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Read more at: Vacancy - Research Associate

Vacancy - Research Associate

27 January 2022

The Faculty of Divinity invites applications for a new fixed-term appointment as Research Associate in the field of interfaith relations for one year from 1 April 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. Candidates, whose research specialism may be in the field of Anthropology of Religion/Religion/Theology, should have a...


Read more at: £10 million for Life in the Universe centre

£10 million for Life in the Universe centre

27 January 2022

An interdisciplinary research centre set to examine the origins of life and its place in the universe has received a £10 million grant from the Leverhulme Trust . The centre will be led by Professor Didier Queloz (Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy), 2019 Nobel Laureate and pioneer in the field, alongside...


Read more at: Congratulations to Professor Dell

Congratulations to Professor Dell

18 January 2022

Professor Katharine Dell, has been elected President of the Society for Old Testament Study for 2023. SOTS is an academic learned society in the UK and Ireland, founded in 1917. She will bring the Society to Cambridge for a conference to be held at St Catharine's College on 4-7 Sept 2023.


Read more at: Andrew Davison in the news

Andrew Davison in the news

5 January 2022

Andrew's research has recently appeared in the Times and the Mirror (and he will be on the radio about it too): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/heavens-above-nasa-hires-priest-to-prepare-for-an-alien-discovery-sdczvwgqm https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-priest-advise-nasa-what-25769624.amp (he admits they...


Read more at: Congratulations Anna Corrias on the publication of Harmony and Contrast Plato and Aristotle in the Early Modern Period

Congratulations Anna Corrias on the publication of Harmony and Contrast Plato and Aristotle in the Early Modern Period

16 December 2021

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Read more at: Congratulations to Esra Ozyurek on the publication of her article

Congratulations to Esra Ozyurek on the publication of her article

6 December 2021

Religious communities can make the difference in winning the fight against climate change


Read more at: Congratulations to Daniel Tolan on the publication of his article

Congratulations to Daniel Tolan on the publication of his article

10 November 2021

Daniel Tolan, a Postdoctoral Research Assistant for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant ‘The Reception of German Mysticism in Early Modern England’, hosted by the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism , has published an article in the Harvard Theological Review (vol...


Read more at: Congratulations to Pui Him Ip on the publication of two recent articles

Congratulations to Pui Him Ip on the publication of two recent articles

8 November 2021

Pui Him Ip, Associate Course Director at the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion and Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty, has published two recent articles reconsidering Origen’s legacy in the development of early Christian Trinitarian theology. “‘Arianism’ ante-Litteram in Origen’s Peri Archōn 4.4.1”, Journal of...


Read more at: William Simpson’s and James Orr’s new book receives endorsements from theologians and philosophers

William Simpson’s and James Orr’s new book receives endorsements from theologians and philosophers

1 November 2021

31onwg-qt-l._sx313_bo1204203200_.jpg William Simpson (Junior Research Fellow) and James Orr (University Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion) have released a new book, co-edited with Robert Koons (Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin), called: Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature . This...


Read more at: Congratulations to Jamie Boulding on publication of his book

Congratulations to Jamie Boulding on publication of his book

26 October 2021

Jamie completed his PhD under the supervision of Andrew Davison in 2019. He is now working on a Templeton Foundation postdoctoral project, “God and the Book of Nature,” managed by Edinburgh and based at Samford University in the United States. The book is called “The Multiverse and Participatory Metaphysics: A Theological...