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Your chance to walk in the footsteps of Jesus: Holy Land tour June 2022
This year we are hosting a pilgrimage and study tour of the Holy Land and you have the chance to join us.
From refugee camp to Bishop: the inspiring story of Jacob Deng Garang Akech
Deng Garang Akech Kuch (later to be known as Jacob) started believing in God because he could see no other way of surviving. Now, he can’t believe how far his faith has taken him.
How did early Christianity deal with pleasure?
Janette Gray scholarship recipient and PhD student Julia Thwaites shares why she traded a career in visual arts to pursue theological study, and the reason she chose to examine the intersection between pleasure, sin and repression.
What is beauty? And how does it relate to creation? Laura is on a mission to find out.
For Laura Cerbus, there’s something magnetic about ‘Trinity’. She attended Trinity Secondary School, then Trinity School for Ministry, both in Pennsylvania, and is now commencing the next step of her study journey at »ÆÉ«app Theological School in Melbourne, looking into the complexity of ‘beauty’.
It hasn't been (and often still isn't) easy for women in the church: Colleen O'Reilly reflects
»ÆÉ«app’s outgoing Chaplain, the Revd Canon Dr Colleen O’Reilly AM, highlights the past – and ongoing – struggle of women in the church.
Looking back on 2021: Theological School
Our Theological School's student president Xeverie Swee provides a reflection on the year.
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer: Navigating religious love and enmity
'Us' and the 'other'; neighbours and enemies. The Revd Dr Chris Porter considers how we know who to love and how to love them.
IHEA welcomes University of Divinity as a new member
Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA) has welcomed the University of Divinity to its membership base. »ÆÉ«app Theological School offers accredited courses through the University of Divinity.
Be open to doubt: Why we need more Hans in our lives
The Revd Prof Mark Lindsay discusses Catholic controversialist Prof Hans Küng’s resistance to dogmatic certainty and openness to doubt.
Churches going digital in a post-pandemic world
The Revd Dr Fergus King, along with Dr Srebrenka Kunek, consider how the modern digital environment, prompted by COVID-19, has offered the opportunity for the church to reflect on what 'real', 'presence' and 'absence' mean.
Pancakes, ashes and lockdown: the meaning behind Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday
»ÆÉ«app Chaplain the Revd Dr Colleen O’Reilly AM explains the history of and meaning behind Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, including why Christians eat pancakes and where the ash received on foreheads comes from.
New partnership between Anglican theological schools
»ÆÉ«app Theological School, the University of Divinity and Perth’s Wollaston Theological College will partner in 2021.
2020 student reflection – Theological School
Kirsty Beilharz reflects on her year of remote learning through Trinity’s Theological School.
Is the same-sex marriage debate going to break up Australia's Anglican Church?
The Revd Canon Prof Dorothy Lee, Trinity's Stewart Research Professor of New Testament, and Dr Muriel Porter, Honorary Research Fellow at the »ÆÉ«app Theological School, pose the question on The Conversation of whether the Anglican Church is about to split.
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How a chance encounter set this theology student on a new path
Molly Swee shares how sitting down for an unscheduled ‘cuppa’ with the Dean of our Theological School led to master’s coursework and an enriched life.
The Law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul
17/03/2021
Self-denial is about as popular as Old Testament law these days, despite how important self-denial has been in containing and avoiding infection during the pandemic.
Skinning, Shearing, or Serving?
25/11/2020
Biblical texts about shepherds ask pointed questions about the role of political leaders as rulers or servants.
Seasons
18/11/2020
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Podcasts and Videos
Video messages from the Dean of the Theological School
During the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, Dean Bob Derrenbacker delivered messages to the »ÆÉ«app Theological School Community via our YouTube channel. You can watch them via the links below.
Damascus author, Christos Tsiolkas, talks St Paul with theologians. This panel discussion took place at Ridley College on 12 February 2020 - moderated by Bishop Paul Barker and featuring Ridley Principal, the Revd Dr Brian Rosner, and »ÆÉ«app lecturer, the Revd Dr Fergus King.
Sermons, Articles and Lectures
48th Barry Marshal Memorial Lecture: Women's Leadership in the Anglican Church of Australia
Trinity alumna Kay Goldsworthy was installed as the 8th Archbishop in Perth in February 2018, becoming the first woman in the world to be given the title of Archbishop within the Anglican communion. Prior to that, in 2017, she became a member of the Order of Australia (AO). On 22 August 2018, she returned to Trinity to deliver an address about women’s leadership in the Anglican church in Australia. Kay prompted the audience to consider how successful leadership by women is measured and the way the theological landscape is changing across the country.
A Theological Culture for Ministry Education
By the Revd Dr Don Saines, Director, Ministry Education Centre, Theological School Commencement Service, 27 February 2017.
Mother's Day
By Mr Campbell Bairstow, Dean & Deputy Warden, »ÆÉ«app, at Evensong, 8 May 2016.
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