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...
My wife had just dropped off our kids at the local Coptic Orthodox Church we attend in Cairo and sat down with her Egyptian friend at the adjacent church-owned cafe. After initial pleasantries, she spoke of this current...
Larry Nemer SVD has finished teaching his last class at Yarra Theological Union, bringing to a conclusion a marvellous career spanning some sixty years. He completed a Licentiate in Missiology from the Gregorian...
In the aftermath of the legalising of same-sex marriage in Australia, the Anglican Church has ramped up its discrimination against gay people to new heights. Not content simply with the discrimination built into the...
In August 2018, the University of Divinity will host a major ecumenical conversation in Melbourne, on the task of rebuilding and renewal after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse At a...
LISTEN NOW Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free! But how free are we really? James Carleton sits down with an Opus Dei bishop and a Uniting Church theologian to find out what happens when anti...
Published by abc.net.au | 8 June 2018 As part of Hobart’s annual winter festival, Dark Mofo has installed a public display of several large inverted red crosses around Hobart’s waterfront. This act has come...
The Ruddock Inquiry: An insider’s view On 18 May the Federal Government’s Inquiry into Religious Liberty under the Chairmanship of Philip Ruddock will present its report. The University of Divinity’s Centre for...
Confluence, located within the University of Divinity, is an alliance whose members are committed to exploring the interconnection between different approaches to traditions of meditative practice and translating them...
The University of Divinity has a long tradition of research excellence, and produces world-class research in all theological disciplines. A vibrant research culture is actively fostered through publications...
Congratulations to Trudy Dantis who is the new director of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s Pastoral Research Office, which has moved from Melbourne to Canberra. Trudy obtained her PhD in 2015 while working...
150 Research students and staff of the University of Divinity joined together in a vibrant day to explore the outstanding research and scholarship amongst our community across theological disciplines. Staff and students...
Robyn J. Whitaker and Jason Goroncy, University of Divinity Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. According to at least one early and authoritative account, these were Jesus’s dying words. They are words that...
Trinity College is delighted to announce the appointment of the Reverend Dr Robert (Bob) Derrenbacker as the next Dean of the Trinity College Theological School. Robert comes to Trinity following an exceptional career...
The 2017 University of Divinity Annual Report was tabled in the Parliament of Victoria on Tuesday 1 May 2018 and is now available. Read the 2017 Annual Report Hard copies of the Annual Report may be provided on request...
To view the latest University Gazette in pdf, issued 11 May 2018, please use this link: Gazette 2018-05-11
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Trinity College is delighted by the news that the Revd Dr Richard Treloar (TC 1988) has been elected the thirteenth Bishop of Gippsland. Richard will succeed the Most Revd Kay Goldsworthy AO (TC 1981) who is now...
Where are we now? It has been over 30 years since hallmark feminist studies, such as Phyllis Trible’s Texts of Terror, changed the face of biblical studies. This conference pauses to reflect on the current state of...
Biblical Values What are they? Who decides? Are they still relevant in the modern world? Time: 7:30-9:00pm Date: Tuesday 15 May 2018 Venue: Trinity College, Old Warden’s Lodge, 100 Royal Parade, Parkville Cost:...
Catholic Theological College will host its annual Knox Lecture to honour the founder of CTC, James Robert Cardinal Knox, fifth Archbishop of Melbourne. Knox Public Lecture 2018 What Price Loyalty?: Australian Catholics...
Struggling to write up your research? Help is available. Australian Lutheran College (ALC) will be running a two- day intensive writing program at the college, commencing on Friday, 20 April. Sessions will run...
University of Divinity awards highest academic honour to Australian journalist and author, Dr Julia Baird. The Chancellor of the University of Divinity, Dr Graeme L Blackman AO, conferred the Doctor of Divinity...
On the evening of Friday 16 March 2018, the University gathered at St Michael’s Uniting Church, Melbourne, to witness the graduation of some 317 students, as well as the conferral of the Doctor of Divinity...
Tonight the University gathers at St Michael’s Uniting Church, Melbourne, to witness the graduation of some 317 students, as well as the conferral of the Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) on Dr Julia Baird. Read...
The 2018 ANZATS Student Conference is your great opportunity to gather together with other students, and present forming scholarship. The event will be held from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, 1 July at St Francis...
To view the latest University Gazette in pdf, issued 9 March 2018, please use this link: Gazette 2018-03-09
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We press for progress together while making sure that we leave no woman behind.
She appears in a number of early Christian texts associated with the ministry of Jesus. Who was Mary Magdalene?
Are you going to apply for FEE-HELP? FEE-HELP funding is linked to your course of study. If you are a new or existing UD student starting a new course or transferring to another course and you wish to secure FEE...
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Jason Goroncy
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