Nathan Brown (writer)
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Nathan G. Brown is a Christian author and editor. Brown is the "book editor" for Signs Publishing Company
, based near Melbourne
, Victoria, Australia
.
From He was editor of the magazines Signs of the Times
, an Australian Christian magazine with a similar format to Reader's Digest
; Record
, the newsmagazine for the Seventh-day Adventist Church
in the South Pacific
; and the Edge. He has written articles for a broad variety of magazines internationally, and written or been the editing author of six or more books. He has won several awards for his writing. Former Adventist Review editor Bill Johnsson
has described him as the best writer in the Adventist church.
He has degrees in law, English
, and literature.
and literature. In around 1999, he won a writing contest.
He worked for Signs Publishing Company as a reporter for the Record. He received an internship with the Adventist Review where he worked for six months. He received an honorable mention from the United States Associated Church Press for his article "Unfinished Work" in the Adventist Review world edition.
Brown was appointed chief editor of the Signs Publishing Company in 2003, believed to be its youngest editor ever; and moved from Townsville
in northern Queensland
to Victoria
and the office of Signs Publishing Company
.
He wrote a regular column for the Adventist Review for four years from 2003 till 2006, and has also had columns in Edge, and Signs of the Times. He has also had columns with other Christian magazines, and published other pieces.
Brown/Record received the "Best editorial/opinion piece" award from the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) on 4 October 2008. The award was for Brown's editorial "The 'family' myth" which critiqued the "family values
" rhetoric of politicians, and appeared in Record just prior to the 2007 federal election. The judges commented,
He is studying towards a doctorate in English from James Cook University
about the possibilities of God in postmodern literature
. His hobbies include reading and writing, playing basketball, making radio, and growing flowers. He is married to Angela, with whom he supports sponsor children in several countries.
Compiler and editor of:
Chapters in the "Australian Stories" series of books:
Signs Publishing Company
Signs Publishing Company is a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.-History:Three Adventist preachers, Stephen Haskell, John Corliss and Mendel Israel, a printer, Henry Scott, and an experienced door-to-door literature salesperson, William Arnold, travelled from...
, based near Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
From He was editor of the magazines Signs of the Times
Signs of the Times (Australia)
Signs of the Times is a monthly subscription magazine published by Signs Publishing Company, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house, for Australia and New Zealand...
, an Australian Christian magazine with a similar format to Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
; Record
Record (magazine)
The Record is the fortnightly news magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific region of the church. It's office is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and connected with the Adventist Media Network...
, the newsmagazine for the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
in the South Pacific
South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific, , is formally organised as the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists , also abbreviated as the South Pacific Division or simply "the Division". It is one of 13 world divisions of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in...
; and the Edge. He has written articles for a broad variety of magazines internationally, and written or been the editing author of six or more books. He has won several awards for his writing. Former Adventist Review editor Bill Johnsson
William G. Johnsson
William G. "Bill" Johnsson is a Seventh-day Adventist editor and church leader.- Biography :Born in Australia, he earned a degree in chemical technology before attending Avondale College, where he met his wife Nolene Johnsson. Johnsson earned his Th.D. in theology from Vanderbilt University...
has described him as the best writer in the Adventist church.
He has degrees in law, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and literature.
Biography
Brown has degrees in law, EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and literature. In around 1999, he won a writing contest.
He worked for Signs Publishing Company as a reporter for the Record. He received an internship with the Adventist Review where he worked for six months. He received an honorable mention from the United States Associated Church Press for his article "Unfinished Work" in the Adventist Review world edition.
Brown was appointed chief editor of the Signs Publishing Company in 2003, believed to be its youngest editor ever; and moved from Townsville
Townsville, Queensland
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2006 census...
in northern Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
to Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
and the office of Signs Publishing Company
Signs Publishing Company
Signs Publishing Company is a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.-History:Three Adventist preachers, Stephen Haskell, John Corliss and Mendel Israel, a printer, Henry Scott, and an experienced door-to-door literature salesperson, William Arnold, travelled from...
.
He wrote a regular column for the Adventist Review for four years from 2003 till 2006, and has also had columns in Edge, and Signs of the Times. He has also had columns with other Christian magazines, and published other pieces.
Brown/Record received the "Best editorial/opinion piece" award from the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) on 4 October 2008. The award was for Brown's editorial "The 'family' myth" which critiqued the "family values
Family values
Family values are political and social beliefs that hold the nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society. Familialism is the ideology that promotes the family and its values as an institution....
" rhetoric of politicians, and appeared in Record just prior to the 2007 federal election. The judges commented,
- "What a pity we didn’t hear more of this kind of thing during the election campaign, when the phrase ‘family values’ was being tossed about in into almost every speech and discussion. Nathan Brown, in examining what this nebulous term really means, urges us to see it in a larger perspective, as going beyond the nuclear family and into the wider world. He also points out something preachers and teachers often forget, that Jesus was very far from being a family man in the narrow Western sense. A brave and original point of view."
He is studying towards a doctorate in English from James Cook University
James Cook University
James Cook University is a public university based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The university has two Australian campuses, located in Townsville and Cairns respectively, and an international campus in Singapore. JCU is the second oldest university in Queensland—proclaimed in 1970—and the...
about the possibilities of God in postmodern literature
Postmodern literature
The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain characteristics of post–World War II literature and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature.Postmodern literature, like postmodernism as a whole, is hard to define and there is little agreement on the exact...
. His hobbies include reading and writing, playing basketball, making radio, and growing flowers. He is married to Angela, with whom he supports sponsor children in several countries.
Publications
Brown has published many articles and several books, including:- Relevation (Victoria, Australia: Signs, 2006); ISBN 1921292008; website
- 7 Reasons Life is Better With God Autumn House (Review and HeraldReview and Herald Publishing AssociationThe Review and Herald Publishing Association is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America and is the oldest institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The organization publishes books, magazines, study guides, CDs, videos and games for Adventist churches,...
), 2007; ISBN 0812704365; distributor's website - Nemesis Train (Sydney, Australia: Ark House, 2008); ISBN 9780980541403; publisher's page; blog
- Pastor George: The Story of the First Aboriginal Adventist Pastor (Australia: Australian Union Conference of Seventh-day AdventistsAustralian Union Conference of Seventh-day AdventistsThe Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia is formally organised as the Australian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists , a subentity of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists. As of 31 December 2008, church membership stands at 54,173...
, 2010); ISBN 978-0-646-53284-4. A biography of George Quinlin
Compiler and editor of:
- Ordinary People – Extraordinary God: Real-life Stories of Faith and Commitment (Victoria, Australia: Signs, 2005); ISBN 1876010851
- Ordinary People – Faithful God: More Stories of Faith and Commitment (Victoria, Australia: Signs, 2007); ISBN 1921292105
- Ordinary People – Generous God: More Stories of Faith and Commitment (Victoria, Australia: Signs, 2010)
Chapters in the "Australian Stories" series of books:
- "Does God Watch Football?", p132–34 in Australian Stories for the Heart (Sydney: Strand, 2002)
- Chapter in Australian Stories for the Spirit (Sydney, New South Wales: Strand, 2003); ISBN 1876825103
- "Locked In", p90–92; "The Finch", p192–194; "A Postcard of Grace", p238–240 in Inspirational Australian Stories ed. David and Rachel Dixon (Sydney: Strand, 2004)
- "The Art of Tipping", p3–6 of Australian Stories of Life ed. David and Rachel Dixon (Sydney: Strand, 2005)
See also
- Signs Publishing CompanySigns Publishing CompanySigns Publishing Company is a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.-History:Three Adventist preachers, Stephen Haskell, John Corliss and Mendel Israel, a printer, Henry Scott, and an experienced door-to-door literature salesperson, William Arnold, travelled from...
- Signs of the Times (Australia)Signs of the Times (Australia)Signs of the Times is a monthly subscription magazine published by Signs Publishing Company, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house, for Australia and New Zealand...
- Record (magazine)Record (magazine)The Record is the fortnightly news magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific region of the church. It's office is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and connected with the Adventist Media Network...
External links
- Interview of Brown by Julius NamJulius NamJulius Juhyeok Nam is an associate professor of religion at Loma Linda University School of Religion in California, and a commissioned minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He teaches Adventist history and theology. He is active in the American Academy of Religion, Adventist Society for...
- Articles by Brown cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI)