News, activities and reflections on religion

Seminar, Erhardt seminar

Biblical studies.  4 April 2019, 2pm, Room 2.219 University Place – Dominika Kurek-Chomycz (Liverpool Hope) – ‘The Wedded Wife of Romans 7:1-6’.Further information. Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of...

New publication

Dead sea scrolls. George Brooke, 'The Politics of the Patriarchs in the Dead Sea Scrolls,'  The Politics of the Ancestors: Exegetical and Historical Perspectives on Genesis 12–36 (ed. M.G. Brett and J. Wöhrle in collaboration with F. Neumann; FAT 124; Tübingen: Mohr...

BBC News

How Pope Francis could shape the future of robotics. A BBC News article about the workshop 'Roboethics: Humans, Machines and Health', hosted by The Pontifical Academy for Life. It might not be the first place you imagine when you think about robots. But in the...

Granta

Religion and the internet. 'Radicalisation In The Digital Age', by Marc Weitzmann. It is easier than you might think for an extremist to radicalise a stranger online — to persuade that person to marry them, say, or to join their army in a foreign land; because when we...

ParliaMentors programme

Working with an MP on religion. The programme involves teams of university students of different faiths and non-religious beliefs to collaborate and create real social change while being mentored by a local MP. ParliaMentors applications will close on Monday 1 April...

New publication

Jewish and Christian Antiquity. George J. Brooke, 'Son of God, Sons of God, and Election in the Dead Sea Scrolls' in Son of God: Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity (ed. G.V. Allen, K. Akagi, P. Sloan and M. Nevader; University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns,...

New publication

Political theology. William T. Cavanaugh and Peter Manley Scott(eds), 'The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Theology', second edition (2019).Further information. Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of...

Seminar, departmental seminar

Religions and Theology. Kevin Storer (Manchester), 'Kierkegaard on the Dialect of Authority and Imagination: Reading the Bible as a Christian'. Further information. Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of...

Seminar, Ehrhardt seminar

Biblical Studies. Svetlana Khobnya (Nazarene Theological College), 'The reality of faithfulness in Peter: To what extent does Peter create a model of faithful living?'. 21 March 219, 2 pm, 2.219 University Place.Further Information. Related ...

BBC Radio 4

Religion and masculinity. On Wednesday 4 March 2019, Dr Andy Boakye appeared on Radio 4's Beyond Belief programme, discussing religion and masculinity. The episode will be broadcast at 4.30pm on 1 April 2019 and will be available on BBC Sounds/iPlayer radio or the...