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.
When I worked in Kenya in the 1980s, news circulated from Uganda of a disease which caused healthy young adults to lose weight rapidly and die. At first known as “slim”, it would become more formally...
Rev Associate Professor John Flett joins us this week for a rich conversation about Pentecost and mission. We focus Acts 2:1-21 and John 20:19-23, drawing similarities and contrasts in the way the Spirit is portrayed in...
Art, Religious Excess, and the Postdigital A few years ago, I took my then-12-year-old son to an exhibit on the art of M.C. Escher. I was rather horrified when he immediately took my phone and began taking photos of the...
In Psalm 135, the Psalmist writes: ‘The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not...
What does the Bible say about sex and sexuality? This course will help you think through the complex issues that are involved in answering that simple question. Working with different texts and approaches you will...
The Victorian Government has announced a $45 million International Student Emergency Relief Fund for international students facing financial hardship. If you are an international student in Victoria experiencing...
I’m convinced author and screenwriter Douglas Adams must have taken a theology course. In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy he writes, ‘There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the...
The Revd Dr Colleen O’Reilly (Monday 18 May) Just when I thought I had the ageing thing nailed, the government intervened. I had been required to retire from parish ministry in 2019 because of my age, and I...
Like me, I am sure you have all noticed how much more silence there is in these days of isolation and being-at-home. For us city and town dwellers it is more marked than for rural folk. And, as we slowly emerge from...
I am feeling isolated. Is this a state, or an emotion? Rather than getting into the semantics of language, I will ask another question: what does isolation feel like? Isolation feels like being stuck on the couch...
This online seminar reflects on the notion of theological ethics during a pandemic. Hear from Dr Dan Fleming and Dr David Carter – two leading public health and theological ethics researchers, who will provide expert...
In response to continuing disruptions as a result of Covid-19, the Grants Panel has extended to 3 July the deadline for applications for Round 2 of the University of Divinity Research Grants. Please note that, due to...
Dr Barbara Deutschmann graduated with a PhD in 2020. Her thesis is a literary study of the female-male pair in the non-P creation narrative (Gen 2:4a–3:24). "The University of Divinity offered a breadth of Christian...
John O'Connor graduated with a Master of Theology (Research) in 2020. His thesis is an exegesis of Luke’s Parable of the Persistent Widow: Luke 18:1–8 in context. "In contrast to what some feminist scholars claim, that...
Rev Dr Richard Wilson graduated with a PhD in 2020. His thesis examined the institutional church in Australia's influence on public policy formation, especially in economics, finance and business. "I chose the...
During the summer of 1944 – 15 months into a 2-year imprisonment that would end in his execution in the Flossenbürg concentration camp – Dietrich Bonhoeffer told his best friend that the world had reached its adulthood...
Dr Rachelle Gilmour
For those who are overworked during this time of COVID-19, a whole day’s rest sounds an unrealistic luxury. For others, COVID-19 is experienced as a period of complete cessation.
There is a sign on an Alaskan highway that warns drivers about the limitations facing them ahead. It reads “Choose you rut carefully, as you will be in it for the next 60 miles” reflecting the deep ruts which previous...
The full archive of Pacifica is now available online through the Library Hub to all members of the University of Divinity community. The University of Divinity’s journal Pacifica was published from 1988-2017. Over the...
Women have played significant roles in ministry and leadership throughout the history of the church and the pages of the Bible. Today, women make up more than half the church, and do much of the mission, ministry, and...
This year has been filled with private and public calamity – we’ve survived isolation, infection, bushfires, floods or worse! Join James Carleton and the panel as they look at grief in the midst of calamity and...
Major Dr David Janssen graduated with a PhD in 2020. His thesis examined the way early Christian speech was informed by and reacted to the social environment in which early Jesus followers lived. "My supervisors as...
Please read a joint statement from the Australian Province of the Society of Jesus and University of Divinity.
APSJ-UD Joint Statement
For weeks now Covid-19 has dominated the world’s media. We’ve had endless facts, advice and commentary on the virus itself, the number of deaths and infections, the level of testing, the do’s and don’ts of hygiene and...
Professor Mark Brett and Rev Dr Jason Goroncy Alongside the very many responses elicited by the coronavirus pandemic, there have emerged some profound questions for faith: what might it mean to speak in this context of...
Dr Mandy Dujunco graduated with a Doctor of Theology in 2020. His thesis proposes a framework that will allow Lasallian Schools in the Philippines to provide effective and inculturated faith formation for newly hired...
Dr Francis Otobo graduated with a PhD in 2019. His thesis argues that the Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts functions to legitimate the mission to the Gentiles for Jewish followers of Jesus. "The panel boosted the confidence...
Dr Nixon de Vera graduated with a PhD in 2019. His thesis asks whether or not Karl Barth’s God is a suffering God and,if so, what precisely he means by that. "I chose the University of Divinity for my research degree...
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