Martin Luther in his own words #Reformation500 TAGS: church history | Divinity | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century Today the School of Divinity will mark 500 years since Martin Luther nailed the Ninety Five Theses to the door of Wittemberg Church with a public lecture from Durham University’s …Continue reading →

New College Library Rare Books feature in Divinity Inaugural Lecture TAGS: Divinity | Dumfries Presbytery Library | Funk | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century | University of Edinburgh Today Professor Susan Hardman Moore, Professor of Early Modern Religion, will deliver her inaugural lecture entitled ‘Time’ at 2pm. Professor Hardman-Moore’s lecture features a number of seventeenth century rare books from …Continue reading →

Studying Ancient Galilee – new online resources TAGS: Archaeology | Biblical Studies | Divinity | Jewish | online | Palestine | University of Edinburgh A postgraduate study day on current discoveries in Galilean Archaeology, given by Dr Ken Dark,  is being held today (Wed 29th May) in the Baillie Room, New College.  The University …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – May TAGS: Books | Divinity | Judaism | library catalogue | New College Library | Religious Studies | University of Edinburgh | World Christianity New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. New in this month  is Religion …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – March TAGS: Books | Buddhism | Divinity | islam | library catalogue | New College Library | Religious Studies | students | University of Edinburgh New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. Currently in the display is …Continue reading →

Picturing heaven : online image resources for religious art #ILW2013 TAGS: Christian | Divinity | images | innovative learning week | New College Library | online | religion Find out about the new Princeton Index to Christian Art plus the many other online image resources available to the University of Edinburgh. This Innovative Learning Week session is open …Continue reading →

Science and religion : a natural history #ILW2013 TAGS: Divinity | eighteenth-century | innovative learning week | Natural History Collection | New College Library | nineteenth-century | religion | science | Special Collections | Theology & Ethics | twentieth-century Innovative Learning week kicks off at New College Library with a chance to see some of the scientific books in New College Library’s Special Collections and find out where they …Continue reading →

Walking with Angels? Exploring Death in Modern Scotland TAGS: angels | death | Divinity | images | nineteenth-century | online | Special Collections | twentieth-century | University of Edinburgh There are still places available at the forthcoming conference on Death in Modern Scotland , 1855: beliefs, attitudes and practices at the School of Divinity, New College Edinburgh, on 1-3 …Continue reading →

Light Night in Edinburgh – New College Library closing early TAGS: Christmas | Edinburgh | New College Library New College Library will close early at 5pm on Thursday 29 November as installations and road closures for ‘Light Night‘ mean that readers will not be able to exit the …Continue reading →

A puzzle of Presbyterian history TAGS: Christianity | Divinity | Funk | New College Library | new zealand | nineteenth-century | Pamphlets | Presbyterian | rare books | World Christianity Today the School of  Divinity welcomes Dr Hugh Morrison, a visiting Fellow from Otago, who is speaking at the World Christianity Research Seminar on “Doing religious history ‘down under:’ challenges …Continue reading →