Public Lecture, Oxford University

Christian Studies. Peter Nockles will give a keynote lecture entitled 'The current state of Newman scholarship' at the conference 'John Henry Newman: Saint, Scholar, Sage' at Oriel College, Oxford University, 28-30 September 2021. Further information.

Public Lecture, Pittsburgh

Christian Studies.  Peter Nockles will give the annual public lecture in October, entitled '"Beloved, let us love another, for love is of God". (1 John iv. 7): Saint John Henry Newman, and the Role of Friendship and Personal Influence in the Oxford Movement". This is associated with the 2020 Gailliot Award ($10,000) made in recognition of a lifetime achievement in promoting and advancing the study of the life, writings, and influence of John Henry Newman. The award is made by the National Institute for Newman Studies, Pittsburgh, US. Further information.

Blog, Armchair Philosophers

Philosophy and Religion. Hon. Research Fellow in the Centre for Jewish Studies, Dan Garner, has contributed an entry on 'How would knowing there is life after death affect our daily lives?' 3 August 2020. Further information.

Conference Paper

Christian Studies. Peter Scott will give a paper entitled 'Political Theology responds to the Challenges of Austerity' at the conference 'Life on the Breadline Conference: Faith-Based Activism in Austerity Britain'. Friday 11 September 2020. Further information.

New publication

Christian Studies. Peter Scott, 'Rethinking love in the Anthropocene: The work of love towards nature in the age of technological substitutability', in Love, Technology and Theology ed by S. Midson (T&T Clark Ltd, 2020), 27-41. Further information. 

Public lecture, Project Bonhoeffer

Christian Studies. Peter Scott will give a keynote lecture entitled 'Bonhoeffer's Theology and Planetary Ecology' at the Project Bonhoeffer conference on 'Responding to the Global Climate Crisis: Theological Perspectives'. 24 Oct 2020. Further information.

Virtual Lecture, Princeton University

Japanese Religious Studies. Erica Baffelli (Japanese Studies) will give a talk entitled,  'Living Aum Shinrikyō after Leaving It: Time, Emotion, and Community'. 4.30pm, 21 Oct 2020, Princeton University. Further information.

Book review

Christian Studies. Review in Modern Theology of Peter Scott, A Theology of Postnatural Right (Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2019). Further information.

New publication

Christian Studies. Peter B. Nockles, 'Saint John Henry Newman: Anglican and Catholic', International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, (July 2020), 1-12. Further information.

New publication

Dead Sea Scrolls. George Brooke, review essay of Jörg Frey and Jacob Cerone, eds. Qumran, Early Judaism, and New Testament Interpretation (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019) in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature (RBL). Further information.

Reading group

Jewish Muslim Research Network. The next session of the JMRN reading group will be hosted online using Zoom on 27 Aug 2020, 4-5pm. The group is facilitated by Katharine Halls and Flora Hastings and the  facilitator is Robert Kanter. Readings: Marc David Baer’s “Muslim Encounters with Nazism and the Holocaust: The Ahmadi of Berlin and Jewish Convert to Islam Hugo Marcus” (2015) and Chapter 3 of German, Jew, Muslim, Gay: The Life and Times of Hugo Marcus (2020). To register, see further information.

Course unit selection fair for 2020-21

Now open! Second-year and third-year students have started exploring their course unit options for the coming academic year by watching short video introductions. Further information.

New publication

Holocaust Studies. Hon. Research fellow of the Centre for Jewish Studies: Ion Popa, 'Experiences of Jews Who Converted to Christianity before and during the Holocaust: An Overview of Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive" in S:I.M.O.N. Shoah: Intervention. Methods. Documentation, 7:1 (2020), 75-86. Further information.