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The Council of the University of Divinity has reappointed Dr Graeme L. Blackman AO as Chancellor for a further term of three years until December 2023. Dr Blackman was appointed inaugural Chancellor of the University in...
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 7 July 2020...
Congratulations to Dr Brian Macallan who has been appointed Associate Head of Bible, Theology and Ministry at Stirling Theological College. He also maintains his position as a Senior Lecturer in Theology at the College...
Dr Libby Byrne's ongoing research explores the idea of painting a contribution to a conversation about the lived experience of incarnational worship. In this strange time of COVID isolation, both together and apart, Dr...
This week the lectionary offers a rare chance to preach on the love poetry known as Song of Songs (Song of Solomon). Hebrew Bible scholar, Brian Kolia, joins the podcast to unpack Genesis 24:34-38, 58-67, Song of Songs...
Congratulations to Fr Dr Nebojsa Tumara on the publication of his new book Holy Body and Holy Scripture: Anthropological Assumptions of Ascetic Exegesis of the Holy Scripture in Early Rabbinic Judaism and Early Syriac...
One of the phrases that must be in contention for the phrase of the year contest is ‘the new normal.’ Just searching the news gives over a million hits in the last month alone. But the rapid reoccurrence of this phrase...
For Molly Swee, sitting down for an unscheduled ‘cuppa’ with the Dean of Trinity College’s Theological School led to master’s coursework and an enriched life. I work as an essential worker with the Victorian Government...
The story in which Ishmael and Hagar are driven out into the wilderness by Sarah, with Abraham’s complicity, has often been read as setting up the animosity which has persisted between different nations and faith...
What impact is the COVID-19 pandemic having on religious communities around the world? In this episode, Dr Ed Kessler speaks with Reverend Professor Mark Lindsay from Trinity College Theological School about the...
St Athanasius College are delighted to announce the publication of a new book by a member of academic staff, Associate Professor Youhanna Youssef. Associate Professor Youssef has published more than a dozen books in...
Congratulations to Reverend Professor John Flett, appointed a Professor of the University of Divinity by the University Council on 17 June 2020. Professor Flett is currently the Coordinator of Studies in Missiology and...
The impact of the past on the present is not fixed for nations and peoples, any more than it is for individuals. We humans are constantly revising the stories we tell ourselves in light of new insights or abilities...
A university-wide research and impact project about the COVID crisis, in partnership with others within and beyond the University. This is centred on three interventions: disclosure, discernment and duty.
Over the weeks of lockdown through the coronavirus, we celebrated major festivals of the church’s year: in particular, the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus, along with his sending of the Spirit. Trinity Sunday...
Congratulations to Major Dr David Janssen who has been appointed Academic Dean at Whitley College. David is currently Higher Education Course Coordinator and Lecturer at Eva Burrows College. He has been involved in...
Trinity's Senior Lecturer in Old Testament, Dr Rachelle Gilmour, explains how the Old Testament draws parallels to this new world we find ourselves living in.
This essay by Rev Dr Jason Goroncy argues that racism in Australia has explicitly Christian roots. In particular, these roots find their beginnings in the European story of Christendom.
Almost three months ago – when shops had just closed, borders had been shut, and we were beginning to hunker down into an indefinite period of home isolation – my wife, Sonia, chalked a single word on the wall of our...
Sarah Bacaller Sometimes, we don’t realise that something is wrong until it has started to change for the better. Sometimes, we don’t realise how hard something has been, until we’ve reached the apex of the hill and...
I don’t know about you, but I am starting to get really sick of the four walls of my study and my house. My routine is the same each day. I needed to establish a routine in order to put some structure around what is...
This article is republished from atla.com. Origin Story Over thirty years ago, a group of theologians met at Catholic Theological College (CTC) in Melbourne to discuss the future of their college publication, Tolle...
US President Donald Trump delivered an address this week in which he threatened military action on the nation. Then he walked to the nearby St John’s Episcopal Church to pose with a Bible. Yes, Trump held the Bible like...
Congratulations to Reverend Dr Elizabeth Joyce Smith AM who has been recognised as a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Queen’s Birthday 2020 Honours. Dr Smith, an alumna of the University of Divinity...
The 2019 University of Divinity Annual Report was tabled in the Parliament of Victoria on Tuesday 2 June 2020 and is now available.
You can view Annual Reports from previous years on the University of Divinity website.
This article is republished from Mirage news. A Report commissioned by the Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) and completed by the Religion and Social Policy Network of the University of Divinity has found the...
Bishop Mark Edwards OMI is an alumnus of the University of Divinity, and a lecturer at Catholic Theological College. This article is reposted from ABC Riverina, by Moyra Shields. The Auxiliary Bishop of the...
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 29 May 2020...
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