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Watch the Research Day live-streams on Wednesday 5 June
Research students and staff of the University of Divinity joined together on Wednesday 5 June 2019 for a vibrant day, exploring the outstanding research and scholarship amongst our community across theological...
Easter’s iconography is fluid, and sometimes people get their wires crossed
By Alan Weedon, ABC News This article was published by ABC News on 21 April 2019. Read the original article here. The Virgin Mary on a broomstick. Santa nailed to a cross. KFC’s Colonel Sanders in a Santa suit...
Major Keynote Speakers for Church Governance Conference at Yarra Theological Union
Major keynote speakers have been attracted to the conference on Church Governance being held at the Yarra Theological Union on Saturday, 2 March – Sunday, 3 March 2019. These include: Robert Fitzgerald AM, Commissioner...
Gabrielle McMullenThe Invention of Melbourne
A Baroque Archbishop and a Gothic Architect Jaynie Anderson, Max Vodola, Shane Carmody The Invention of Melbourne defines the relationship between an architect of genius, William Wardell, and the first Catholic...
Catholic Theological CollegeSemester 2 unit: Crossing the Street: Understanding Islam & Our Muslim Neighbours
Explore the historical development, central beliefs and practices of the Islamic faith. Engage with the challenges and opportunities to facilitate understanding, positive interaction and fruitful encounters with our...
Whitley CollegeSemester 2 unit: The Gospels and Mission
Research the mission understanding of the four Gospel writers and explore how this formed and reflected the mission of the first century church.
Eva Burrows CollegeSemester 2 unit: The Church Under and Against Hitler
This unit will expose students to the conflict that arose between the Nazi regime and the German Protestant Churches (the Kirchenkampf - ‘Church Struggle’) in the early 1930s. Students will explore both the theological...
Trinity College Theological SchoolSemester 2 unit: Transforming Urban Neighbourhoods
This unit aims to equip participants with practical insights, frameworks, tools and strategies to effect transformation in local neighbourhoods facing urban poverty. This includes: a theological and pastoral critique of...
Stirling Theological CollegeSemester 2 unit: Pastoral Care With People With Disabilities
This unit will address theological, liturgical, ethical and pastoral care issues associated with ministry with people with disabilities. Scripture will be examined as a means of reflection on contemporary theological...
Pilgrim Theological CollegeSemester 2 unit: Theological Frameworks for the Spiritual Exercises
This unit will assist supervisors and spiritual directors to develop a deeper appreciation of the range of theological worlds that serve as a background and context to the Spiritual Exercises. This unit explores how...
Jesuit College of SpiritualitySemester 2 unit: Personal Formation of those in Generational Ministry (Child, Youth and Young Adults)
Identify, understand, develop, and integrate healthy patterns and practices of personal formation, self-management, and professional practice with a specific application to the dynamics arising in generational ministry...
Semester 2 unit: War and Peace in a Time of Terror
In a time of increasing threat of war and growing terrorist activity, this unit provides a structured way of bringing the Catholic Social Tradition to bear on issues associated with conflict in the world today. Further...
Semester 2 unit: Picturing and Proclaiming the New Testament
Building on skills in historical-critical and narrative criticism, this unit will introduce recent developments in biblical exegesis and hermeneutics which apply visual and oral material from the ancient world to the...
Semester 2 unit: What is ‘Context’?
What is 'Context'? What does it mean to ‘have a context’? This unit examines this concept, especially in terms of the relationship of Christian faith to culture(s). What might it mean for the Christian gospel to be...
Semester 2 unit: Atheism for Christians
Denys Turner once argued that in order to be a sophisticated atheist, one must learn to deny the most sophisticated forms of belief in God. Similarly, if one is to be a sophisticated Christian, we need to learn to...
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