Pilgrim Theological College

Writing Retreat at the Dalton McCaughey Library
2024-04-17 09:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | VIC
You are cordially invited to a free writing retreat at the Dalton McCaughey Library, 29 College Crescent, Parkville Vic on Wednesday, 17 April from 9am to 3:00pm AEST with guest speaker Brendan Byrne, SJ (DPhil, Oxford). Brendan will share insights from his prolific writing life as a NT scholar.
Come when you can and leave when you have to, but if you fully participate, we guarantee at least four hours of focused writing with a brief, 20-minute interlude to hear from Brendan Byrne, SJ and a 30-minute break for lunch at our onsite sage + grace café.
The retreat is for faculty, staff, students, independent scholars, and all others engaged in a writing endeavour.
Questions or to RSVP to this free event, contact Cindy@dml.vic.edu.au .

Induction Service for Sally Douglas
2024-04-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Centre for Theology & Ministry, 29 College Cres, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
You are warmly invited to join the Pilgrim community for the induction of the Reverend Doctor Sally Douglas as New Testament faculty member at Pilgrim Theological College.
Sally takes up a three year position on the faculty beginning in April 2024. She is a biblical scholar and theologian committed to attending to the biblical text, early church writings, and feminist and womanist readings. Sally is also an ordained Uniting Church minister with extensive ministry experience alongside her vocation as teacher, researcher, and writer. Her books include Jesus Sophia, The Church as Salt, and Early Understandings of Jesus as the Female Divine.
WHEN: 5pm, Tuesday 16th April 2024
WHERE: Yuma Auditorium, Centre for Theology and Ministry
Please RSVP here.

Northey Lecture: Bearing Witness – an approach to Christian-Muslim Dialogue
2024-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Craig Auditorium, Gateway Building, Trinity College, 100 Royal Parade, Parkville, Vic, 3052, Australia
Join us for the first lecture in the 2024 Northey Lecture series, co-hosted with Trinity College Theological School as the Hughes-Cheong public lecture, to be presented by Dr Joshua Ralston, Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh and visiting scholar at Trinity College Theological School.

Bearing Witness: An Approach to Christian-Muslim Dialogue discusses how two assumptions dominate approaches to Christian-Muslim theological dialogue. First, theological differences over God, Jesus, and Muhammad are viewed as the main problem facing Christian-Muslim relations. Based on this claim, the chief aim of interfaith dialogue becomes addressing the problem of difference through seeking out areas of commonality and theological consensus. This paper challenges both assumptions by presenting a vision of Christian theological engagement with Islamic thought where the primary aim is not agreement, but mutual learning through non-apologetic witness, honest contestation, and theological clarification. The profound questions that Islamic thought present to Christian theology about God, the Qur’an, and Jesus Christ are not viewed as a threat, but as an opportunity for fresh theological reflection on what it means to bear witness to the God who speaks.
Parking is not available on College grounds.

Date: Thursday 21 March 2024
Time: 7 – 9pm (Refreshments will be served in the Bernardo Family Atrium after the lecture).
Venue: Craig Auditorium, Gateway Building, Trinity College, 100 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052
RSVP: By 5pm, Thursday 14 March 2024
Tickets: Free, but bookings essential. Book at TryBooking
Enquiries: Briony O’Halloran | events@trinity.unimelb.edu.au | 03 8341 0216
