Mondays, 4:10pm - 5:30pm, Lecture room 1 History of Christianity Research Seminars Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held on Mondays 4:10 - 5:30pm, Lecture Room 1, New College, University of Edinburgh. Semester 1 Date Seminar 28 Sept 2015 "How Ecumenical was the Second Ecumenical Council of Constantinople in 381?" Dr Sara Parvis, (School of Divinity) 5 Oct 2015 No Seminar - Seminar participants may be interested in attending the annual meeting of the Christianity and History Forum for Scotland on Saturday, 3 Oct 2015, at Charlotte Chapel, 204 Rose Street, Edinburgh - email Dr Emma MacLeod e.v.macleod@stir.ac.uk to inform her that you will be attending 10am – 4.30 pm 12 Oct 2015 “'The Committee for Kirk Security: The Short but Eventful life of the Church Interests Committee 1931-1936" Dr David Ritchie (Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies, University of Edinburgh) 19 Oct 2015 “China and the European Enlightenment" Professor Stewart J Brown (School of Divinity) 26 Oct 2015 “St John as an Historical Guide", Mr Owen Dudley Edwards (School of History, Classics and Archaeology) 2 Nov 2015 TBC 9 Nov 2015 [No seminar this week] 16 Nov 2015 “Cyril of Alexandria and the Summer of 436: The Politics of Theological Tolerance" Dr Paul Parvis, (School of Divinity) 20 Nov 2015 [No seminar this week] 27 Nov 2015 "Disruption Deficit? The Publications of the Free Church Fathers following the Scottish Disruption of 1843", Professor John McIntosh (Edinburgh Theological Seminary) 4 Dec 2015 "The Catholic Apostolic Church in Scotland", Dr Tim G Grass (Spurgeon’s College, London) Semester 2 Date Seminar 18 Jan 2016 "Religious Competition and Coexistence in James VII's Scotland, 1686-9", Dr Alasdair Raffe (School of History, Classics and Archaeology) 25 Jan 2016 "Witchcraft and Charming in Post-Reformation North-East Scotland’Witchcraft and Charming in post-Reformation North East Scotland", Ms Catherine Macmillan (School of Divinity) 1 Feb 2016 "Sermons and Political Culture in Early Modern Glasgow", Dr Alexander Campbell (Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities) 8 Feb 2016 "Ultra-Protestant Societies and British Imperial Identities, c.1880-1910", Dr Géraldine Vaughan (University of Rouen) 15 Feb 2016 Innovative Learning Week 22 Feb 2016 "Moderating Evangelicalism in an Age of Conflict: Rev. William Muir of St. Stephen's, Edinburgh (1787-1869)", Mr Andrew Jones (School of Divinity) 29 Feb 2016 "The Christian Gay Debate: Its American Origins", Prof Brian Stanley (School of Divinity) 7 March 2016 "'An ancient tradition common to all nations': Pagan Religions and Christianity in the Works of Andrew Ramsay (1686-1743)", Ms Felicity Loughlin (School of History, Classics and Archaeology) 14 March 2016 "The Periodical Parish: Popular Christian magazines and the breakdown of religious authority in post-1945 American Evangelicalism", Ms Amber Thomas (School of Divinity) This article was published on 2024-03-19