On the evening of Friday 20 March 2026, the University community gathered at St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne to witness the graduation of 228 students.
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...
ARC is a collaborative community for those who cultivate embodied and just ways of knowing and being through creative and spiritual practices. We do this by connecting and supporting individuals, hosting events...
The 2020 Student Experience Survey (SES) is on now! The SES is a national survey being conducted for the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment. The survey gives you the opportunity to...
Studying is hard enough. Make it easier by eating the right things. Good nutrition has been linked to better focus, cognition and memory retainment in university students.
The pastoral care team at St John of God Berwick Hospital, including two students from YTU, has been named the winner of the national 2020 Best of Care Team Award by Spiritual Care Australia.
The scriptures have a lot to say about waiting. The psalmist calls out ‘how long’ almost more often than any other prayer. At times, it can seem that God is just far off or even indifferent to our circumstances, but as...
Our brain functions best when we eat a balanced diet full of key nutrients from the core food groups. So how can a balanced diet have a positive impact on your mental health?
We know that dying, death and funerals have been different since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic, particularly during the periods of community lockdown. While there has been some media emphasis on the experiences...
By Stephen Cauchi. This article is reposted with permission from The Melbourne Anglican. The resurrected Christian body will be far superior to the transhuman ideal of bodies or minds that live on forever, theology...
An "outstanding debut book" by UD alumnus and Honorary Postdoctoral Associate Reverend Dr Alex Ross offers a paradigm-shift in understanding authority and polity in Anglicanism. Rowan Williams, in his Foreword...
Gratitude is one way to enhance our resilience and endurance in these difficult days. Psychologists tell us that our brains our wired for the negative—a survival instinct so that we are always prepared for the worst...
Dr Trudy Dantis (UD alumna and Director of National Centre for Pastoral Research) and Very Reverend Dr Kevin Lenehan (UD alumnus and Master of CTC) are part of the writing instrumentum laboris along with Archbishop...
It has been another month of extremes for the University, Australia, and the world. Nonetheless, second semester is now underway, thanks to the extraordinary efforts of many people committed to the vision and mission of...
ACFT brings together national and international scholars and activists around feminist perspectives on current issues – join our HORIZONS discussion series.
The University of Divinity is committed to the use of one basic referencing style for theology courses, which is based on the latest version of the Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed. 2017).
Imagine the reaction when it was suggested to the English Fellows of Oxford University in the summer of 1939 that classes may have to be suspended due to the impending outbreak of war in Europe!
The Bonhoeffer Legacy: An International Journal is a fully refereed academic journal aimed principally at providing an outlet for an ever-expanding Bonhoeffer scholarship in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific...
Perseverance would have to be one of my least favourite virtues. I hate being told to persevere; to ‘just keep going’. As if I weren’t already doing my best, or trying my hardest…The whole notion of perseverance...
Hope, assurance of restoration, and belief in the God who can bring an end to all suffering, does not prevent Jesus weeping. “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; as they are...
Reverend Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker writes, "in the face of increasing turmoil, let's continue to follow the 'Golden Rule', and 'do unto others', even in a pandemic."
Of my earliest encounters with Wägilak manikay (song), one memory stands out vividly. I had just heard a performance of Crossing Roper Bar, a wild admixture of free-jazz improvisation and ceremonial manikay bringing...
The 2020 Student Experience Survey (SES) is coming soon! The SES is a national survey being conducted for the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment. The SES gives you the opportunity to...
Brian Kolia joins the podcast to discuss Jacob’s wrestle with God in Genesis 32:22-31. We point to the humour in this story where God takes on some human characteristics and becomes the trickster, a role that has...
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Colleen O'Reilly
Claire Renkin
Dorothy Lee
Peter Sherlock
Feminist Theologies
Kevin Lenehan
Catholic Theological College
Mark Lindsay
Rachelle Gilmour
Robert Derrenbacker
Samuel Curkpatrick
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