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Following our highly successful literary festival the ‘Winter Tales’ in 2021, the School of Divinity is delighted to host this year's event from 3-5 November 2022.
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Invest in your future and explore the many fascinating aspects of religion and theology at the School of Divinity.
Further your interests and develop your skills through the diverse programmes available at graduate level.
If you are fascinated by big ideas, by the way people's beliefs influence the way they live then Theology and Religious Studies are the subjects for you.
In 2021, the School celebrated the 175th anniversary of the day when Dr Thomas Chalmers laid the foundation stone of New College on the Mound: 3 June 1846.