Dave Andrews (activist)
Dave Andrews is an Australian Christian anarchist author, speaker, social activist, community developer, Neopelagian thinker and a key figure in the Waiter's Union, an inner city Christian community network working with Aborigines, refugees and people with disabilities in Australia. Andrews is also a trainer for the Vision For Mission of the Uniting Church of Australia; an educator at large for TEAR Australia, a Christian international aid and development agency; a teacher for the Bible College of Queensland, the Brisbane College of Theology, and the Australian College of Ministries. [1]
Early Years
Andrews is the son of a Baptist pastor. After spending time in Afghanistan, he went to India with his wife Ange in the 70's and spent twelve or thirteen years there.[2]
The Waiter's Union
The Waiters' Union was founded as a non-formal network of spiritually minded activists who serve the homeless and the needy in the streets of West End in Brisbane.[2]
Published Works
- Can You Hear the Heartbeat? Manila: OMF Literature, 1989.
- Building a Better World. Sutherland: Albatross Books, 1996.
- Christi-Anarchy. Discovering a Radical Spirituality of Compassion. Oxford: Lion Publishing, 1999.
- Not Religion, But Love – Practising a Radical Spirituality of Compassion. Oxford: Lion Publishing, 2001.
References
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"The Spirit of Things".
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