Bible and the Contemporary World – online (MLitt, PGDip, modular)
Part-time, postgraduate studies with the University of St Andrews
Eric Stoddart The School of Divinity is delighted to welcome new and returning students to the Bible and Contemporary World programme. This year, students will gather in St Andrews from 31 August to 4 September for the Bible and Contemporary World Postgraduate Conference, followed by orientation and community-building activities. While attendance is not mandatory, the week provides … Read more
La Croix, a Roman Catholic weekly newspaper in France, has published an article by Vladimir Molinié, our of our current students on ‘Bible and the Contemporary World’. The opinion-piece, ‘Monsieur Zemmour, pourquoi faire de la souffrance française un instrument de pouvoir?’ challenges the far-right views of presidential candidate Éric Zemmour. Molinié describes his article as … Read more
Bible and the Contemporary World vol. 3, no.2 (2021) is now available online. Peter van der Sluijs, ‘The Theologian Who Is Homeless’. Andrew Van Tiem, ‘Amazon and Revelation 18’. David Conway, ‘Othering in Youth Justice’. More information on the journal, which focuses on work undertaken by alumni of this programme.
Lynn McChlery (MLitt, 2013) has recently published How Do You Know It’s God: Discerning a Vocation to Ministry in Churches (London: SCM, 2021). Lynn’s book has its genesis in her dissertation that was part of her MLitt Bible and the Contemporary World. Lynn subsequently developed this into her PhD dissertation at Durham University in England. She … Read more
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Bible and the Contemporary World Journal Issue Title: Pandemic and the Common Good Closing date for submissions: 15 May 2021 The current global pandemic is much more than a viral disease. It is a complex set of phenomena that discloses aspects of what it means to be … Read more
Bible and the Contemporary World vol. 3, no. 1 (2021) is now available online. Ray Land, ‘Unaccountable Being.’ Spencer Davison, ‘The Value of Interpassivity for Evaluating Sermon Handouts in American Evangelical Churches.’ Victoria John-Wawa, ‘The Depiction of God in the Book of Revelation.’ Review: ‘Talking Back to Purity Culture’, Rachel Welcher. Oliver Barclay-Higham, ‘Finally Come … Read more
I read Theology as my first degree many years ago and had always maintained my interest in relating my beliefs to contemporary problems. I started to feel strongly that I would like to study Theology again and looked for a course that would allow me to go more deeply into a variety of areas of … Read more
I heard about this course at St Andrews when my daughter studied there a few years ago. Retirement afforded me the opportunity to realise one of my long held ambitions as a Christian, to study theology on the distance learning programme. However, as a very mature student, at first I was daunted at the prospect … Read more
After effectively retiring from a 37 year Engineering career I had the desire to study at a level that would challenge me in a discipline where I had interest, but relatively little knowledge. My search started towards the end of a 6 month volunteer placement in Tanzania which was influential in the choice of subject. … Read more
Chris Wojtulewicz (KU Leuven) was one of our guest speakers at the September 2020 study week for our programme. His book, Meister Eckhart on the Principle: An Analysis of the principium in his Latin Works was published by Peeters in 2017. Another of our guest speakers during the week was Prof. Christopher Southgate (Exeter) who … Read more