Brian Steven Rosner (born 17 June 1959) is an Australian

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and academic who was the Principal of

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between 2012 and 2024. He has authored many books including ''Known by God: A Biblical Theology of Personal Identity'' amongst others. Rosner grew up in

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to an

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father and to an Australian mother in the 1960s. Between 1978 and 1981, he completed a Bachelor of Arts at the

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. From there, Rosner studied at the

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in the United States, where he focused on

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. After this period in the mid 1980s, he completed his education at the

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, culminating in a PhD of

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in 1991. Rosner began his career at the

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as a lecturer in

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between 1991 and 1999. However, he later returned to Australia, with the

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as a senior lecturer in Biblical studies for a number of years. Rosner then began work at the

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between 2003 and 2012. In July 2012, the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne,

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appointed him to be the Principal of

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, who also ordained him as a

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. Since moving to

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, Rosner has written various books and articles which have featured in ''

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'' and ''

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'' newspapers which have discussed the Christian faith in modern, secular times.

Selected works

Rosner has completed a variety of works over the past few decades that include:

Books

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References

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