Darren Cronshaw is a Support Chaplain with the Australian Army. He has served at Army School of Transport, Puckapunyal, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Kapooka and Defence Force School of Signals. Darren’s civilian work background has most recently been as Pastor of Auburn Baptist Church and teacher of leadership, mission and research as Professor of Practical and Intercultural Theology with Australian College of Ministries (Sydney College of Divinity) with whom he has an ongoing adjunct role. Darren also contributes on the editorial committee of the Australian Army Chaplaincy Journal. He has written or edited 12 books and 70+ articles or book chapters. As a hobby Darren pushes the bounds of resilience in Ironman triathlons.
Recent publications
- Cronshaw, D, Taylor, S and Kappelhoff, M (eds). Transforming Work: Missiological Perspectives for the Church in the World (Leiden: Brill, 2024)
- Benson, D M, and Cronshaw, D, ‘Competing with Purpose: Transforming Care in a Care-less Market’, in Transforming Work: Missiological Perspectives for the Church in the World (Leiden: Brill, 2024), 79-103.
- Cronshaw, D, ‘The Chaplain in a Pluralist Military’, Australian Army Chaplaincy Journal (2024), 85-106.
- Cronshaw, D, ‘The Contemplative Chaplain: Fit for Purpose Inspiration from Eugene Peterson’, Australian Army Chaplaincy Journal (2023), 85-96.
- West, C, and Cronshaw, D, ‘Warrior Welcome Home: A Case Study in the Phenomenology of Moral Injury and Soul Repair’, Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health 25:3 (2023), 177-197. DOI: 10.1080/19349637.2022.2094852
- Cronshaw, D, ‘Training Transformation and ADF Values: Helping Trainees Identify their Line in the Sand’, Australian Army Chaplaincy Journal (2022), 54-62.
- Cronshaw, D, ‘Good Soldiering and Re-virtuing Military Ethics Training’, International Journal of Public Theology, 16:3 (2022), 337-358. DOI: 10.1163/15697320-20220056
- Cronshaw, D, and Daddow, N, ‘An Elephant in the Room: University Chaplains Nurturing Healthy Religious Diversity through Respectful Dialogue’, Journal of Beliefs & Values 42:4 (2021), 466-481. DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2020.1859792
- Cronshaw, D, ‘Look Beyond the Mask: What We Ignore about Family & Domestic Violence Can Kill’, Australian Army Chaplaincy Journal (2020), 46-59.
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6706-6501
