Theology and Ethics
Wednesdays at 4.10pm in the Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre unless otherwise specified.
The seminar is for postgraduates and staff, and others are most welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Joshua Ralston (joshua.ralston@ed.ac.uk).
Semester 2: Spring 2023
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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6-8 February 5.15pm, Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre |
Professor Oliver O’Donovan (University of Edinburgh) |
Cunningham Lectures “How Can Theology be Political?” |
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22 February |
Dr Alex Chow (University of Edinburgh) |
In the Beginning was the Code: Creation, Creativity, and the Digital World |
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8 March |
Prof Erik Tonning (University of Bergen and Visiting Fellow at the School of Divinity |
Modernism, Nominalism, and the Hidden God in Samuel Beckett, Wallace Stevens, and David Jones Joint seminar with the Scottish Network for Religion and Literature |
| 14 March |
Professor Joanildo Albuquerque Burity (Joaqim Nabuco Foundation) |
Populism, the conservative wave and religion in Brazil: The Last Ten Years Joint seminar with World Christianity and Religious Studies |
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Postponed |
Professor Rachel Muers (University of Edinburgh) |
Inaugural Lecture |
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22 March |
Dr Matthew Puffer (Valparaiso University) |
The Development of Augustine’s Doctrine of the Imago Dei |
Semester 1: Autumn 2022
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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28 September |
Professor Rachel Muers, Dr James Eglinton, Dr Ulrich Schmeidel, Dr Alex Chow, and Dr Salam Rassi |
Welcome and Roundtable Discussion |
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Monday 3 October |
Dr Bethany Sollereder (University of Edinburgh) |
Climate Change is Here: Now What? Joint Seminar with Science and Religion |
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5 October |
Professor Alison Jack (University of Edinburgh) |
When is a Poem a Religious Poem? Inaugural Lecture as Professor of Bible and Literature |
| 18 October |
Professor Jolyon Mitchell (University of Edinburgh) |
Religion and Peacebuilding in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict |
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9 November |
Professor Paul Avis (University of Exeter) |
Divine Revelation—An Open Question |
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11 November |
Dr Walaa Quisay (University of Edinburgh) |
Debates on Hunger Strikes and Prison Resistance: Between Islamic Law and Prison Experiences Joint seminar with Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations |
| 5 December | Professor Marius Gunnar Timmann Mjaaland (University of Oslo) |
Time, Earth and Climate Change: Reconsidering philosophies of time in the Anthropocene Location: Baillie Room |