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 →

Connected histories : digital resources for British religious history TAGS: church history | Church of England | Divinity | online | religion | seventeenth-century | sixteenth-century | witchcraft | witches Just been exploring the Connected Histories project website which  brings together digital resources of early modern and nineteenth century British materials with a single federated search. The Research Guide to …Continue reading →

Yesterday’s News – Today’s Research #ILW2013 TAGS: Divinity | innovative learning week | Newspapers | online | research | University of Edinburgh Come and join us in Innovative Learning Week for Yesterday’s News – Today’s Research, 11:00am-12:00 noon – Room 2.36 School of History, Classics and Archaeology. In this hands-on session on …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 →

Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Divinity | online | University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh users  now have trial access to Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (De Gruyter) – trial ends 8 March. Find the link at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials The Encyclopedia …Continue reading →

New online journal : Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies TAGS: Divinity | e-journals | missions | online | University of Edinburgh | World Christianity I’m pleased to be able to say that Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies is now available online to University of Edinburgh users, from 1989 to the most …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – February TAGS: Books | China | Divinity | japan | library catalogue | students | 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. We have a bumper crop …Continue reading →

Princeton Index of Christian Art now available TAGS: art | Christianity | church history | Divinity | History of Christianity | iconography | images | medieval | University of Edinburgh The Princeton Index of Christian Art is now available to University of Edinburgh users – see the list of Image Databases. The Index of Christian Art, produced by Princeton University, …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 →