Denise A. Austin is an Australian

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

historian, particularly focused on Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Austin is the Deputy Vice President of Research and Standards, and Professor of History at

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. She is also the Director of the Australasian Pentecostal Studies Centre.

Early life and education

Denise A. Austin was born in Brisbane in 1969 to Alan and Merle Anderson. She met and married her husband Garry while studying at Rhema Bible College in

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. Together, they worked as

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missionaries in

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before returning to Australia for further study. Austin received her PhD from the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

. Her 2004 dissertation and subsequent book (published 2011) is entitled ''Kingdom-Minded People: Christian Identity and the Contributions of Chinese Business Christians''.

Career

In 2006, Austin became the Academic Dean of Garden City College and began lecturing on Church History and Missions. In 2009, she started working at Southern Cross College which changed its name to

later that same year. She is actively working with

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to help

become the first Pentecostal training college in Australia to achieve university status. She is an ordained minister with Australian Christian Churches. Austin has secured over $100,000 in grants to fund the research of Pentecostal history. Austin has also written the biographies of several key figures in Australian history including Andrew Evans, founder of the Family First political party, as well as the biography of bass player George McArdle from the

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. An article by Austin about the

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's personal faith and its influence on his response to women's rights and workplace sexual harassment, was published in the

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on 19 April 2021. Seven letters in response were published the following day, with several suggesting that the Prime Minister's faith was not the problem, but rather his actions in response to these issues.

Selected publications

Books

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External links

Official website

References

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