eerdmans, Grand Rapids)

Honourable Mentions

Michael Bird
for A Bird’s eye view of Paul: The man, his mission and his message
(InterVarsity Press, Nottingham)

Andrew Sloane
for At home in a strange land: Using the Old Testament in Christian ethics
(Hendrickson, Peabody)

Roy Williams
for God, Actually
(ABC Books, Sydney)

2009 Young Australian Christian Writer of the Year Award
For an unpublished manuscript by an Australian under the age of thirty.

Winner

Leng Te
for Into your mystery

2nd Prize

Justin Denholm
for Talking about ethics

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