In an historic moment, on Monday 13th December 2021 the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Divinity was formally launched.
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Victorians urged to engage in First Nation’s process of truth-telling, justice, and healing
Prof. Eleanor Bourke, chairperson of Victoria’s Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, has called upon all Victorians to join with First Nations Peoples to engage in the process of truth-telling, justice, and healing.
Catholic Theological College
New Indigenous Studies Centre to be established
Australia’s oldest and largest theological school, the University of Divinity, will at the end of 2021 launch a new Indigenous Studies Centre. Through the Centre, the University’s students, graduates, teachers and...
Lucy Davison
University to establish Indigenous Studies Centre
In 2021 the University of Divinity will establish an Indigenous Studies Centre to advance education and research in theology and ministry, and to encourage greater participation and leadership from Indigenous peoples in...
The Bigger Picture: Indigenous theologian Garry Deverell on grounded spirituality
What are the possibilities for a grounded spirituality, in the aftermath of colonisation? Indigenous theologian Garry Deverell has lived the search for a spirituality that connects land and body.
Garry Worete Deverell
Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in Indigenous Theology
The Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Sherlock has announced the appointment of Rev Dr Garry Deverell as the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in Indigenous Theology at the University of Divinity. This new part-time...
Breakthrough on teaching theology through Indigenous eyes
Kaylee Payne, 9 April 2019 This article was originally published on Eternitynews.com.au Uncle Ray Minniecon, an elder statesman and Aboriginal pastor from Sydney, has knocked on the doors of Australian theological...
Guest Author
Exploring Indigenous Theology as a Bridge for Moving towards Reconciliation
Indigenous elders speaking at a major University of Divinity (UD) forum on Saturday, 5 April 2019 declared that history was being made on the evening. In a packed auditorium at UD’s Whitley College, speakers praised...
Gabrielle McMullen
Celebrating the first graduands of our Indigenous Theologies program
Today, on International Women’s Day 2019, we celebrate two of our first graduands of the University’s Indigenous Theologies program. Whitley College, in partnership with NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community...