Dr Libby Byrne's ongoing research explores the idea of painting a contribution to a conversation about the lived experience of incarnational worship. In this strange time of COVID isolation, both together and apart, Dr...
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By the Well Podcast – Pentecost 5 (Song 2, Genesis 24, and Matt 11)
This week the lectionary offers a rare chance to preach on the love poetry known as Song of Songs (Song of Solomon). Hebrew Bible scholar, Brian Kolia, joins the podcast to unpack Genesis 24:34-38, 58-67, Song of Songs...
Major Dr David Janssen appointed Academic Dean at Whitley College
Congratulations to Major Dr David Janssen who has been appointed Academic Dean at Whitley College. David is currently Higher Education Course Coordinator and Lecturer at Eva Burrows College. He has been involved in...
Race and Christianity in Australia
This essay by Rev Dr Jason Goroncy argues that racism in Australia has explicitly Christian roots. In particular, these roots find their beginnings in the European story of Christendom.
Dr Barbara Deutschmann
Dr Barbara Deutschmann graduated with a PhD in 2020. Her thesis is a literary study of the female-male pair in the non-P creation narrative (Gen 2:4a–3:24). "The University of Divinity offered a breadth of Christian...
Major Dr David Janssen
Major Dr David Janssen graduated with a PhD in 2020. His thesis examined the way early Christian speech was informed by and reacted to the social environment in which early Jesus followers lived. "My supervisors as...
Coronavirus, creation and the Creator: What the Bible says about suffering and evil
Professor Mark Brett and Rev Dr Jason Goroncy Alongside the very many responses elicited by the coronavirus pandemic, there have emerged some profound questions for faith: what might it mean to speak in this context of...
Humanity cannot live by Zoom alone
Rev Associate Professor Darrell Jackson I’ve been pondering this question, prompted by the simple reality that these things happen for a world also wrestling with a global pandemic. The extent of human-to-human...
Holy Communion and COVID-19: The Body of Christ in a time of social distancing
This article was published by ABC Religion and Ethics Among other things, COVID-19 has brought with it an invitation to rethink what we imagine a safe society to be. It has also exposed, again, the failures of unbridled...
Worship in exile as an ‘essential service’
Professor Mark Brett and Dr Rachelle Gilmour As churches adapt to the moral and legal demand not to hold services in our buildings, many priests, pastors and congregations of all types are exploring new technological...
2020 Melbourne Graduation | Watch online
Congratulations to all our newest graduates! Join us online at 7:30pm on Friday 27 March to celebrate the achievements of our students, sharing virtual applause and congratulations for each other.
2019 Adelaide Graduation
On the evening of Friday 6 December 2019, the University gathered at Glynde Lutheran Church, Adelaide, to witness the graduation of some 55 students, as well as the award of the Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) to...

