Events
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Intensive – Uniting Church Theology and History
Photo credit: Photographs captured at Synod 2023 by Carl Rainer. Unit Description In this unit you will deepen your understanding of the Uniting Church and its theological and historical roots. Engage with the Basis of Union and the church’s post union life. Explore emerging theological trajectories. Reflect on women’s ordination, cultural diversity, commitment to reconciliation…
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Uniting Church Ministry & Mission Day
Uniting Church Ministry & Mission Day at the Centre for Theology & Ministry Tuesday February 18, 2025 Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/uniting-church-ministry-and-mission-day 9.30 am to 1.30 pm 9.30 am Welcome to country, smoking ceremony 10 am Worship service in Yuma Auditorium including the induction of new Synod ministry staff. Preacher: Rev Dr David Fotheringham, Moderator,…
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Conversation with Steed Davidson
Event description Biblical Studies and the Twilight of the Humanities Steed V Davidson Monday, 24 March 2025 29 College Crescent, Parkville, Yuma Auditorium 7-9 pm Registration link: https://events.humanitix.com/conversation-with-steed-davidson Steed Vernyl Davidson, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, serves as the Executive Director of the Society of Biblical Literature. He has degrees from the University of West…
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Book Launch with Andrew Singleton Muriel Porter and Philip Hughes
Join us for the launch of Rev Emeritus Professor Philip Hughes' latest book, ‘What is Happening to Religion in Australia?’ The book is written in an accessible style and is written to assist the thinking person (particularly people with a background in the Christian faith) to understand the changes which are happening in our society and how…
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Enrol Now For Understanding the UCA In Semester 2
Understanding the UCA has been created around the Core Competency “Work within the doctrine, ethos and polity of the Uniting Church” from the ‘Assembly Standards and Competencies for the Formation and Education for the Specified Ministry of Lay Preacher’ and UCA Assembly’s Standards for the Ministry if Pastor: Core Competencies’. Understanding the UCA covers: History…
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Northey Lecture – Dei Ex Machina: The Images of God in our Conceptions of AI
Event description AI has emerged as a tool for productivity, a threat to jobs, and even a stand-in for God. Much of the language used to discuss AI draws on apocalyptic and prophetic discourse, as well as on images of God rooted in divine omniscience. Rev. Dr Kristel Clayville, a lecturer in ethics in the…
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Northey Lecture – by Professor Joerg Rieger
Event description Considering the multiple relations of religion and power, what difference does religion make, for good and for ill, and what might be the constructive contributions of theology be in fostering global solidarities? Why Global Solidarities are a Matter of Life and Death: The Difference Religion Can Make Even though the globe is…
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Conference on Gendered Violence, Pilgrim/Wesley Centre conference
Event description Monday 11 February to Wednesday 13 February Wesley Centre for Ethics, Theology and Public Policy, with sponsorship from Pilgrim Theological College, is running this timely conference to explore ways religion, theology, and culture contribute to—or help combat—gendered violence. This interdisciplinary conference will investigate the intersections of theology, biblical interpretation, culture, sexism, colonialism, and…
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Ministry and Mission Day – opening the year at the CTM
Event description Tuesday 17 February, 9.30 am – 1 pm This event marks the opening of the academic year for Pilgrim Theological College and includes the Synod’s induction of Rev Professor Kylie Crabbe as Head of College. We begin the day at 9.30 am with a smoking ceremony and Welcome to Country. The worship service…
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Northey Lecture: Dr Laura Rademaker and Poetry Reading: Alison Overeem
Event description Northey Lecture – ‘Providence and possession: how colonial concepts of religion explained away a genocide’ This two-part event begins at 7pm Thursday 26 February at Pilgrim Theological College. Supper is provided. All welcome! Join in person or online. Register online here Acknowledgement of Country and Poetry Reading by Alison Overeem (Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian…