Wednesdays, 4:10pm, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Professor Rachel Muers: rachel.muers@ed.ac.uk. Semester 2: Spring 2024 Date Speaker Topic Monday 22 January Dr Joanna Leidenhag (Leeds) Joint seminar with Science and Religion Tuesday 20 February 5pm, Rainy Hall Professor Sarah Bracking (Kings College London) "Futures that money can buy: how finance aims to change the world - or not?" – event in connection with Royal Society of Edinburgh, Thinking the Future of Money in the Humanities 28 February Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre Dr Katie Harling-Lee (Durham) Joint seminar with the Scottish Network for Religion and Literature Monday 18 March Dr Simeon Xu (Edinburgh) Joint seminar with Science and Religion 20 March Carolina Sanz de la Fuente Tiffany Butler Focus on Student Research 27 March Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre Dr Peter Atkins (Edinburgh) Joint seminar with Biblical Studies Semester 1: Autumn 2023 Date Speaker Topic 20 September Professor Jeremy Carrette (University of Edinburgh) and panel Interdisciplinary Whole-School Research Event, hosted by the Theology & Ethics Seminar “The Concept of Faith” Professor Jeremy Carrette, the new Head of the School of Divinity, will introduce his recent publication on faith in the work of William James, and a panel of respondents will open up a discussion about the concept of “faith” in the different disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies. All staff and students from all parts of the School are warmly encouraged to attend this special event for the start of the academic year. 4 October Professor Ian McFarland (Emory University) "The Goodness of Creation as an Eschatological Concept" 18 October Dr King-Ho Leung (St Andrews) "Aquinas and Anti-Blackness" Thursday 26 October 4:30pm Professor Gavin D’Costa (Bristol) (also featuring Dr Joshua Ralston, Edinburgh) "Christian Theological Engagement with Islam: Surveying the Field and Looking Ahead" Online participation by our seminar in an international symposium Monday 6 November Professor Ayesha Chaudhry (University of British Columbia) Joint Seminar with Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 8 November Professor Rachel Muers (Edinburgh), Professor Matthew Treherne (Leeds), and Dr Mark Davies (Leeds) Launch for RSE Networking research project "Thinking the Future of Money in the Humanities" Tuesday 14 November Dr Zahra Ayubi (Dartmouth College) The Gunning Lecture "Gender, Authority and Epistemology in Islamic Medical Ethics" Jointly sponsored with Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, and Science and Religion 22 November Dr Emma Percy (Aberdeen) "When the Going Gets Tough: The Virtue of Fortitude" This article was published on 2024-03-19
