Dr Mark Durie is a theologian, human
rights activist and pastor of an
Anglican church. He has published many articles and books on the
language and culture of the Acehnese, Christian-Muslim relations and
religious freedom. A graduate of the Australian National University and
the Australian College of Theology, he has held visiting appointments
at the University of Leiden, MIT, UCLA and Stanford, and was elected a
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1992.
