John W. Harris is an Australian Bible translator and linguist known for his works on
aboriginal Christianity and
creoles.
He is one of the first scholars who provided a detailed account of Australian creoles.
In 1986, he was Senior Lecturer in Education at
Darwin Institute of Technology.
He received a
Lambeth Degree
A Lambeth degree is an academic degree conferred by the Archbishop of Canterbury under the authority of the Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533 (25 Hen VIII c 21) (Eng) as successor of the papal legate in England. The degrees conferred most commonl ...
from the
Archbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
in 2010.
Books
* 1986. ''Northern Territory pidgins and the origin of Kriol''. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics
* 1994, ''One Blood: 200 Years Of Aboriginal Encounter With Christianity'' (revised edition), Albatross Books, Sydney.
* 1998, ''We wish we’d done more: ninety years of CMS and Aboriginal issues in north Australia'', Openbook, Adelaide.
References
External links
On a Mission: The Institutionalising of Aboriginal ChildrenNORTHERN TERRITORY PIDGINS AND THE ORIGIN OF KRIOLHiding the bodies: the myth of the humane colonisation of Aboriginal AustraliaCONTACT LANGUAGES AT THE NORTHERN TERRITORY BRITISH MILITARY SETTLEMENTS 1824-18491998 Mission Australia Address by Dr John W Harris
Living people
University of Queensland alumni
Linguists from Australia
Australian anthropologists
Bible translators
Australian biblical scholars
Linguists of pidgins and creoles
Historians of Christianity
Year of birth missing (living people)
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