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SUMMARY:Wollaston Research Seminar August
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at 2pm AWST on Monday 17 August\, either in person at Wollaston Theological College or online via the link below. \nThe Naturalisation of Providence: William Harvey on Reproduction\nWilliam Harvey’s discovery of the circulation of blood has been understood as a crucial moment in the secularisation of Europe. No longer did life operate according to divine order\, but could be explained mechanically\, with the heart acting as a simple pump. This talk will take a closer look at Harvey’s later work on animal reproduction to argue for a more complex narrative\, where the medieval divine ordering of creation is not replaced but reframed as intrinsic to nature by the methods developed during the scientific revolution. \nPresenter | Chloe Anastasia\nChloe has recently submitted her PhD in Theology\, entitled Spinoza’s Woman Problem: A Reading of Subjective Autonomy. She specialises in the relationship between medieval theology and the birth of the modern world in the 17th century. Her research engages with a broad range of fields\, including mysticism\, political theology\, the history of science\, psychoanalysis\, madness\, trans philosophy\, feminism\, medieval Aristotelianism\, and representation. \nTime and Date\n2pm AWST\, Monday 17 August 2026 \nLocation\nGerald New Room\, Wollaston Theological College\, Mt Claremont 6010 or use the button below to join online via Zoom. \nView the full seminar series line up for Semester 2 here. \nJoin Seminar online
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/wollaston-research-seminar-august/
LOCATION:Wollaston Theological College\, 5 Wollaston Road\, Mount Claremont\, WA\, 6010\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Event Series,Hybrid (Online and In-person),Research,Seminar,Wollaston Theological College
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260823
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SUMMARY:Imagine Something Else: Communities\, Creativity\, Resistance
DESCRIPTION:The 2026 ACFT Conference program includes The Annual Janette Gray RSM Lecture delivered by Dr Mary Kate Holman titled: Boldness\, Courage\, and Truth: Reclaiming a Gift of the Spirit for Our Time. A celebration of the first decade of ACFT\, and launch of the 2027 ACFT Art Exhibition based on the theme of this years’ conference\, ‘Imagine Something Else: Communities\, Creativity\, Resistance’. \nDr Mary Kate Holman is a scholar of contemporary Catholic theology. She holds a BA from Georgetown University\, an MTS from Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry\, and a PhD from Fordham University. Prior to her arrival at Fairfield\, Dr. Holman was Assistant Professor of Theology at Benedictine University in the suburbs of Chicago. Dr Holman’s teaching interests include Feminist Theology\, Ignatian Spirituality\, Vatican II\, and Spirituality & Social Justice. Her research interests encompass Ecclesiology\, Nouvelle Théologie\, Marie-Dominique Chenu\, Vatican II\, and Feminist Theology. \nDr Holman published Marie-Dominique Chenu and the Signs of the Times through University of Notre Dame Press in 2025. She published an English translation of Chenu’s Saulchoir: A School of Theology with Joseph Komonchak in 2023. Dr Holman’s writing has appeared in the Journal of Jesuit Higher Education\, Theological Studies\, and Commonweal. \nIn a time marked by intersecting crises\, narratives of disaster and nevertheless deep possibilities\, we invite fresh perspectives to enact and sustain hope and courage. \nWhere and why does hope flourish? What sustains commitment and resistance in times of trial? What space can be made for dissonance and dissent? How do people engage and encourage others of like mind and heart? What resources can we find in our contexts and traditions? How do communities cultivate creative practices of transformation? To what are we called? \nDate\nFriday 21 August (evening) and Saturday 22 August (day) \nVenue\nPilgrim Theological College\, 29 College Crescent\, Parkville VIC 3052 \nTickets\nRange from $30 virtual attendance to $200 for the full conference\, see registration link below for more details for day access. Note that if you become an ACFT member as you register a 10% discount on the conference is applied to your registration. \nContact the ACFT conference organisers if you require any further information. \nThe conference program is not only academic papers but also workshops and creative offerings – academics\, ministers\, teachers and pastoral carers\, lay people and leaders of all faiths and none are welcome to join diverse conversations\, thinking and liberative theologies that canvas these themes of ‘thinking otherwise’. Our event poster is available here for distribution to your own networks and workplace. \nIf you cannot join us on this occasion but want to stay connected\, you might like to become a member of the ACFT network\, sign up for our very occasional newsletter  or consider making a donation or bequest to the Janette Gray RSM Fund that promote education and leadership of women in theology. \nRegister
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/imagine-something-else-communities-creativity-resistance/
LOCATION:Pilgrim Theological College\, 29 College Crescent\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3052\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australian Collaborators if Feminist Theologies,Conference,Hybrid (Online and In-person),Pilgrim Theological College
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260821T210000
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SUMMARY:Janette Gray RSM Dinner and Lecture 2026
DESCRIPTION:Boldness\, Courage and Truth: Reclaiming a Gift of the Spirit for our Time\nOur present global age can feel like an overwhelming series of overlapping crises compounded by declining trust in institutions and disorienting post-truth” culture. Does the Christian spiritual tradition have resources that speak to this moment\, that might offer an alternative to helplessness\, despair\, and apathy? This talk surfaces the ancient notion of parrhesia\, habit of bold\, courageous truth-telling both in what one says and how one lives. While early Christians embraced parrhesia as gift of the Holy  Spirit\, over time it became displaced by competing values like silence and obedience. Tracing recent efforts in the Catholic Church to reclaim parrhesia\, the talk turns to three theologians who have exemplified this virtue both in their published writings and in their lives: Jacques Dupuis\, Elizabeth Johnson\, and Ivone Gebara.  These figures offer valuable lessons in maintaining the interior freedom to speak truth boldly and courageously\, remaining spiritually grounded and realistically hopeful\, especially while encountering the limitations of their institutions. \n \nDr Mary Kate Holman is assistant professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University in Connecticut\, USA. Her award-winning book\, Marie-Dominique Chenu: Catholic Theology for Changing World University of Notre Dame Press in 2025)\, draws on fragmented historical sources to explore the legacy of creative scholar-activist who modelled reflection on experience\, incarnational engagement”\, and courage to speak out. Mary Kate holds BA from Georgetown University\, an MTS from Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry\, and PhD from Fordham University. Before taking up her current role at Fairfield she was part of the faculty at Benedictine University in Chicago. Her research and teaching embrace interests in feminist theology\, Ignatian spirituality\, questions about the nature of the church and connections between spirituality and social justice. \n\nTime and Date\n6pm for 6.30pm start AEST\, Friday 21 August \nDelivery\nHybrid\, online via Zoom or in person in the Yuma Auditorium\, Pilgrim Theological College\, 29 College Cres\, Parkville\, Melbourne \nCost\n$30 Virtual | $60 Concession | $80 Waged\n[Note: a limited number of discounted tickets are currently available to members of the UD Alumni network]\n  \nRegister
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/janette-gray-rsm-dinner-lecture-2026/
LOCATION:Pilgrim Theological College\, 29 College Crescent\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3052\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Australian Collaborators if Feminist Theologies,Catholic Theological College,Conference,Hybrid (Online and In-person),Pilgrim Theological College,Research Networks,Yarra Theological Union
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260828T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260828T133000
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SUMMARY:Labourism and the Common Good: Australia’s Democratic Post-Liberal Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary debates about post-liberalism are often framed as a reaction against the excesses of neoliberalism and the cultural individualism of the late liberal settlement. Calls to recover the common good\, re-embed markets within society\, restore the dignity of work\, and rebuild institutions of belonging have gained traction across both the political left and right. This paper argues that Australia need not import these ideas from Britain\, Europe or the United States because it already possesses a distinctive democratic post-liberal tradition: labourism. \nDrawing on Australia’s political history\, Dr Dyrenfurth argues that labourism has long understood freedom not as radical individual autonomy but as something sustained by families\, unions\, faith communities\, voluntary associations and the nation itself. Far from being merely an economic movement concerned with wages and redistribution\, labourism advanced a moral vision rooted in reciprocity\, obligation and the common good. Religious traditions—particularly Nonconformist Protestantism\, Christian socialism and Catholic social teaching—played an important role in shaping this ethical inheritance. \nSpeaker: Dr Nick Dyrenfurth\nExecutive Director\, John Curtin Research Centre\,\nMonash University\,\nRegular Contributor\, The Australian. \nRegister to join in-person or by Zoom\nIn-person location\nGrant Room\, Old Warden’s Lodge (Gate C)\, Trinity College\n100 Royal Parade Parkville 3052 \nRegister to attend
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/labourism-and-the-common-good-australias-democratic-post-liberal-tradition/
LOCATION:Trinity College Theological School\, 100 Royal Parade\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Hybrid (Online and In-person),Seminar,The Common Good Project
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260828T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260828T160000
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SUMMARY:History Student Research Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Are you studying history or thinking about future research? Join us online to hear from some of the University of Divinity’s wonderful history research students. Each presentation will be 10 – 20 minutes\, plus time for a few questions. \nThe event will be at 2pm (AEST) on Friday 28th August 2026. All history-lovers welcome! Come along and be part of an appreciative and encouraging audience of historians! \n(If you’re studying History in your PhD\, DPP\, MPhil\, Minor Thesis\, Capstone or coursework at the University of Divinity and you’d like to give a 10 or 20minute presentation\, please get in contact with A/Prof Kerrie Handasyde today via kerrie.handasyde@pilgrim.edu.au) \nJoin on Zoom
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/history-student-research-seminar/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260831T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260831T150000
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SUMMARY:Chaplaincy Opportunities in the Royal Australian Navy
DESCRIPTION:Kate Lord\, SCHA\, RAN (Senior Chaplain – Surface Force; Trinity College and UD alumna) will be addressing students at Trinity College Theological School about opportunities for Chaplaincy Ministries in the Australian Navy. \nThe meeting will take place at 2:00pm on Monday 31st August in the Old Warden’s Lodge (OWL the TCTS building). An invitation is extended to students and interested parties of all faith traditions. \n  \nRSVP\n 
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/chaplaincy-opportunities-in-the-royal-australian-navy/
LOCATION:Trinity College Theological School\, 100 Royal Parade\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Trinity College Theological School":MAILTO:theologyevents@trinity.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260902T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260902T153000
DTSTAMP:20260805T044148Z
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SUMMARY:Faith in Protest | Northey Lecture by Michael Mawson
DESCRIPTION:In 1969\, the World Council of Churches launched its controversial Programme to Combat Racism. Over the next two decades\, the programme funded and supported Civil Rights activism in the USA\, anti-apartheid movements in South Africa\, and revolutionary groups in South America. What is less well known is that the programme made important contributions to anti-racist theologies and activism in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. \nUsing the work of the Programme to Combat Racism as a point of departure\, this lecture will explore the kinds of ideas and theological commitments that led New Zealand and Australian Christians to become involved in anti-racist activism in the 1970s and 1980s. Moreover\, it will suggest how this history can continue to provide valuable lessons for responding to racism and white supremacy today. \nMichael Mawson is a Pākehā (white) theologian and holds the Maclaurin Goodfellow Chair of Theological and Religious Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. He previously worked at the United Theological College in Parramatta. Some of his recent books include Standing Under the Cross: Essays on Bonhoeffer’s Theology (2023) and\, with Brian Kolia\, Unsettling Theologies: Memory\, Identity and Place (2024). \n\n  \nTime and Date\n2.00 pm AEST Wednesday 2nd September \nLocation\nOnline via zoom or in person Centre for Theology and Ministry\, 29 College Crescent\, Parkville \nThis is a free event\, but tickets are required for catering purposes and to access the zoom link. \nRegister\n 
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/faith-in-protest-northey-lecture-by-michael-mawson/
LOCATION:Pilgrim Theological College\, 29 College Crescent\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3052\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Hybrid (Online and In-person),Lecture,Pilgrim Theological College
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260903T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260903T203000
DTSTAMP:20260717T034649Z
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SUMMARY:Inaugural Sugden Heritage Lecture\, 'Keeping a Movement Moving'
DESCRIPTION:The Inaugural Sugden Heritage Lecture\, ‘Keeping a Movement Moving’ is co-sponsored by the Australasian Centre for Wesleyan Research and Queen’s College\, University of Melbourne. It will be delivered in the Stafford Room at Queen’s on Thursday 3 September at 7pm by distinguished Wesley scholar\, Dr. Ted Campbell. The event will be followed by drinks and canapés in the Eakins Foyer. The Lecturer will also be live streamed via Zoom. Prior to his recent retirement\, Ted was Albert C. Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology. He has edited several volumes of John Wesley’s letters in the critical edition of Wesley’s Works and is well positioned to highlight the significance of the autograph letters of Wesley held at Queen’s. \nThis lecture examines the remarkable collection of John Wesley letters preserved in the Queen’s College Library\, University of Melbourne\, with particular attention to the six letters addressed to John Francis Valton and the five addressed to Samuel Furly—the two correspondents most fully represented in the collection. It will also consider Wesley’s letter to Joseph Benson in the State Library of Victoria. Read individually\, these letters illuminate the pastoral concerns of an eighteenth-century evangelical leader. Read together\, with other letters in the collection\, they reveal something larger: Wesley’s persistent effort to keep the Methodist movement united\, disciplined\, and spiritually vital over more than half a century. The Melbourne letters offer more than a glimpse into Wesley’s private relationships. They provide an unusually rich window into the practical means by which one of Christianity’s most enduring renewal movements maintained its momentum. They remind us that movements are sustained not only by inspiring beginnings but by the patient\, repeated work of forming leaders\, reinforcing shared practices\, and calling a community back\, again and again\, to its original vocation. \nThe event is FREE to attend or view online\, but registration is required. Please register at the link below. \nRegister
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/inaugural-sugden-heritage-lecture-keeping-a-movement-moving/
LOCATION:Queen’s College\, 1-17 College Crescent\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3052\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Eva Burrows College,Pilgrim Theological College,Public Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260905T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260906T140000
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SUMMARY:St Peter’s Bookroom Spring Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:As-new and second-hand great books at good value at the St Peter’s Bookroom Spring Book Fair.  We particularly have a hughe range in theology\, scripture and religion that will be of interest to students and researchers alike. \nTime and Date\n10.00 am-4.00 pm AEST Saturday 5 September 2026\n10.00 am-2.00 pm AEST Sunday 6 September 2026 \nLocation\nSt Peter’s Hall\, 15 Gisborne Street\, East Melbourne \nIf you can’t wait\, visit St Peter’s Bookroom anytime for gifts\, cards\, books or to order church supplies. They are open 9.30am -4.30pm Monday to Friday. \n 
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/st-peters-bookroom-spring-book-fair/
LOCATION:St Peter’s Eastern Hill\, 15 Gisborne Street\, Eastern Hill\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3002\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Book sale,In-person
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260908T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260908T201500
DTSTAMP:20260812T061838Z
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SUMMARY:Two-circuit economics: the future of economics
DESCRIPTION:Two circuit economics: the future of economics\npresented by Dr Sean McNelis\, Adjunct Research Fellow\, Swinburne University of Technology \nTwo-circuit economics offers an optimistic view of how transformations in an economy will lead to a just sharing of the world’s natural resources. It is the future of economics. \nChronic economic problems continue to plague every facet of human life. This seminar is an introduction to two-circuit economics which was discovered in the early 1940s by Bernard Lonergan\, a discovery ignored by the economics community. Two-circuit economics begins with facts and data\, rather than economic models. It distinguishes two distinct circuits of production\, a basic circuit and a surplus circuit. This structure is operative in all economies\, international\, national and regional. It is operative in firms of all sizes\, from small businesses to global corporations. Two-circuit economics reveals the key relationships by which to understand any economy and any economic event. \nThis is an introductory seminar which begins with data accessible to everyone seeking a better society and does not require specialist knowledge or training in economics. \nDr Sean McNelis is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology. He has over 40 years’ experience in housing management\, housing policy and advocacy and\, housing research. \nOver the past 20 years at Swinburne University\, his research included: projects for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) on rental systems\, homelessness services\, asset management\, housing for older people and rent regulation; housing strategies for local government; housing affordability indicators\, and; quarterly reports on the private rental market in Victoria. In 2014\, he published\, Making Progress in Housing: A Framework for Collaborative Research (Routledge\, London)\, which outlines a new framework for research and policy called Functional Collaboration based on the work of Canadian theologian\, philosopher and economist\, Bernard Lonergan. \nHis interests include: social housing policy\, in particular housing finance and rental systems; housing for older persons; housing co-operatives; the foundations of housing research; futurology\, and; the economic and philosophic writings of Bernard Lonergan. \nHis publications can be found on his website: artfulhousing.com.au/publications. \nSchedule: 40 minute presentation and 30 minutes questions and discussion. \nThis is the first of three seminars on “two-circuit economics”. The second seminar on “Introducing Innovative High School Economics” will be presented by Dr James Duffy and Professor Emeritus Terrance Quinn on Tuesday 10 November. The third seminar on “Economics as the Foundation of Democracy” will be presented by Robert Henman on Tuesday 9 March 2027. For more information about this series please visit our website. \nRegister
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/two-circuit-economics-the-future-of-economics/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260918T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260918T173000
DTSTAMP:20260731T041138Z
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SUMMARY:The Return of the Common Good
DESCRIPTION:Associate Professor in Political Science\, Stefan Borg was one of the first to identify the emergence of postliberal accounts of the common good as leading the alternatives to a neoliberal policy paradigm in decay. In doing so he highlighted the clear political differences between the communitarian British strand associated with ‘Blue Labour’ etc and the more statist thinking in the US with Vermeule\, J D Vance etc. Here Stefan will take stock of their fortunes in our fast moving poilicy environments. \nTime and Date\n4.00 pm – 5.30 pm AEST\, Friday 18 September \nMode\nJoin in person \nOld Warden’s Lodge\, Trinity College\, Gate C\, 100 Royal Parade\, Parkville \nRegister to attend in person\n  \nJoin online via Zoom \nJoin on Zoom\nMeeting ID: 835 6139 8013\nPassword: 820322
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/the-return-of-the-common-good/
LOCATION:Trinity College Theological School\, 100 Royal Parade\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Hybrid (Online and In-person),Seminar,The Common Good Project,Trinity College Theological School
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261009T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261009T170000
DTSTAMP:20260731T041417Z
CREATED:20260729T065906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T041417Z
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SUMMARY:Faith in Freedom and Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Professor Tim Stacey\, Endowed Professor\, Liberal Religion and Humanism\, Univ. of Humanistic Studies\, Utrecht\, The Netherlands.  Author of Saving Liberalism from Itself: The Spirit of Political Participation (2022). \nProfessor Stacey’s work is primarily concerned with restoring faith in freedom and democracy. He has written extensively on the connection between postliberal political theology and emergent sources of solidarity among those taking action on social justice and the environment. Amidst ongoing threats to freedom and democracy\, he places theology into dialogue with sociology and anthropology to argue that we must see politics as an act of collective faith that is carefully and repeatedly reenacted. He will discuss how faith is upheld\, altered\, and undermined. \nTime and Date\n4.00 pm – 5.00 pm AEST\, Friday 9 October 2026 \nMode\nJoin in person  \nCatholic Theological College\, 278 Victoria Parade\, East Melbourne\, VIC \nRegister to attend in person\n  \nJoin online via Zoom \nJoin on Zoom\nMeeting ID: 886 4049 7099\nPassword: 356743
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/faith-in-freedom-and-democracy/
LOCATION:Catholic Theological College\, 278 Victoria Parade\, East Melbourne\, VIC\, 3002\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Catholic Theological College,Hybrid (Online and In-person),Seminar,The Common Good Project
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261106T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261108T170000
DTSTAMP:20260729T021336Z
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UID:36380-1793988000-1794157200@vox.divinity.edu.au
SUMMARY:"Entangled Worlds": the 2026 ISCAST 15th biennial Conference on Science and Christianity
DESCRIPTION:This year’s theme is Entangled Worlds: Seeking Understanding Through Faith and Science. \nCall for papers\nWe invite academics and church leaders from the Antipodes and across the globe to share their research and perspectives. Our goal is to think together about the “entangled worlds” of science and faith\, marked by a spirit of generous listening and a shared journey towards God’s kingdom. \nAlongside the main theme\, the conference also welcomes papers on any relevant topic at the intersection of faith and science. \nSubmissions due: 31 July 2026 \nMore information\n  \nConference Details\nRegistration has opened for COSAC 2026\, ISCAST’s 15th biennial Conference on Science and Christianity\, a conference supported by UD and AUT.  Early-Bird Tickets Available Now! \nOur keynote speakers are Peter Harrison\, Nicola Hoggard Creegan\, Nick Spencer\, and Paul Tyson\, joined by scholars\, church leaders\, and practitioners from across Australia and the world. \nYou can attend in person in Melbourne or join the livestream from anywhere. Early bird rates are available until Friday 4 September. \nDate and Time\n6PM AEST Friday 6 November  to  5 PM Sunday 8 November 2026 \nLocation\nJoin online via zoom AEST or in person Catholic Theological College\, 278 Victoria Pde\, East Melbourne VIC 3002 \nTo register\, for more details\, and call for papers: https://cosac.iscast.org/
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/entangled-worlds-the-2026-iscast-15th-biennial-conference-on-science-and-christianity/
LOCATION:Catholic Theological College\, 278 Victoria Parade\, East Melbourne\, VIC\, 3002\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Catholic Theological College,Conference,Hybrid (Online and In-person)
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ORGANIZER;CN="ISCAST":MAILTO:contact@iscast.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20270218T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Adelaide:20270218T200000
DTSTAMP:20260716T060212Z
CREATED:20260716T060039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T060212Z
UID:36320-1802975400-1802980800@vox.divinity.edu.au
SUMMARY:Adelaide Graduation 2027
DESCRIPTION:Save the date! \nThis event is by invitation only. Students who have completed studies should check with their college to find out if they are eligible to be approved for this graduation.
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/adelaide-graduation-2027/
LOCATION:Adelaide West Uniting Church\, 312 Sir Donald Bradman Drive\, Brooklyn Park\, SA\, 5032\, Australia
CATEGORIES:All Colleges,Graduation
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ORGANIZER;CN="University of Divinity":MAILTO:enquiries@divinity.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20270409T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20270409T210000
DTSTAMP:20260716T060200Z
CREATED:20260716T060200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T060200Z
UID:36322-1807299000-1807304400@vox.divinity.edu.au
SUMMARY:Melbourne Graduation 2027
DESCRIPTION:Save the date! \nThis event is by invitation only. Students who have completed studies should check with their college to find out if they are eligible to be approved for this graduation.
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/melbourne-graduation-2027/
LOCATION:St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne\, Corner Flinders and Swanston Streets\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:All Colleges,Graduation
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ORGANIZER;CN="University of Divinity":MAILTO:enquiries@divinity.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20270522T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20270522T113000
DTSTAMP:20260716T060306Z
CREATED:20260716T060257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T060306Z
UID:36325-1810980000-1810985400@vox.divinity.edu.au
SUMMARY:Brisbane Graduation 2027
DESCRIPTION:Save the date! \nThis event is by invitation only. Students who have completed studies should check with their college to find out if they are eligible to be approved for this graduation.
URL:https://vox.divinity.edu.au/event/brisbane-graduation-2027/
LOCATION:St John’s Cathedral Brisbane\, 373 Ann Street\, Brisbane\, Australia
CATEGORIES:All Colleges,Graduation
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ORGANIZER;CN="University of Divinity":MAILTO:enquiries@divinity.edu.au
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