Contributions from three members of the University’s Centre for Research in Religion and Social Policy are featured in the latest issue of Arena Journal – Religion in a Secular Age Can We Re-imagine a Good...
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Understanding Religious Vocation in Australia Today
The Pastoral Research Office is an agency of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. It provides research and pastoral planning consultancy services to dioceses and Catholic agencies. This post introduces some of...
The Bible and Borders: Does Scripture Belong in the U.S. Immigration Debate?
Refugee week in Australia sees us dealing with all-too-familiar challenges on the policy front. But in the United States, a new kind of controversy has exploded into the media. The U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions...
On Geoff Thompson’s A Genuinely Theological Church
On 13 June 2018, I had the joy of being at the wonderful Pilgrim Theological College and to share some words at the launch of Geoff Thompson’s fabulous new book, A Genuinely Theological Church. Below’s what I said, more...
God Forbid Podcast | Holy hot potatoes: Freedom edition
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...
Watch the video: Religious Liberty Public Conversation
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...
The Centre for Research in Religion and Social Policy
Several cultural commentators have claimed that higher education is in “crisis”. What they understand by this predicament often varies, but one thing that frequently emerges is that universities in the English speaking...





