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Lecturer in Practical Theology and Ethics
Now open for applications (closes 1 November 2019). The John and Jeanne Stockdale Chair in Practical Theology and Ethics Trinity College Theological School, founded in 1877, is an Anglican (Episcopal) Theological School...
Janette Gray PhD Scholarship
Supporting the education and leadership of women in theology. This scholarship provides both a Research Fee Scholarship and Research Stipend Scholarship for up to three years, covering tuition fees (approximately...
Travel Scholarships to 2020 Karam Forum
Now open for applications (closes 27 September 2019). The Karam Forum | 2-5 January 2020 | Atlanta, USA Meet with colleagues and academics from over 40 international seminaries The Karum Forum is a two-day gathering for...
Trinity College Theological School Financial Assistance Scholarships
Now open for applications (closes 15 November 2019). Thanks to the generous and far-sighted support of Trinity alumni, donors and friends, the Theological School can award several financial assistance scholarships...
Joan Adams Scholarship
Now open for applications (closes 15 November 2019). The Joan Adams Scholarship allows outstanding students to study for degrees of the University of Divinity. Successful applicants will show potential to provide...
Residential (under 23) Scholarship
Now open for applications (closes 15 November 2019). Three full residential scholarships will be awarded to students who wish to study a theology degree at Trinity College but don’t have the financial means to do so...
Trinity College Theological School Moorhouse Doctoral Scholarship
Now open for applications. At Trinity College, we are deeply committed to our Anglican heritage. In support of our vision to be globally recognised as a leading theological education and research institution, two...
Everybody Leads
Chris Lowney argued that we need a new culture of leadership, a culture where everyone leads, that is, “where each person feels a leadership opportunity and responsibility ― living our baptismal promise!”
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Thank you, Jan Gray | A letter from Lector Emeritus Larry Nemer
Sr Janette Gray, a Mercy Sister, in 2004 became a Faculty Member of Jesuit Theological College, Parkville. From 2012 until her death in December 2017 she was a Lecturer and post-graduate research Supervisor at the...
Diversity in Citation
Diversity of citation improves representation and perspectives; includes the voice of others and their theologies, diversity is good for us all.
Feminist TheologiesRev Dr Kevin Lenehan appointed Master of Catholic Theological College
Media Release | 5 September 2019 Catholic Theological College is very pleased to announce the appointment of Reverend Dr Kevin Lenehan as Master of the College for a term from 16 September 2019 to 31 December 2022...
University to launch an Alumni Network
Engage with friends, peers and the wider University community in a network established to connect and resource alumni of the University. Graduates of the University of Divinity (or its predecessor the Melbourne College...
Spiritual Healing for a Peaceable and Reconciled Independent West Papuan Nation
The escalating violence in West Papua has given added urgency to the first research report completed for the Federal Republic of West Papua (FRWP) Foreign Embassy by the Centre for Religion and Social Policy (RASP). The...
Reciprocal borrowing arrangement established between the University of Divinity and the University of Melbourne
Students and staff of the University of Divinity have gained access to extensive library resources through a Memorandum of Understanding established between the University of Divinity and the University of Melbourne...
Library HubAlumnus PhD thesis published by American Society of Missiology monograph series
Congratulations to Dr Randall Prior, on the publication of his PhD thesis by the American Society of Missiology in their monograph series. Dr Prior is an alumnus of the University of Divinity, having graduated with a...
University Gazette August 2019
The Gazette is a public document which reports the outcomes of meetings of the University Council and Academic Board since the last Gazette was issued. To view the latest University Gazette in pdf, issued 23 August...
China policy drowning in empty rhetoric – time for an informed public debate
China is in the news and rightly so. If it’s not events in Hong Kong, it’s the China-US trade dispute, or tensions in the South China Sea, Beijing’s expanding influence in the South Pacific, the prospect of a Chinese...
Mary Ward Grant 2020
Now open for applications (closes 9 October 2019). Mary Ward, 1585-1645, founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known in Australia as Loreto. Convinced that women in time to come will do much, she believed...
The Cost of Study
Last week the University Council approved the schedule of student tuition fees for 2020. This annual exercise is always a challenging task: how much can our students – current and prospective – and, in some...
Peter SherlockCongratulations Professor Maryanne Confoy RSC
Congratulations to Professor Maryanne Confoy RSC who will be recognised next year as a Distinguished Alumni Award Winner at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Maryanne will be honoured for several...
Australian Scholarship for Women
Applications for 2020 are now closed. Investing in Leadership Applications are invited. Closing date, 5pm on Friday 30 August The Eva Burrows Australian Scholarship for Women will be awarded to a woman who has...
Church must address ‘existential threats’
The Catholic Church in Australia is not taking full advantage of the work of Pope Francis in addressing issues of peace, justice and ecology, despite the “state of unprecedented emergency” that the world is in today.
Job: Associate Librarian
St Paschal Library (of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor) is the main resource centre for Franciscan studies within Australasia. It is also the main campus library for Yarra Theological Union, one of the Colleges...
Phoebe: A Story with Paula Gooder
On the morning of Friday 2 August 2019, the Australian Collaborators in Feminist Theologies were very pleased to host Paula Gooder, one of the UK's foremost New Testament scholars and first female Canon Chancellor of St...
God Forbid podcast | What is hell, and does anyone go there?
In popular culture, hell is often depicted as a place full of flames, demons and screaming people. Is this what Christians really believe? Join James and our panel of Christian theologians — each with a differing view...
Robyn WhitakerEp31. In His Own Strange Way, with Geoff Thompson
"These words remind us that God loves the world by doing something concrete for it..." Liam Miller (alumnus of the University of Divinity) sat down with Reverend Dr Geoff Thompson to talk about his new book "In His Own...
Very Reverend Associate Professor Shane Mackinlay named Bishop of Sandhurst
The University of Divinity congratulates the Very Reverend Associate Professor Shane Mackinlay on the announcement of his appointment by Pope Francis as the next Bishop of Sandhurst, Victoria. A parish priest and...
The Invention of Melbourne
A Baroque Archbishop and a Gothic Architect Jaynie Anderson, Max Vodola, Shane Carmody The Invention of Melbourne defines the relationship between an architect of genius, William Wardell, and the first Catholic...
Future of Ministry (Part 1)
Without a doubt the greatest challenge faced by churches and their ministers, lay and ordained, at the present time is how to address the crisis of child sexual abuse. The institutional failures have been thoroughly...
Semester 2 unit: Personal Formation of those in Generational Ministry (Child, Youth and Young Adults)
Identify, understand, develop, and integrate healthy patterns and practices of personal formation, self-management, and professional practice with a specific application to the dynamics arising in generational ministry...
Semester 2 unit: War and Peace in a Time of Terror
In a time of increasing threat of war and growing terrorist activity, this unit provides a structured way of bringing the Catholic Social Tradition to bear on issues associated with conflict in the world today. Further...
Semester 2 unit: Picturing and Proclaiming the New Testament
Building on skills in historical-critical and narrative criticism, this unit will introduce recent developments in biblical exegesis and hermeneutics which apply visual and oral material from the ancient world to the...
Semester 2 unit: What is ‘Context’?
What is 'Context'? What does it mean to ‘have a context’? This unit examines this concept, especially in terms of the relationship of Christian faith to culture(s). What might it mean for the Christian gospel to be...
Semester 2 unit: Beginning With Jesus
“No-one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart who has made him known” (John1:18). Ultimately, the normative source of our knowledge of God is what God reveals of Godself through...
Semester 2 unit: Atheism for Christians
Denys Turner once argued that in order to be a sophisticated atheist, one must learn to deny the most sophisticated forms of belief in God. Similarly, if one is to be a sophisticated Christian, we need to learn to...
Semester 2 unit: The Art of Reconciliation
This unit explores the possibilities and challenges of growing into agents of reconciliation in Australia today.
Semester 2 unit: Gospel Narratives in Ignatian Contemplation
The unit will explore the relationship between Gospel narratives and contemporary life situations. A key focus will be on the role of the imagination in prayer, as outlined by Saint Ignatius. When an exercitant prays...
Health and Integrity Conference Papers eBook
Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry was an ecumenical conversation on the task of rebuilding and renewal after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, held in Melbourne...
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