History of Christianity
Mondays, 4:10pm, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated
All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Simon Burton, for semester one, and Dr Sara Parvis, for semester two.
Semester 1: Autumn 2023
| Date | Speaker/event | Topic |
| 25 September |
Dr Patrick S. McGhee (Durham University) |
“The Reformation of the Heathen: Theology, History, and Nature in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1500-1700” |
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9 October |
Jenny Yang (University of Edinburgh)
Gemma King (University of Edinburgh) |
"Biblical Interpretation in Early North Africa from Tertullian to Augustine"
“‘Female Clergy’: A critical examination of the ministry of Anna Buchan’s women of the manse” |
| 23 October |
Prof. David Bebbington (University of Stirling) |
“Evangelical Preaching in North America in the Late Twentieth Century” |
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7 November 4:10-5:30pm Elizabeth Templeton |
Dr Andrew Holmes (Queen’s University Belfast) |
“Beyond Unionism and conflict? Protestant religion in Northern Ireland to 1980” |
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20 November |
Dr William Hyland (University of St Andrews) |
“Nos pie dubitemus: Mariological Themes in the Sermons of Nicholas of Cusa” |
Semester 2: Spring 2024
| Date | Speaker/event | Topic |
| 15 January |
Dr Elizabeth Drummond Young (University of Edinburgh) |
“Donald MacKinnon (1913-1994): Christian conversation in godless philosophical times.” |
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29 January |
Dr Alasdair Raffe (University of Edinburgh) |
‘Religious Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy and the Scottish Enlightenment’ |
| 12 February |
Dr Ruth Atherton (University of South Wales) |
‘“Death is the Best Doctor”: Protestant Teachings on the Body and Soul in Reformation Germany’ |
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26 February |
Dr Salam Rassi (University of Edinburgh) |
Title tbc |
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11 March |
Dr Karie Schultz (University of St Andrews) |
‘Identity Formation at the Scots, English, and Irish Colleges in Rome, c. 1650-1707.’ |
| 25 March |
Barbara Bradley (University of Edinburgh)
Emily Baylor (University of Edinburgh) |
“The Possibilities of the Immaculate Conception Dogma in the Catholic Feminist Imagination”
“Christianity, Sexual Reform, and the Widening Electorate in Victorian Britain” |