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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 2024/25

 

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. 

 

 

 

                                            

Lent Term 2024-25 

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

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

updated 27/01/2025 16:16 hrs.

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29 January  

‘Historical Progressivism, Christian Realism, and Augustinian  Hope’ 

Dr Fred Simmons (Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge)

Respondent: Abraham Wu 

 

12 February           

‘Apophatic Theology at the Edge of Biography’

 Dr Jess Scott (Nottingham)

 Respondent: Dr Tanya Kundu 

 

26 February           

Symposium on The Modern Theologians (4th edition)

Professors Rachel Muers (Edinburgh) & Ash Cocksworth (Roehampton) 

Panellists: Aden Cotterrill, Isabel Jahnke, & Annabelle Schmidt

 

12 March             

  ‘The idea of deep incarnation and its critics’

   Professor Niels Henrik Gregersen (Copenhagen)

   Respondent: Matthew Fairhurst 

   Convenor: Professor David Fergusson daf52@cam.ac.uk 

    All welcome

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