The Westminster Confession On Wednesday 8th May 2019, The Church of Scotland is hosting a conference, organised by the Theological Forum.  The conference, Westminster, Confessions and the Church, will run at New College, …Continue reading →

Judaism and Jewish Studies: the work of John ‘Rabbi’ Duncan and Adolph Saphir TAGS: 19th century | Adolph Saphir | Biblical Studies | Christianity | Church of Scotland | Hebrew | Jewish | Jewish Studies | John 'Rabbi' Duncan | John Duncan | Judaism | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | nineteenth-century New College Library holds collections of and about a number of individuals who gathered material and wrote extensively on Judaism and Jewish Studies, motivated by their interest in the conversion …Continue reading →

Library Resources for Islam and Muslim-Christian Studies: an introduction TAGS: islam | library resources | Muslim-Christian Studies | New College Library From time to time, we compile resource lists on different aspects of Theology and Religious Studies. Islam and Muslim-Christian Studies are developing areas of our collections, responding to the new …Continue reading →

Thomas Chalmers and The West Port Experiment TAGS: New College Library | nineteenth-century | Territorial ministry | Thomas Chalmers | West Port | West Port Experiment | William Tasker Those with an interest in Scottish church history are likely to be very familiar with Thomas Chalmers and the role he played in the Disruption of 1843 but how many …Continue reading →