Masters degree studies at the University of Manchester, 2020-21. This is a home/EU fees bursary for MA students who make Jewish Studies topics their main study focus in their
MA in Religions and Theology. One bursary will be awarded each year on a competitive basis. There are no eligibility criteria based on nationality, but please note that the bursary is restricted to the maximum cost of home/EU fees. The opportunity to apply is now open and will remain open until the award has been made. Interested parties are encouraged to submit the online application to the Religions and Theology MA programme and the MA Funding Application Form as soon as possible. The final deadline is 5pm on 1 May 2020 unless the bursary has been awarded earlier.
Further information.
For all staff and students. R&T students are holding a Christmas social at the Turing Tap on Monday 9 December from 4.00-6:30pm. All staff and students are welcome! For the purposes of catering, please let Ashley (ashley.west@manchester.ac.uk) know if you're planning to attend.
Faith and Order Report. Philip Alexander, FBA, was a member of the drafting group for a major statement published by the Church of England entitled God’s Unfailing Word: Theological and Practical Perspectives on Christian–Jewish Relations (2019). This statement has received wide Press coverage, including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, The Jewish Chronicle, The Church Times, and The Times of Israel, and cites the works of a number of Manchester-based academics, including: Philip Alexander's article ‘Why did Lord Balfour Back the Balfour Declaration?’ (2018); Daniel Langton's The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination (2010) and Children of Zion (2008); Jews and Christians: Perspectives on Mission (2011), co-edited by CJS honorary research fellow Rabbi Dr Reuven Silverman and Daniel Langton; George Brooke's The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament (2005); Bernard Jackson's article ‘Legalism’ (1979); CJS honorary research fellow Rabbi Dr Michael Hilton's The Christian Effect on Jewish Life (1994); and Geoffrey Wigoder's Jewish–Christian Relations since the Second World War (1988), based on the 1987 Sherman Lectures at the University of Manchester.
