New College Library Archives TAGS: Alec Campbell Cheyne | Archives | Church of Scotland | Covenanters | Divinity | James Renwick | James Whyte | John McIntyre | New College Library | online | Thomas Chalmers | Tom Allan | University of Edinburgh Did you know that New College Library holds significant collections of archives and manuscripts? These  collections include the papers of Thomas Chalmers, J.H. Oldham, James S. Stewart and Norman W. …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – August TAGS: atheism | Books | Divinity | library catalogue | New College Library | Philosophy | science | Theology & Ethics | 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 →

New College Library Stacks now open TAGS: Books | Divinity | New College Library | research | students New College Library’s Stack I is now open. Apologies to all who have been inconvenienced by the closure of Stack I during the last five weeks. The New College Library …Continue reading →

Islamic Collections at New College Library TAGS: Books | Divinity | islam | journals | New College Library | Religious Studies | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh Muslims all over the world join together this week for Ramadan, the greatest religious observance in Islam.  Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims fast during …Continue reading →

Global Missions and Theology Collection online at University of Edinburgh TAGS: Divinity | missions | New College Library | nineteenth-century | online | theology | University of Edinburgh | World Christianity In the week of the Yale-Edinburgh Group on the History of the Missionary Movement and World Christianity Conference, a reminder that the Global Missions and Theology Online Collection is now …Continue reading →

New College Library welcomes the Yale-Edinburgh Conference TAGS: Divinity | Funk | Holy Spirit | missions | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | online | Pamphlets | revival | Special Collections | World Christianity The Centre for the Study of World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh is hosting the Yale-Edinburgh Group Conference on the History of the Missionary Movement and World Christianity this …Continue reading →

Acta Sanctorum now available online to University of Edinburgh TAGS: Acta Sanctorum | church history | Divinity | online | research | saints | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh The online Acta Sanctorum, published by ProQuest Databases, is now available to University of Edinburgh users. It is an electronic version of the complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum,which examines …Continue reading →

Studying away from Edinburgh over the summer? TAGS: Divinity | inter-library loans | New College Library | research | SCONUL | students | summer | University of Edinburgh If you’re a School of Divinity student moving away from Edinburgh over the summer but continuing to work on your thesis, you’ll be thinking about how to obtain the library …Continue reading →

Researching the motherhood of God TAGS: Church of Scotland | Divinity | hymnbooks | New College Library | research | Theology & Ethics The School of Divinity at New College hosts a colloquium on June 7, 1:00 – 4:30 on Women, Language, and Worship in the Church of Scotland – see the blog or facebook …Continue reading →

New College Theses collection now fully catalogued online TAGS: alumni | Divinity | Funk | PhD | research | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh Over 700 New College theses covering the period 1920-1985 have now been catalogued online as part of the Funk Cataloguing Projects.  Some of these theses have second  copies at the …Continue reading →