The Victorian Government will offer a formal apology in Parliament to First Nations peoples on Tuesday 9th December at 11.00am (AEDT), acknowledging the profound harm caused by the State and by colonisation...
Biblical songs have multiple afterlives. In a history of invasion, their reverberations are poignant. What is now called Australia is a continent of many First Nations where Country has been sung for tens of thousands...
Rev Dr Robyn Whitaker @RobynJWhitaker from Pilgrim Theological College was a guest on JOY radio to discuss why people of faith should be abhorred by “conversion therapy”. The core tenet of faith is Love God and Love...
Dorothy Lee is Trinity's Stewart Research Prof of New Testament. Growing up in a conservative family, Dorothy never saw herself becoming an ordained minister.
In 2021 the University of Divinity will establish an Indigenous Studies Centre to advance education and research in theology and ministry, and to encourage greater participation and leadership from Indigenous peoples in...
This online seminar series is great to run in a small group, ministry team, the local church, college or seminary class, or even to watch alone. Buy the book for yourself or your whole group and start soon!
In this video, Anne Lock (Director of WellSpring) and Peter Bentley (Coordinator of Spiritual Formation) chat about the impact of the pandemic on their work in the Wellspring Centre, and how their teaching team and...
Congratulations to Dr Cathryn (Cath) McKinney who has been appointed the Professional Supervision Program Coordinator at the University of Divinity. Cath has extensive experience as a group relations consultant where...
Majority World, diaspora, Black, and Indigenous churches and theologies are redefining twenty-first century Christianity. And much of this new theology and vitality is being led by women of color.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Chris de Wet who has been elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2020 - the highest honour for achievement in the humanities in Australia.
Inaugural Professorial Lecture of Reverend Professor René Erwich. Professor Erwich was appointed a Professor of the University of Divinity by the University Council on 31 October 2019. He is noted for his outstanding...
It is often remarked that writing a PhD is a lonely and harrowing journey, and that COVID has exacerbated many of the difficulties. However, a group of HDR students have been gathering on Tuesdays and Thursdays each...
Congratulations to all our newest graduates! The ceremony of conferring degrees and awarding diplomas and certificates is a time-honoured ritual performed at academic institutions throughout the world. On Friday 4...
The lastest issue of Reo: a journal of theology and ministry, from Stirling Theological College, is out now. Growing For everything there is a season ‘Growing’ might seem a weird topic for this issue of reo...
Dr Angela Sawyer (Stirling Theological College) joins By the Well Podcast to explore the tender and powerful image of God in Isaiah 40, as well as the cosmic and personal hope the end of exile represents to Israel. We...
Congratulations to Professor Mary Coloe pbvm appointed a Professor of the University of Divinity by the University Council on 2 December 2020. Professor Coloe teaches in the field of New Testament studies at Yarra...
Congratulations to Professor David Starling appointed a Professor of the University of Divinity by the University Council on 2 December 2020. Professor Starling is currently the Chief Academic Officer at Morling College...
Congratulations to Jaz Ocampo who has been named a recipient of the Mary Ward Grant for 2021. Jaz is a student at Catholic Theological College, studying a Graduate Diploma in Theology.
The jacaranda tree, with its purple-blue flowers appearing in Melbourne in early December, announces Advent with a burst of liturgical colour. These beautiful trees, scattered along the streets and in parks and gardens...
Meet the Revd Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker - Dean of the Theological School at Trinity College and Frank Woods Associate Professor in New Testament.
Dr Angela Sawyer (Stirling Theological College) joins By the Well Podcast to explore the tender and powerful image of God in Isaiah 40, as well as the cosmic and personal hope the end of exile represents to Israel. We...
Elizabeth Murray admits that many others saw her leadership potential before she did, and she’s now thankful that she listened to her supporters, and her eventual calling towards ordination.
Biblical texts about shepherds ask pointed questions about the role of political leaders as rulers or servants.
Indigenous women in Abya Yala and around the world live out their life path through the weaving of their wise ancestors who have left a legacy full of layers of wisdom as the Gunadule women say as they sew their molas...
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." Ecclesiastes 3:1. Reverend Dr Gary Heard from Trinity College Theological School on the seasons of life.
The Board of Stirling Theological College is delighted to announce the appointment of Rev Dr Graham Joseph Hill as Principal, effective from 1st December 2020. During 2020, Graham has been Interim Principal and Director...
Admissions are now open for the new Professional Supervision Awards being offered by the University of Divinity in 2021: the Graduate Certificate in Supervision and the Graduate Diploma in Supervision.
Dr Simone Rickerby – a biblical scholar, with a PhD from the University of Divinity (2015) – will take up the role in January 2021. Simone brings to the position more than a decade of experience in executive...
Congratulations to Dr Bryan Cones whose PhD thesis, This Assembly of Believers: The Gifts of Difference in the Church at Prayer, has been published by SCM Press in the UK.
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Whitley College
Michelle Eastwood
Stirling College
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Colleen O'Reilly
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