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. 

Lent 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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28 January Sin through the Lens of Trauma

Karen O’Donnell (Westcott House)

Respondent: Freya Taylor

11 February 'Yves Congar in Cambridge: where was he coming from?

Fr. Aidan Nicholls (Oxford)

Respondent: John Stayne

25 February The Theological Basis for the Canonical Approach to the New Testament

Mark Elliott (UHI & Toronto)

Respondent: Joshua Richards

10 March The Incarnation as God’s First Intention

Edwin van Driel (Pittsburgh)

Respondents: Grace Turney & Jacob Hargrave

NB This extra session will be held at 4 pm in the Runcie Room.

11 March Visibility: The Ambivalence and Significance of an Ecclesiological Category

Friederike Nüssel (Heidelberg)

Respondent: Samuel Lee

  All welcome

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