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...
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University of DivinityJohn O’Connor
John O'Connor graduated with a Master of Theology (Research) in 2020. His thesis is an exegesis of Luke’s Parable of the Persistent Widow: Luke 18:1–8 in context. "In contrast to what some feminist scholars claim, that...
Rev Dr Richard Wilson
Rev Dr Richard Wilson graduated with a PhD in 2020. His thesis examined the institutional church in Australia's influence on public policy formation, especially in economics, finance and business. "I chose the...
Living ‘Without God’
During the summer of 1944 – 15 months into a 2-year imprisonment that would end in his execution in the Flossenbürg concentration camp – Dietrich Bonhoeffer told his best friend that the world had reached its adulthood...
Mark LindsayRest amidst the Unrest
Dr Rachelle Gilmour
For those who are overworked during this time of COVID-19, a whole day’s rest sounds an unrealistic luxury. For others, COVID-19 is experienced as a period of complete cessation.
Rachelle GilmourThe Pathway Ahead
There is a sign on an Alaskan highway that warns drivers about the limitations facing them ahead. It reads “Choose you rut carefully, as you will be in it for the next 60 miles” reflecting the deep ruts which previous...
Gary HeardRemember Pacifica?
The full archive of Pacifica is now available online through the Library Hub to all members of the University of Divinity community. The University of Divinity’s journal Pacifica was published from 1988-2017. Over the...
Kerrie BurnHolding Up Half the Sky
Women have played significant roles in ministry and leadership throughout the history of the church and the pages of the Bible. Today, women make up more than half the church, and do much of the mission, ministry, and...
Graham Joseph HillDr Liz Boase on God Forbid Podcast | Living through lament
This year has been filled with private and public calamity – we’ve survived isolation, infection, bushfires, floods or worse! Join James Carleton and the panel as they look at grief in the midst of calamity and...
Liz BoaseMajor 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...
Australian Province of the Society of Jesus and University of Divinity Joint Statement
Please read a joint statement from the Australian Province of the Society of Jesus and University of Divinity.
APSJ-UD Joint Statement
Covid-19 – Lessons Not Yet Learnt
For weeks now Covid-19 has dominated the world’s media. We’ve had endless facts, advice and commentary on the virus itself, the number of deaths and infections, the level of testing, the do’s and don’ts of hygiene and...
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