Theology and Ethics | School of Divinity

Mondays, 4:10pm-5:30pm. All in the Martin Hall and online unless otherwise stated.

All welcome. Everyone is welcome to attend any of our seminars – please spread the word and invite those who might be interested. We use an email list to keep attendees informed of upcoming events and to send reminders and updates about seminars – please get in touch if you want to be added to the list.

We record most of our events; recordings are only available to members of the University.

Enquiries

Contacts for Semester 1: Shoaib Malik (Science & Religion), Selina Stone (Theology & Ethics)

Contacts for Semester 2: Shoaib Malik (Science & Religion), Rachel Muers (Theology & Ethics)

Semester 1: Autumn 2025

Instructions for joining online will be circulated early in the semester and at regular intervals – we’ll use the same link every time!

Date	Speaker	Topic
29 Sepetmber	Rachel Muers, Joshua Ralston, Alex Chow (Edinburgh)	Presenting Modern Christian Theology in ‘Ford’s The Modern Theologians’ 4th Edition – Editor and Authors
13 October	David Tombs (University of Otago)	Alone and Naked: Representing the Torture of Jesus Alongside the Torture of Miriam Leitão
13 October 5:30pm		Book Launch sponsored by CTPI: Selina Stone (Edinburgh) discusses her new book A Heavy Yoke: Theology, Power and Abuse in the Church (SCM Press, 2025) with Prof Tombs and other panellists
27 October	Andrew Loke (Hong Kong Baptist University)	Title TBC (Science and Religion paper)
10 November	Sheena Orr (Church of Scotland)	Prisons, Criminal Justice and the Churches
24 November		Showcasing Science and Religion at Edinburgh – student and staff papers to be confirmed

Additional Seminars and Events in Semester 1

Please note that these events will usually have different online links – consult the School of Divinity weekly newsletter for details.

Date

Speaker

Topic

Thursday 18th September,

4:10-5:30pm, Martin Hall and online

Cross-School interdisciplinary seminar: Religion and Place, with Pedro Feitoza, Nuam Hatzaw, Gaurav Rajkhowa and Peter Atkins (all Edinburgh).

Thursday 25th September,

4:10pm-5:30pm, Martin Hall and online

Bruce Gordon (Yale)

Discussion of his book The Bible: A Global History (Basic Books, 2024)

The Theology and Ethics Reading Group is a student-led group, meeting regularly during the semester, and all are welcome to attend. The group is meeting on alternate Tuesdays in room 1.02 (Dr Selina Stone's office) at 1pm. This term’s theme is ‘eschatology’. For further details contact Wilson Chak: Wilson.chak@ed.ac.uk

Please find the dates and readings below:

23 September: ‎Rowan Williams, "Rethinking Eschatology," in Looking East in Winter
7th October: José Antonio Jurado, Lluis Oviedo and Sara Lumbreras, "What Eschatology Fits Our Socio-Cultural Conditions Better? An Exercise in Theology 'From Below'" Heythrop Journal 65:2 (2024): 190-206.
21 October: Matthew John Paul Tan, "Loss in Light of the Last Things. Christianity, Eschatology and Grief in Inside Out" Religions 16: 897.
4 November: Alexander Chow, "Eschatology and World Christianity" Studies in World Christianity 22:3 (2016): 201-215. Https://www-euppublishing-com.eux.idm.oclc.org/doi/pdf/10.3366/swc.2016.0156
18 November: Leandro Gaitán, "Heaven on Earth. The Mind Uploading Project as Secular Eschatology" Theology and Science 17:3 (2019): 403-416.

And please note that everyone is encouraged to attend other seminars in the School, especially in weeks when there is no Theology and Ethics / Science and Religion seminar!

Semester 2

The Semester 2 programme will be announced shortly and is expected to feature papers by Mark Harris (Oxford), Linn Tonstad (Yale), Joshua Ralston (Edinburgh), and Volker Stümke (Hamburg). For planning purposes please note that our seminar dates will be: 19th January, 2nd February, 23rd February, 9th March, 23rd March.

This article was published on 2024-03-19