My wife had just dropped off our kids at the local Coptic Orthodox Church we attend in Cairo and sat down with her Egyptian friend at the adjacent church-owned cafe. After initial pleasantries, she spoke of this current...
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Guest AuthorLarry Nemer to retire after a lifetime of service
Larry Nemer SVD has finished teaching his last class at Yarra Theological Union, bringing to a conclusion a marvellous career spanning some sixty years. He completed a Licentiate in Missiology from the Gregorian...
University of DivinityHow the Anglican Church has hardened its stance against same-sex marriage
In the aftermath of the legalising of same-sex marriage in Australia, the Anglican Church has ramped up its discrimination against gay people to new heights. Not content simply with the discrimination built into the...
Muriel PorterHealth and Integrity in Church and Ministry
In August 2018, the University of Divinity will host a major ecumenical conversation in Melbourne, on the task of rebuilding and renewal after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse At a...
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...
Robyn WhitakerAn Insult to the People of the Cross: Sacrilegious Symbols Have No Place in Hobart
Published by abc.net.au | 8 June 2018 As part of Hobart’s annual winter festival, Dark Mofo has installed a public display of several large inverted red crosses around Hobart’s waterfront. This act has come...
His Grace Bishop SurielWatch 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...
Meditative Traditions in Conversation
Confluence, located within the University of Divinity, is an alliance whose members are committed to exploring the interconnection between different approaches to traditions of meditative practice and translating them...
Research at the Heart of the University of Divinity
The University of Divinity has a long tradition of research excellence, and produces world-class research in all theological disciplines. A vibrant research culture is actively fostered through publications...
CTC Alumna to head ACBC’s Pastoral Research Office
Congratulations to Trudy Dantis who is the new director of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s Pastoral Research Office, which has moved from Melbourne to Canberra. Trudy obtained her PhD in 2015 while working...
Research Day 2018
150 Research students and staff of the University of Divinity joined together in a vibrant day to explore the outstanding research and scholarship amongst our community across theological disciplines. Staff and students...
Voluntary assisted dying is not a black-and-white issue for Christians – they can, in good faith, support it
Robyn J. Whitaker and Jason Goroncy, University of Divinity Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. According to at least one early and authoritative account, these were Jesus’s dying words. They are words that...
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