United Faculty of Theology
The United Faculty of Theology (UFT) was a recognised teaching institution of the University of Divinity in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1969 as an informal association of theological colleges and ceased operating in December 2014.
The UFT comprised:
- The Victoria), Jesuit College of Spirituality from 2016
- Trinity College Theological School, part of Anglican Province of Victoria
- The Uniting Church Theological College (Synod of Victoria and Tasmania), Pilgrim Theological Collegefrom 2015
The Anglican Church continues to provide theological education through the
History
The UFT arose from co-operation between the theological halls (seminaries) based at
During the same period, the Jesuit Theological College moved to nearby facilities in Parkville and asked Ormond College to accommodate its library. The result was the Joint Theological Library (later the Dalton-McCaughey Library) which over time came to serve all member institutions of the faculty.
In 1969 the faculty was formally created by the three halls of what later became the Pilgrim Theological College the Uniting Church, together with the Jesuit college and the theological school of Trinity College, the Anglican residential college at the University of Melbourne, agreed to form the faculty and to teach a new degree, the undergraduate Bachelor of Theology (BTheol).[2]
The UFT ceased operating in December 2014.[1]
References
- ^ a b UFT to close at end of 2014: Two New Colleges Approved for 2015 by University of Divinity
- ^ Ian Breward, Holding Fast, Letting Go: A History of the UFT (Melbourne, 1999)
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