Starting in 2025, Wollaston will offer a three-unit Graduate Certificate in Divinity specifically created for AngliSchools participants: the Wollaston Anglican Leadership Programme.
In addition to Anglican Identity and Leadership, participants complete the core unit Superdiversity and Secularism: Religious and CALD Literacy, taught as an intensive, of particular benefit to professionals working in the rapidly diversifying Australian context.
Participants are offered a choice of one of three electives taught at Wollaston, deepening and enriching participants knowledge of Bible and theology, key elements of Anglican identity.
| Unit Title | Type | Costs Covered |
|---|---|---|
| Anglican Identity and Leadership (AR8010Z) | Core | Diocese |
| Superdiversity and Secularism: Religious and CALD Literacy (AR8012Z) | Core | Special Mission Fund for AngliSchools staff |
| Introducing the Hebrew Bible (BA8001W) OR Theology: The Big Picture (CT8025Z) OR New Testament and its World (BN8025Z) | Electives (select one) | Individual |
(AR8010Z)
This unit consists of five modules which can be completed in one year.
(AR8012Z)
The unit is offered as an intensive. Unit content is in seminar format with frequent interactive discussion sessions, tutorials, and group work, both in-person and synchronously.
Introducing the Hebrew Bible (BA8001W)
OR
Theology: The Big Picture (CT8025Z)
OR
New Testament and its World (BN8025Z)
with a Graduate Certificate in Divinity
If you are interested in leadership and executive roles in Anglican organisations (whether schools or other agencies), the Anglican Identity and Leadership unit will provide you with the necessary foundations in Christian theology, basic religious literacy, and the history of the Anglican tradition in Australia.
This unit consists of five modules which can be completed in one year with world class instruction from University of Divinity (UD) accredited lecturers. Upon completion, participants have a university accredited postgraduate unit, and can continue to complete the Wollaston Anglican Leaders Programme.
| Module | Start Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | Anglican Identity and the Anglican Church | Wednesday 25 March 2026 |
| Session 2 | Understanding the Bible | Wednesday 13 May 2026 |
| Session 3 | God-Talk: Christian Theology | Wednesday 5 August 2026 |
| Session 4 | Religion and Secularisation in Australian Society Today | Wednesday 16 September 2026 |
| Session 5 | Leadership in Twenty-first Century Anglicanism | Wednesday 21 October 2026 |
Upon completion of each module, participants will typically have a month to complete an assessment related to the content of the module. Assessments are around 1000-1200 words, and must be fully referenced. The final summative assessment is a larger piece of work, where participants will be asked to reflect on what they have learned, through the prism of Anglican identity and leadership.
Anglicanism extends well beyond the walls of the local parish church, particularly through the many schools and agencies founded upon the Anglican faith and ethos. The first module opens with an introduction and brief history of the Anglican tradition, and the formation of an Anglican identity today.
The Bible can seem like a bewildering compilation of different texts, traversing history and spanning genres as diverse as poetry, narrative, ancient law texts, letters, and collections of prayer and prophecy. This module introduces participants to the depth and diversity of the Bible, providing insight in how to read and understand this ancient text.
Theology, which literally means “God-talk,” has been central in the development of Western society, for better and worse. In this module, participants will be introduced to Christian theology, discussing definitions, and explore how people continue to engage in God-talk today, whether they are aware of it or not.
In a rapidly secularising, highly diverse Australian society, what does the concept of “religion” even mean? In this module, participants examine these and other questions in relation to current debates over religious freedom and superdiversity, and how the changing religious landscape impacts Anglican organisation, identity, and leadership.
The final module draws the whole unit together in order to bring participants’ learning into interaction and reflection on leadership in Anglican institutions.
The fast pace of churn and change are creating an Australian society which is religiously and culturally superdiverse. Paradoxically, secularisation is simultaneously on the rise, and those identifying as ‘no religion’ – the ‘Nones’ – will soon almost certainly outnumber people of faith. In this unit, we critically examine the current and developing shape of secularisation, as well as the changing conditions of belief producing religiously plural younger generations. Taking a lived religion approach, we further investigate the growing need for critical religious and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) literacy, facilitating a deep understanding of diverse worldviews for leaders in faith organisations.
This unit aims to introduce students to the diversity of Old Testament traditions; exploring the relationships between theological themes in different historical contexts; and developing a familiarity with exegetical tools and methods, using inductive learning.
Systematic theology is a field that is both broad and deep. This unit will give you a broad sweep of key areas of systematic theology so that you can get a good foundation in the discipline as you prepare for more in-depth units as you continue your studies. In this introductory unit, you will explore key developments and doctrines within the discipline and engage with the sources of systematic theology. Time will be spent considering different methodologies and approaches to the field, particularly contemporary constructive and contextual theologies. We will hear from a variety of voices, including feminist, black, Latinx, womanist, Asian, queer, and Indigenous, as we read and explore Christian theology and how our beliefs influence our ministry practices.
In this unit, students will undertake an historical introduction to the events and literature of earliest Christianity. Why are there four Gospels and how do they differ? What was Paul’s role in the formation of the early Church? How might we decode Apocalyptic texts like the book of Revelation? By situating the texts of the New Testament in their turbulent social, political, and religious contexts of early Judaism and the Greco-Roman world, the unit facilitates a fresh encounter with a collection of texts that has proven enormously influential in world history.
