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​2018 Summer School in the Christian Sciences
Location: Pontificia Universita Urbaniana, Rome, Italy
Date: July 2 to July 30 2018
Course is for university students or graduates from different religious traditions (non-Christian)

The Pontificia Universita Urbaniana of Rome is organising an initiative for the summer of this year (2018). It is a Summer School in the Christian sciences open for university students or graduates who come from contexts of different religious traditions (non-Christian), aimed at providing a basic knowledge of the Christian culture. The courses provided are at a university level, given by lecturers of the same Pontificia Universita Urbaniana.

A group of humanist societies has demanded that the Australian Human Rights Commission review the $60m-a-year school chaplains program, claiming it harms freedom of religion.

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Source: The Guardian

The 2018 G20 Interfaith Forum will take place 26-28 September in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The is the fifth annual event in a series of conferences held in relation to the meetings of the international "Group of Twenty" (G20) Economic Summit.

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Source: G20.org

Teenagers hold positive views of different faith groups and religious diversity in Australia but opinion shifts when it comes to how religion impacts their lives and the lives of others.

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Source: Deakin University

The 2018-19 Multicultural Festivals and Events Program is now open for events being held between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019.

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Source: Victorian Multicultural Commission

The University of Tasmania has a long and distinguished history of innovation and research excellence. Building on our distinctive island environment and intellectual capacity to solve global challenges, we have cemented a position within the top 2% of research institutions worldwide. The College of Arts, Law & Education, School of Social Sciences is offering a 3-year fully funded PhD scholarship for an Honours or equivalent graduate in Sociology and Criminology. This scholarship provides $27,082 per annum (2018 rate) living allowance for 3 years, with a possible 6 month extension.

Representatives of three Christian communities in Melbourne came together to hold their annual memorial service commemorating the Holocaust.

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Source: The Australian Jewish News

One in four churchgoers has experienced domestic abuse in their current relationship, according to a new study in Britain.

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Source: ABC News