Michael Peter Jensen | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Occupation(s) | Clergyman, author, speaker, lecturer |
Children | 4 |
Parent | Peter Jensen |
Religion | Christianity ( Anglican) |
Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
Congregations served | St Mark's Church, Darling Point |
Offices held | Rector, St Mark's Parish, Darling Point |
Michael Peter Jensen (born 7 September 1970), is an Australian clergyman, author, and lecturer. He has served as the rector in the Anglican parish of St Mark's Church, Darling Point since 2013; [1] and was formerly a professor of theology at Moore College, Sydney. [2] He is a son of the former archbishop of Sydney, The Most Reverend Peter Jensen. [3]
On 6 May 2015 Jensen's book You: An Introduction (2008) was banned from state schools by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities on the basis of a "potential risk to students in the delivery of this material, if not taught sensitively and in an age appropriate manner." [4] The ban was lifted 18 May 2015.[ citation needed]
In September 2018, Jensen launched a podcast, With All Due Respect, [5] which he co-hosts with Megan Powell du Toit, a Baptist minister. The podcast was the first for Eternity News, an Australian Christian news site, for whom Jensen has also written many articles. [6] [7] The podcast has given rise to a wider project about conversation across difference, The WADR Project, which he and Powell du Toit co-direct. [8] The podcast moved to the Undeceptions Network in 2022. [9]
Michael Peter Jensen | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Occupation(s) | Clergyman, author, speaker, lecturer |
Children | 4 |
Parent | Peter Jensen |
Religion | Christianity ( Anglican) |
Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
Congregations served | St Mark's Church, Darling Point |
Offices held | Rector, St Mark's Parish, Darling Point |
Michael Peter Jensen (born 7 September 1970), is an Australian clergyman, author, and lecturer. He has served as the rector in the Anglican parish of St Mark's Church, Darling Point since 2013; [1] and was formerly a professor of theology at Moore College, Sydney. [2] He is a son of the former archbishop of Sydney, The Most Reverend Peter Jensen. [3]
On 6 May 2015 Jensen's book You: An Introduction (2008) was banned from state schools by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities on the basis of a "potential risk to students in the delivery of this material, if not taught sensitively and in an age appropriate manner." [4] The ban was lifted 18 May 2015.[ citation needed]
In September 2018, Jensen launched a podcast, With All Due Respect, [5] which he co-hosts with Megan Powell du Toit, a Baptist minister. The podcast was the first for Eternity News, an Australian Christian news site, for whom Jensen has also written many articles. [6] [7] The podcast has given rise to a wider project about conversation across difference, The WADR Project, which he and Powell du Toit co-direct. [8] The podcast moved to the Undeceptions Network in 2022. [9]