Informed religious conversation and public discussions around religion could become even more scarce if the proposed cuts to the Religious Studies department at Victoria University are implemented. Dr Sara Rahmani, a lecturer in religious studies at the university (pictured), voiced her concerns about the potential impact of eliminating the programme in a recent interview with Read more
The outgoing headmaster of one of Australia’s most prestigious boys’ schools has used New Zealand research to support his contention that boys do better in single-sex schools. Timothy Wright is retiring in December after 17 years running the Sydney Church of England Grammar School. He said he welcomed discussion around what it meant to be Read more
Mount St offers a shortcut to Victoria University from the city centre, but the steep Kelburn street is also home to one of Wellington’s oldest cemeteries. The narrow street runs 200m from Salamanca Rd to the top entrance to the Student Union Building. Pioneering architect William Mein Smith set aside land for Mount St Cemetery labelling the site “Roman Read more
A university professor, who was once priest, has been awarded more than $760,000 of public money to study Kiwis’ spirituality and religion. Professor Joseph Bulbulia of Victoria University in Wellington New Zealand, say religion was “intensely important” to him, but “as for an afterlife, or God, I have no idea”. He migrated to Wellington from the Read more