As a young woman, Dorothy dreamed of becoming an Anglican priest, preaching the Gospel, surrounded by incense, music and sacred art. As you imagine, this kind of ambition was discouraged in the 1970s, except...
You are invited to watch the two plenary papers presented live on Zoom at the recent UD Research Conference by Associate Professor Liz Boase and Rev Associate Prof Darrell Jackson.
The Revd Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker reflects on the tragic discovery of 215 children’s graves at a former Indian Residential School in Canada. Warning: This Meditation contains disturbing information. During National...
"Reconciliation takes action gives us the perfect opportunity for non-Indigenous people to take some time to do their own education – attending public events, checking out library resources, reading up on their local...
In celebration of his appointment as a Professor of the University, John Flett gave an inaugural professorial lecture on Tuesday 18 May to an in-person and online audience.
As Sorry Day approaches again for another year, it is still important to remember that Stolen Generation members are still directly affected by these past policies, that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities...
The Gazette is a public document that 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 21 May 2021...
Congratulations to Msgr Anthony Ireland, appointed by Pope Francis as an Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Melbourne.
The University of Divinity is pleased to announce that Professor Peter Sherlock has been reappointed as the University’s Vice-Chancellor for a third term from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2026.
Victorian students will soon be able to research Christian theologies in one of Melbourne’s most architecturally significant buildings, St Paschal’s Precinct in Box Hill.
Stirling Theological College Principal and Director of The Global Church Project Graham Joseph Hill pays tribute to the late missiologist and theologian C. René Padilla, and shares an interview with Padilla he conducted...
First Nations people will be at the heart of theological training at a new Indigenous Studies Centre, funded by the Andrews Labor Government. It will be housed at the heritage-listed monastery at the University of...
Current students of the University will receive an invitation in ARK to participate in an annual survey, providing feedback about their study experience, motivations for study and expectation of vocational or personal...
Call for papers | The Fellowship for Biblical Studies is holding its fifth national conference from the 30th of September to the 2nd of October, 2021. This conference offers an opportunity to gather together, network...
He was an extraordinary man and we are so deeply indebted to his vision, energy, love, and faith. Pax et Bonum was not just a Franciscan motto for him, it was reality deeply and richly lived.
Often children are spoken about as sites of hope. What might it mean to hope for a child beyond projecting imagined futures? Toward the end of his time on earth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer proposed to write a theology of the...
The University of Divinity submits an annual report on its activities, including audited financial statements, to the Parliament of Victoria. You can view the 2020 Annual Report on our website.
A new publication by Professor Stephen Burns. With contributions from an international panel of writers, Twentieth-Century Anglican Theologians offers a wide-ranging survey of over twenty different Anglican thinkers...
Australia’s oldest and largest theological school, the University of Divinity, will at the end of 2021 launch a new Indigenous Studies Centre. Through the Centre, the University’s students, graduates, teachers and...
The event ‘Presenting your Research at Conferences’ scheduled for Tuesday has been cancelled. It will be held during the Postgraduate bootcamp in June instead.
Up‑front payments tuition protection Up-front payments tuition protection provides protection and assistance to support domestic higher education up‑front paying students if their private higher education provider...
Advice from TEQSA for students. There has been large growth in online study platforms in recent years. Some of these website may promote, enable or supply academic cheating services. Students employed to promote such a...
Call for papers: Post-Christian perspectives are warmly welcome alongside others that may be confessional, First Peoples, queer, native, intersectional and otherwise diverse—the crucial criteria for inclusion being that...
Support the training of priests for tomorrow’s Church You are invited to make your contribution to the training of seminary students for the Catholic priesthood. The Bishops of Victoria and Tasmania have established an...
The Australian Collaborators in Feminist Theologies invite expressions of interest from presenters at a feminist-informed seminar to be held in November 2021.
Revd Dr Garry Deverell on how Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann’s invitation to come listen (‘dadirri’) to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is deeply radical.
The Catholic Dioceses of Victoria have opened a public consultation on a new framework for responding to claims and redress relating to abuse by Church personnel.
Reverend Professor John Flett was recently appointed a Professor of the University of Divinity and will be giving the Inaugural Professorial Lecture at Pilgrim College on the 18th of May. For more information about...
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Divinity, Peter Sherlock joined ABC’s The Drum to take a look at the changing of faith, and other contemporary issues, facing Australia.
Guest Author
University of Divinity
Robert Derrenbacker
Naomi Wolfe
Graham Joseph Hill
Robyn Whitaker
Yarra Theological Union
Scott Kirkland
Lucy Davison
Feminist Theologies
Catholic Theological College
Stephen Burns
Garry Worete Deverell