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God's earth: Religion as if matter really mattered Kindle See this thread for information Paul ^{Religion as Kindle ×} Collins is an Australian religious author _{God's earth: ePUB Ô} Born in the then very working class suburb of Richmond in the city earth: Religion as PDF Ê of Melbourne Australia on August Paul Collins is an historian broadcaster ^{earth: Religion as if matter ePUB Ô} and writer His parents Veronica and Michael Collins ran corner shops that were ‘open all hours’ Educated in Catholic primary schools and at the Christian Brothers College Victoria Parade East Melbourne Collins entered the junior seminary of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Professed as a religious in and ordained a Catholic priest in he served first as a teacher at Downlands College in Toowoomba ueensland He then moved to the parish of Moonah in Hobart Tasmania where he was an assistant priest from to Moving to Sydney in he was appointed a lecturer teaching church history and directing pastoral studies at Saint Pauls National Seminary in Kensington From to he was parish priest of Randwick in Sydney He then went to Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts as a post graduate student returning to Australia to work briefly as a research officer for the Catholic Social Welfare Commission He then returned to the United States as Deputy Director of Weber Center Adrian Michigan where ^{earth: Religion as if matter ePUB Ô} he taught theology church history and ministry He also briefly taught theology at Saint Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake Michigan In Collins began full time studies for a PhD in history at the Australian National University in Canberra Australia graduating in He published his first book Mixed Blessings Penguin in while at the ANU and briefly taught Australian History at the University of Papua New Guinea in He has a Masters degree in theology ThM from Harvard University and a Doctorate in Philosophy PhD in early Australian history from the ANU and is a Fellow of Trinity College of Music London in Speech and DramaFor almost a decade from January he worked full time in varying capacities in TV and radio with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation From to he was Specialist Editor Religion for the ABC He also acted as co ordinator of Radio National in Melbourne and for a brief period was acting general manager of Radio National For the first three years of the ABC TV program Compass it began in Collins acted as a presenter interviewer and commentator From to he was the presenter of the program Insights on Radio National He has also presented and participated in many programs on all ABC networksBetween and Collins worked on a contract basis for the ABC presenting Sunday Spectrum on Sunday mornings on ABC TV Some episodes of this half hour in studio interview program were produced covering ethical religious faith and spirituality issuesSince leaving the ABC full time he has continued to be called on as a commentator on Catholic affairs the papacy the Vatican as well as environmental and population issues on ABC Radio and TV SBS television and radio where he acted as lead commentator on SBS Radio during World Youth Day in Sydney in the BBC PBS in the United States NHK Japan and Danish and New Zealand TV Sky TV News as well as many commercial TV and radio stations in Australia Collins covered the death of Pope John Paul II in April and from Rome the election of Benedict XVI as an English speaking expert for many media outlets across the worldHe has written regularly for most of Australia’s leading newspapers and magazines as well as for the London Tablet The National Catholic Reporter in the United States and for several magazines in Germany and Aust.