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Congratulations to Silvianne Aspray on her monograph 'Metaphysics in the Reformation: The Case of Peter Martyr Vermigli'

25 February 2021

Congratulations to Dr Silvianne Aspray whose monograph " Metaphysics in the Reformation: The Case of Peter Martyr Vermigli " is about to appear next week with OUP.

“There is just one fundamental thing that exists”: JRF proposes new ontology for quantum mechanics

16 February 2021

A new paper by Wolfson Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Dr William Simpson , published in the European Journal for Philosophy of Science, has put forward an exciting new “ontology” for quantum mechanics. Congratulations William.

Congratulations to Chris Jones, our new Early career Scholar on publication of his new book

3 February 2021

His book, The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman (University of Hawaii Press), is an examination of Indian teaching about the tathāgatagarbha (otherwise the presence of one’s “Buddha-nature”) and the extent to which different Buddhist texts and authors articulated this in terms of the self. See: https://uhpress...

Congratulations to Marieke Dhont

1 February 2021

Marieke Dhont has been named second runner-up in a new prize, The Routledge Philip R. Davies Early Career Publication Award, run by the Palestine Exploration Fund. As well as receiving the prize, the recipients will have the opportunity to be published in the Palestine Exploration Quarterly . Her essay was entitled: "The...

University Lecturer in Patristics

26 January 2021

Faculty of Divinity intends to appoint to a fixed term 2 year University Lectureship in Patristics and invites applications from candidates with a research specialism in any field of Patristic thought, history and culture up to the end of the first millennium. http:// jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/28150/

James Aitken appointed Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint

25 January 2021

James Aitken has been appointed Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint for the years 2020-2021-2022 at the University of Oxford. James Aitken has been appointed Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint for the years 2020-2021-2022 at the University of Oxford. The lecturer is required to offer three lectures per year. Dr Aitken’s...

Regius Professorship of Divinity

12 November 2020

After a long search process, we are pleased to announce that Prof David Fergusson (Edinburgh) has accepted the appointment as Regius Professor of Divinity. Prof Fergusson is a leading specialist in Christian Theology, with much experience of academic leadership, supervising PhD students and running grants. He can offer teaching in core areas of the field and will be a wise mentor for all in the Faculty. He will take up the post on April 1st 2021 and is currently planning a move to Cambridge with his wife.

Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership

9 November 2020

Applications are invited for an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award at the University of Cambridge, in partnership with the Everyday Muslim Heritage and Archive Initiative.

Volume VII of The Noesis Review has arrived

2 November 2020

The review is the Faculty of Divinity’s Graduate Journal focusing on Theology, Philosophy, and Poetics

Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Powell on her new Book Launch

2 November 2020

On Tuesday 3 November - the launch of Elizabeth Powell’s David Jones and the Craft of Theology: Becoming Beauty. Elizabeth is the La Retraite Fellow in Theology and Spirituality here at the CCS; she will be joined by: · Rowan Williams (former Archbishop of Canterbury) · Vittorio Montemaggi (Senior Lecturer in Religion and the Arts at King’s College London and Acting Director of the Von Hügel Institute of Critical Catholic Inquiry) The event will be hosted by Karen Kilby and (CCS) and Férdia Stone-Davis (Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge).

Congratulations to Silvianne Aspray on her monograph 'Metaphysics in the Reformation: The Case of Peter Martyr Vermigli'

“There is just one fundamental thing that exists”: JRF proposes new ontology for quantum mechanics

Congratulations to Chris Jones, our new Early career Scholar on publication of his new book

Congratulations to Marieke Dhont

University Lecturer in Patristics

James Aitken appointed Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint

Regius Professorship of Divinity

Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership

Volume VII of The Noesis Review has arrived

Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Powell on her new Book Launch

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