School of Divinity

Christian Origins

Fridays, 11:10am, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated

All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Matthew Novenson: matthew.novenson@ed.ac.uk.

Centre for the Study of Christian Origins

Semester 1: Autumn 2023

Date Speaker(s) Topic

Monday 4 September

4pm, Senate Room

Janette Ok (Fuller Theological Seminary)

“Home Economics and Communal Flourishing in the Johannine Literature”

6 October Kate Cooper (Royal Holloway, London)

Kennedy-Wright Opening Lecture

“Family and Memory in Augustine’s Confessions”

20 October

Ryan Collman (University of Sheffield)

Philippa Townsend (University of Edinburgh)

Book Launch

Ryan Collman, 'The Apostle to the Foreskin' (De Gruyter, 2023)

Wednesday 1 November

12pm, Martin Hall

Joshua Jipp (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

“Paul and the Impossibility of Human Flourishing”

3 November

John Barclay (Durham University)

“The Construction of Community and the Circulation of Grace: Thinking with Paul” (Joint event with New College Book Festival)

17 November   Decolonising Biblical Studies Reading Group
1 December   CSCO Big Christmas Panel Event