Paul’s injunction that women remain silent in the Church (1 Cor 14: 34-36) could be said to have led to the absence of Women’s Wisdom from the official teaching of the Church over its 2000 year history. Of the 36...
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Yarra Theological UnionSemester 1 unit | “Women are to be Silent”? Voices Of Women in The New Testament and in Orthodox Christianity
In this unit we will unravel the conflicting evidence by undertaking an in-depth socio-cultural, historical, and literary study of the role of women in the New Testament, and how this image sheds light on the position...
St Athanasius CollegeMore than a ritual: The importance of church singing
Rev. Emily Fraser, HDR student at the University of Divinity, talks about hymns, their role in teaching, and the beauty of singing together in church.
University of DivinitySemester 1 unit | Introduction to the Syriac Language
This unit introduces students to the Syriac language as a basis for enhanced study of patristic literature preserved in Syriac, Peshitta (the standard Biblical text in Syriac) and for future study of the Syriac language.
Semester 1 unit | Humanity: Theology and Vocation
Humanity: Theology and Vocation is being offered by Wollaston Theological College in semester 1, 2023. Students will be introduced to key issues in the area of theological anthropology, including gender and sexuality...
Wollaston Theological CollegeSemester 1 unit | A Comparative Study of Religions
Offered by YTU in semester 1, 2023, "A Comparative Study of Religions" provides an empathetic understanding of the different religions practiced in Australia including the Aboriginal religions and the New Religious...
Introducing the School of Professional Practice
Empowered professionals, transforming communities: The University of Divinity School of Professional Practice, where work and purpose meet.
Semester 1 unit | Loving God: The Theological Imagination of John’s Writing
Loving God: The Theological Imagination of John’s Writing is being offered by St Francis College in semester 1, 2023. In this unit the Gospel of John and the letters of John are studied as both witnesses to the...
St Francis CollegeDr Robert Myles to become Executive Editor of Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
Dr Robert Myles of Wollaston Theological College in the University of Divinity has been appointed as the next Executive Editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, effective 1 March 2023.
Semester 1 unit | Being Anglican
Being Anglican is being offered by Wollaston Theological College in semester 1, 2023.
Semester 1 unit | Coptic Art and Iconography I
This is a face-to-face practical unit from SAC which will focus on the "writing" of icons as an important method of transforming the sacred invisible into the visible image.
Semester 1 unit | Exile, trauma and the presence of God: The Book of Ezekiel
This unit from YTU offers a thematic introduction to the book of Ezekiel, a prophetic book of the Babylonian Exile (597/587-539 BCE) that explores existential questions such as the meaning of exile, the perceived...