Overview
Research projects at the School of Divinity are centres of excellence for their subjects.
Current research projects
There are several active research projects in the School of Divinity, some of which are cross-disciplinary, and all of which act as centres of excellence for their subjects. Some also offer important source material and other texts for download.
Early Christian Manuscripts Network
A project addressing the wider historical questions about the origins and early development of Christianity though the study of these under-used documents.
Edinburgh 2010
An ecumenical initiative aiming to reflect on a century of missions, celebrate past achievements and plan for a new mission paradigm.
Edinburgh Prophecy Network
A worldwide project coordinating high-quality research in prophetic studies.
Media and Theology
Edinburgh is one of the world's leading centres in the study of communication and religion, theology and the media.
Methodist Missionary Society History
This project aims to promote the study of missionary activity of British and Irish Methodism.
Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database
A international project providing a critical survey of scholarly sources on classical Hebrew.
Wode Psalter
This three-year multi-disciplinary project, 'The world of Reformation Britain as seen and heard in the Wode Psalter' is studying this important collection of musical part books of the Psalms.
Theology & Therapy
This two year project will investigate the relationship between Christianity, Psychotherapy and Spirituality in Scotland in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Medical Humanities Research Network
A network bringing together researchers from different disciplines in the College in the new and important field of the Medical Humanities.
Religion and Ethics in the Making of War and Peace
This Project focuses on all aspects of the relationship between ethics and religion in war and in peace-building, and has ongoing programming focused on military ethics education, truth and reconciliation processes, and the challenges of applying ethical discourse in conflict zones from Pakistan to Iraq, from Bosnia to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
This article was published on Dec 2, 2010