On Tuesday 2 June, we gathered as a community to celebrate the launch of Everlasting Grail. The event opened with a beautiful smoking ceremony at the University of Divinity’s Box Hill Campus and was emceed by...
Now is a season to be gentle with oneself, not to admonish, but to find encouragement or seek help.
Megan Turton, a specialist on law in the Hebrew Bible, joins us to talk about the Decalogue and legal narrative in Exodus. Holiness, identity, and mutual covenant are key themes to explore. In the gospel reading...
An update regarding 2020 graduations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The next ceremony (on Friday 4 December 2020) will be a virtual occasion.
In August 2020, a special themed issue was released on 'The church in a post-pandemic world'. Contributions were submitted by workers across the Lutheran Church in Australia and New Zealand.
Once a week until mid-December, ISCAST will host a presentation followed by a discussion forum. A variety of talks will occur on topics such as vaccinations, medical ethics, the COVID economy and more.
Time is a strange thing. Although the constant ticking of the second hand of a clock reminds us that time passes at a constant rate, our experience of it is very different.
What are the possibilities for a grounded spirituality, in the aftermath of colonisation? Indigenous theologian Garry Deverell has lived the search for a spirituality that connects land and body.
Watch the replay online of Pastor Thomas Pietsch's recent research seminar on 'Worship as the Hermeneutical Key to Cyril of Alexandria's De adoratione'
Joint Churches Domestic Violence Prevention Project workshops bring together clergy, faith leaders and laity to examine ways in which to address violence, bringing this into the light of truth and healing.
Almost half of this volume comprises the introduction and translation of Luther's Antinomian Disputations (1537–1540) by Dr Jeffrey Silcock, lecturer emeritus in systematic theology at Australian Lutheran College.
By Dr Josephine Inkpin Simply existing as a transgender person is to share a dangerous vocation. For humanity constructs its worlds with a multiplicity of constricted shapes and identity lines. Some give life but at...
Sean Winter, Head of Pilgrim Theological College and Pauline scholar, sits down with Robyn to discuss the themes and setting of Paul’s letter to the Philippians.
What do we learn through hardships and deprivation? What kind of person do we become through such experiences?
Is it possible to be biologically dead, but socially alive? What would that entail? On God Forbid, James and panel find out more about the digital afterlife.
Caves are often considered to be dark and unpleasant places, yet Plato and Inigo of Loyola let us see them as places for reflection and preparation for life.
A conversation with Janice McRandal and Sharon Hollis The many lives of women have been profoundly affected by life in a pandemic. You’re invited to join our conversation as we discuss just a few of the worrying...
Sustainable eating is great for the environment. But did you know eating consciously and reducing your food impact also has benefits for our health, as well as the Aussie economy?
Watch the replay online of Dr Stephen Pietsch's recent research seminar on 'The Pictorial Rhetoric of the Reformation.
Rev Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker on Hope. "During this ongoing pandemic season, it is worth taking stock of the things that give us hope."
We warmly invite scholars, ministers, artists and other practitioners to share womanist/feminist theological content that challenges and transforms us.
Reverend Kevin McGovern on the Catholic Church and ethically compromised vaccines.
The Library Services and COVID-19 LibGuide and this article provide information about currently available library services and maximising your use of available online resources during COVID restrictions.
Water is essential for all the processes in our body – it helps our cognition, our energy production, has a role in digestion and absorption of nutrients, and aids in the elimination of wastes from the body. It’s...
Rev Dr Anne Mallaby, outgoing Academic Dean of Whitley College, in conversation with other wonderful women of the Whitley College community considering some of the creative nuances of theological reflection today.
Watch the replay of the research seminar given by Professor Wendy Mayer - Narrative Patterns in Religious Conflict.
Rev Dr Robyn Whitaker and Rev Fran Barber have been friends for 25 years. In that time they have shared a lot of things – including a wedding dress. They now share a podcast to help resource people in ministry.
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 20 August 2020...
I often hear that people like Jesus’ encapsulation of the Law and Prophets in what has become known as the Golden Rule from Matthew 7. Or at least they like the sentiment behind it but wonder whether it is even able to...
University of Divinity
Rachelle Gilmour
By the Well
Wendy Mayer
Guest Author
Gary Heard
Garry Worete Deverell
Australian Lutheran College
Sean Winter
Robyn Whitaker
Fergus King
Feminist Theologies
Nutrition Australia
Robert Derrenbacker
Kevin McGovern
Library Hub
Whitley College
Christopher Porter