Christian Theology Research Seminars

The graduate seminar in Christian Theology meets fortnightly each term.  It’s a lively and friendly forum for graduate students and senior members. A wide range of topics are discussed relating to Christian theology, often with a philosophical, historical, or exegetical dimension, as well as themes of from ethics and Christian practice.  

Christian Theology Seminar Programme 2025/26

Convenor Professor David Fergusson (daf52@cam.ac.uk).

All colleagues, MPhil and PhD students in Christian Theology or other areas (such as Classics, History and Philosophy), from within and outside the Faculty, are warmly welcome. 

Michaelmas Term 2025-26 

The seminar meets in the Lightfoot Room in the Faculty of Divinity on Wednesdays

 from 2:30 pm -4.00 pm unless otherwise stated.

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15 October                  Aemilia Bassano, Muse of the Dark Lady Portal:

Black Women Channelling & Reclaiming Shakespearean Verse

Alisha Jones (Faculty of Music)

                                    Respondent: Tanya Kundu

24 October                  What culture could arise from touch as mediation?

Luce Irigaray (Paris)

This conjoint meeting with the D Society will take place at 4 pm in the Runcie Room. Tea will be served from 3.30 pm.

29 October                  Natural Theology: A Reassessment

Andrew Loke (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Respondent: Simeon Xu

12 November              AI, the Bible, and Theological Bias

Jonas Kurlberg (Durham)

Respondent: Alexandros Batalias

19 November              The Cross as an Epiphany of God - Aquinas on Atonement

Fr Thomas Joseph White (Angelicum, Rome)

Respondent: tba

(This will be a conjoint meeting with the D Society

  All welcome

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