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.
We are pleased to release Volume 2, Issue 3 of the JCS Newsletter – Studiorum for 2019. Enjoy reading about the happenings at JCS and our community.
On the evening of Friday 6 December 2019, the University gathered at Glynde Lutheran Church, Adelaide, to witness the graduation of some 55 students, as well as the award of the Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) to...
Issue 10 of Vox: The University of Divinity Magazine is out online today. This issue features news about the School of Graduate Research, Robin Mann – recipient of the University’s highest award, recent...
Pilgrim Theological College has started a new lectionary-based podcast for preachers designed to bring the latest biblical scholarship to the proverbial pews. By the Well is a weekly podcast co-hosted by Rev Dr Robyn...
Supervised Theological Field Education is a significant part of the University of Divinity’s teaching in Theology: Ministry and Mission. As the name implies, this is learning while out in the field, through a student...
Congratulations to Professor Wendy Mayer, elected Head of the Religion section of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. According to Professor Julianne Schultz, in 1959 when Australia’s Prime Minister Robert Menzies...
Congratulations to Professor Mark Brett, elected a Fellow of the Religion section of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Mark Brett is Professor of Old Testament at the University of Divinity, Whitley College. His...
FREE EXHIBITION | The Invention of Melbourne presents a rare opportunity to see some little-known treasures of gold rush Melbourne and to reflect on the careers of two remarkable men - James Alipius Goold, first...
The Gazette is a public document which 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 11 November...
What is the School of Graduate Research? In January 2020 the University of Divinity will establish a School of Graduate Research (SGR) with responsibility for research training, including higher degree by research...
University of Divinity awards highest academic honour to Australian musician and song-writer, Robin Mann. In October 2019, the Council of the University of Divinity resolved to award the degree of Doctor of Divinity...
On Wednesday 6 November, University of Divinity academic staff gathered at the annual Teaching Conference, which concluded with a farewell to Reverend Dr John Capper who retires from the role of Director of Learning and...
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At the conclusion of 2019, the University’s Centre for Religion and Social Policy will move in a new direction, becoming an affiliate network of the University, rather than a Centre. This decision was made by the...
Congratulations to Reverend Professor René Erwich, appointed a Professor of the University of Divinity by the University Council on 31 October 2019. Professor Erwich is noted for his outstanding contribution to...
American televangelist Pat Robinson once claimed children who celebrate Halloween were unknowingly “worshipping Satan”. Despite the absurdity that a child dressing up as a witch is devil worship, the idea that Halloween...
The Vice-Chancellor is delighted to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Elizabeth Boase as Dean and Dr Suman Kashyap as Registrar of the University’s new School of Graduate Research, commencing in 2020...
Capstones: A Shared and Culminative Learning Experience Through the different stages of a student career, an award of the University of Divinity can contain many diverse learning areas. This is in order to fulfil the...
The University of Divinity is the newest contributor to the Atla Digital Library, making it the first institution outside the United States to contribute a digital library collection. Atla (formerly the American...
The University of Divinity has graduated over ten thousand students since the very first graduation ceremony was held on 6 May 1913. Our alumni are found in every corner of the globe and every walk of life. On the...
The University of Divinity is a learning community comprising eleven colleges based in three states and online, offering a broad range of opportunities to address the issues of the contemporary world through critical...
Nicola Slee is in Melbourne this October as guest of the Australian Collaborators in Feminist Theologies (ACFT) to speak at a number of public events. “I’d like to say that all theology is, or should be, feminist, in...
By Grace Al-Zoughbi Arteen and Graham Joseph Hill Whether it’s Bethlehem, the very humble birthplace of Jesus Christ, or Egypt, the land that Jesus was called out of, or modern-day Lebanon’s Sidon and Tyre, where his...
Sixty people gathered in the Study Centre at Yarra Theological Union on the evening of 2 October for the launch of Dear Mother Dear Father: Letters Home from John Corcoran Wallis 1927-1949. This significant volume makes...
CALL FOR PAPERS ANZATS Conference University of Adelaide 5-9 July 2020 On behalf of the Council of ANZATS I am pleased to invite all members of ANZATS, NZATS, and the theological and wider academic community to submit...
In 2020 the University of Divinity will establish a School of Graduate Research (SGR) with responsibility for research training, including higher degree by research students and their supervisors. This new approach...
Originally published by The Melbourne Anglican (9 September 2019). Republished on Vox with permission. The women of Jesus’ ministry, and those who worked alongside Paul, need to be re-discovered, argues Dorothy Lee...
Chris Lowney argued that we need a new culture of leadership, a culture where everyone leads, that is, “where each person feels a leadership opportunity and responsibility ― living our baptismal promise!”
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