Today is the anniversary of the Uluru Statement from the Heart issuing – six years since the call for meaningful constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples through a Voice to Parliament...
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University of DivinityPreaching from the Heart | Call for Sermons
Australian churches are called to engage with the Statement from the Heart in the context of an historic referendum for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The response of this project is to produce an Australian...
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Voice, Treaty & Truth Resources
The School of Indigenous Studies recommends the following resources related to the Voice to Parliament & the Yes vote. The website for Together, Yes (the kitchen table conversations movement for the Voice) can be...
Watch sessions from a Statement from the Heart workshop
On February 15, 2023 , Professor Anne Pattel-Gray and the Rev Canon Dr Garry Deverell (from the University’s School of Indigenous Studies) presented at a Statement From the Heart workshop hosted in Adelaide by Churches...
“Wait without Hope”: Contemplation and consumer society
Rev Dr Garry Deverell reflects on contemplation in a consumer society: "We need to get outside of the world we have created through the endless self-production of desire. What we need is to get out of our heads and our...
Garry Worete DeverellNew publication: De-colonising the Biblical Narrative, Volume 1
Professor Anne Pattel-Gray and Dr Norman Habel have edited a new publication: De-colonising the Biblical Narrative Volume 1: The First Nations De-colonising of Genesis 1-11.
Professor Anne Pattel-Gray delivers inaugural Professorial Lecture
"Together we can make a difference as we wrestle with these challenging questions, recognise how colonised we are, and begin the process of decolonising ourselves in the endeavour in liberating our theological education...
How are the churches to reckon with their colonial heritage?
"The churches are at a crossroads. You can either continue on the path you have taken since you arrived here — the colonising path, which is to make yourselves the centre of all things and therefore leading exploiters...
The Uluru Statement and its two concepts of sovereignty
"The Uluru Statement from the Heart quotes a spiritual definition of sovereignty, which is contrasted with the sovereignty of the Crown. But given the dozens of the definitions that may have been relevant, why was this...
Whitley CollegeProf. Anne Pattel-Gray urges: “include ancient wisdom and knowledge of First Nations people”
"The solutions to the growing concern of global climate change must include the ancient wisdom and knowledge of First Nations people as we have and continue to live with the whole of creation since time began"
Professor Anne Pattel-Gray appointed Head of University of Divinity’s School of Indigenous Studies
The University of Divinity is overjoyed to announce the appointment of Professor Anne Pattel-Gray as Professor of Indigenous Studies and inaugural Head of the School of Indigenous Studies. She is a descendant of the...