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. 

Easter Term 2026 

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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6 May:       'Bodies of work: locating Christian lives in writing'          

                   Dr Ruth Jackson-Ravenscroft (Cambridge)

                   NB This seminar will run from 3 pm – 4.30 pm.

                   Respondent: Greg Stark

20 May:      ‘Beyond Personhood: The Devil as Persona in Christian Theology’

                    Professor Gabby Thomas (Emory)

                    Respondent: Katy McCulloch

27 May:      ‘Kierkegaard on Truth: A Reconsideration’           

                    Professor Joel Rasmussen (Notre Dame)

                    Respondent: TBA

3 June:      ‘Albert Schweitzer's complex relationship with theology’

                   Dr James Carleton-Paget (Cambridge)

                   Respondent: TBA

17 June:     Social event

                    All welcome

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