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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Now open for applications (closes 15 November 2019). Trinity College Theological School, founded in 1877, is an Anglican (Episcopal) Theological School that represents the diversity and inclusive character of Anglican...
University launches an Alumni Network
The University of Divinity has graduated over ten thousand students since the very first graduation ceremony was held on 6 May 1913. Our alumni are found in every corner of the globe and every walk of life. On the...
University of Divinity leading positive student experience in Australian universities
The University of Divinity is a learning community comprising eleven colleges based in three states and online, offering a broad range of opportunities to address the issues of the contemporary world through critical...
Who has power, authority, love?
Nicola Slee is in Melbourne this October as guest of the Australian Collaborators in Feminist Theologies (ACFT) to speak at a number of public events. “I’d like to say that all theology is, or should be, feminist, in...
Feminist Theologies
18 Arab Female Theologians and Christian Leaders You Should Know About
By Grace Al-Zoughbi Arteen and Graham Joseph Hill Whether it’s Bethlehem, the very humble birthplace of Jesus Christ, or Egypt, the land that Jesus was called out of, or modern-day Lebanon’s Sidon and Tyre, where his...
Graham Hill
Major Book Launch at Yarra Theological Union
Sixty people gathered in the Study Centre at Yarra Theological Union on the evening of 2 October for the launch of Dear Mother Dear Father: Letters Home from John Corcoran Wallis 1927-1949. This significant volume makes...
Gabrielle McMullen
ANZATS New and Emerging Scholarships Scholarships
Now open for applications (closes 13 December 2019). NEW AND EMERGING SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIPS and ANZATS AWARD FOR NEW AND EMERGING SCHOLARS The 2020 ANZATS Conference will be held in conjunction with the International...
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ANZATS Call for papers
CALL FOR PAPERS ANZATS Conference University of Adelaide 5-9 July 2020 On behalf of the Council of ANZATS I am pleased to invite all members of ANZATS, NZATS, and the theological and wider academic community to submit...
University to establish School of Graduate Research
In 2020 the University of Divinity will establish a School of Graduate Research (SGR) with responsibility for research training, including higher degree by research students and their supervisors. This new approach...
Women of the New Testament show us God’s inclusive plan
Originally published by The Melbourne Anglican (9 September 2019). Republished on Vox with permission. The women of Jesus’ ministry, and those who worked alongside Paul, need to be re-discovered, argues Dorothy Lee...
Dorothy LeeLecturer 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...
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!”
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.
Rev 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...
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...
Jesuit College of SpiritualityAustralian 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: Theological Frameworks for the Spiritual Exercises
This unit will assist supervisors and spiritual directors to develop a deeper appreciation of the range of theological worlds that serve as a background and context to the Spiritual Exercises. This unit explores how...
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