Adelaide College of Divinity

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The Adelaide College of Divinity Inc. (ACD) started as an ecumenical consortium of the theological colleges of the Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic and Uniting Churches, and the Bible College of South Australia in Adelaide, South Australia in 1979.

The ACD offers degrees in its own right and forms the School of Theology at Flinders University in the Faculties of Education, Humanities, Law, and Theology. The Baptist Church's Burliegh College and the Bible College of South Australia later withdrew and now offer awards from the Australian College of Theology.

In 2003, Coolamon College, a Uniting Church distance education provider joined the ACD after moving from Brisbane where it had been a member of the Brisbane College of Theology. (It also offered Sydney College of Divinity courses).

Constituent member colleges of the ACD are:

St Barnabas College (Anglican)
Catholic Theological College
Coolamon College (Uniting)
Nungalinya College (ecumenical with a focus on theological education and training for ministry for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It is located in Darwin, Northern Territory)
Parkin-Wesley College (Uniting).

There are close associations between the ACD and the Churches of Christ in South Australia, as well as the Australian Lutheran College. The Centre for Theology, Science and Culture is a Research Institute within the University.

External links

[Flinders University - School of Theology]
[Flinders University - The Centre for Theology, Science and Culture]
[Catholic Theological College]
[Uniting Church - Coolamon College] (Distance Theological Education)
[Uniting Church - Parkin Wesley College]

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