Religious Studies at UQ

16/10/2026

When Darwin met the Jews. When Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, he could hardly have anticipated that within fifteen years his ideas would be expounded in Hebrew and compared with the teachings of the ancient Jewish sages.

When Darwin met the Jews by Daniel Langton   When Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, he could hardly have anticipated that within fifteen years his ideas would be expounded in Hebrew and compared with the teachings of the ancient Jewish sages. Yet in 1874 Naphtali Levy, a

13/10/2026

"AI is an ideological backdoor." Yesterday UQ partnered with the Embassy of Italy in Canberra and the Consulate of Italy in Brisbane, to host Father Paolo Benanti, professor and advisor to Pope Leo XIV on artificial intelligence and technology ethics.

13/10/2026

Phil Almond and Brendan Walsh on the Director's cut of Ken Russell’s 1971 film The Devils...

The 1971 film is soon to be re-released as a full director’s cut – its controversial lost scenes finally revealed.

12/10/2026

The long border dispute between science and religion. In 1927, a Catholic priest told Albert Einstein the universe was expanding. Einstein though that was a crazy idea. But the priest was right. Featuring UQ Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison.

In 1927, a Catholic priest told Albert Einstein the universe was expanding. Einstein though that was a crazy idea. But the priest was right. And when the Pope claimed this as proof of creation, the tables were turned again. The priest told the pontiff, keep your religion out of my physics. There’s...

12/10/2026

Why people keep looking for Noah’s Ark in a natural rock formation in Turkey: A scholar of early Christianity explains

A formation known as Durupınar, just a few miles from the Iranian border in Turkey, has been associated with Noah’s Ark for nearly 70 years.

08/10/2026

Televangelist, Media Pioneer, and Felon Jim Bakker Dies at 86. Historian John Wi**er on his book, 'PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Evangelical Empire.'

Jim Bakker, the charismatic pastor and media pioneer at the center of the era-defining PTL s*x scandal, passed away on Monday at the age of 86. Sentenced to 45 years in prison in 1988, Bakker was paroled in 1994. A decade later he returned to the airwaves with “The Jim Bakker Show,” which he hos...

06/10/2026

UQ climbed 7 places in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings to be ranked =73rd globally (up from =80th last year). UQ also ranked 4th nationally this year, up from 6th last year.

The University of Queensland has risen seven places to rank =73rd in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.

30/09/2026

Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models and make the case that Claude could be conscious.

In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.

27/09/2026

Photos of Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers celebrating Meskel in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (AP) — Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers gathered at Deir al-Sultan, the Ethiopian monks’ village on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, on Saturday to celebrate the eve of Meskel.

25/09/2026

The ancient monastery hanging from the side of a cliff

Founded in the 4th century, Sümela is a gravity-defying marvel, hanging nearly 1,000 feet over a wooded valley in Turkey, that today attracts thousands of religious pilgrims.