Glen O'Brien
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Introduction | I'm married to Lynda and we have four children and two grandchildren. I live in Mernda just beyond Melbourne's northern limit. I serve as Associate Professor of Church History and Theology at Booth College, a Member Institute of the Sydney College of Divinity (I commute). I'm a Minister of the Word in the Uniting Church. I watch too many movies, especially classic Hollywood, and need to start thinking about alternative storage solutions for my DVDs. As for music, I like it all. iPod therefore I am. I am a book enthusiast with a growing collection of classic theology texts, paperbacks from the classic era of crime fiction and Silver and Bronze Age (1960s and 70s) comics. |
| Interests | Theology, church history, music, cinema, pop culture. |
| Favorite Movies | Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Akira Kurosawa, Bogart, Cagney, 40s film noir. |
| Favorite Music | Bob Dylan, Wilco, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Gillian Welch, Johnny Cash, Elvis Costello. |
| Favorite Books | Moby Dick, James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking tales, Raymond Chandler, Silver Age Marvel and DC comics. |
When your science teacher smashed a frozen rose with a hammer, did you warm the petals to bring them back to life?
No; I put them in a salad.