The medieval monk who gave his name to Ockham’s Razor TAGS: Eucharist | Funk | Incunabula | medieval | New College Library | Philosophy | rare books | Theology & Ethics New College Library holds this copy of William of Ockham’s  De Sacramento Altaris,  a treatise on the Eucharist, in the Incunabula collection. William of Ockham was born at Ockham, near …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – April TAGS: Books | Divinity | library catalogue | 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. New in the library is …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 →

The Rescue that never was – remembering Holocaust Memorial Day #HMD2013 TAGS: Church of England | Funk | Holocaust | Jewish | Judaism | New College Library | Pamphlets | rare books | Theology & Ethics | twentieth-century | war Holocaust Memorial Day marks the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, and remembers those who died in the Holocaust and under Nazi persecution, and during subsequent genocides, …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – January TAGS: Biblical Studies | Books | Divinity | film | library catalogue | New College Library | students | 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 →

To fast or feast? Celebrating Christmas in the eighteenth century TAGS: Christianity | Christmas | church history | Church of England | Edinburgh | eighteenth-century | Funk | New College Library | rare books | Theology & Ethics | theology in history | Z Collection Many folk will be going to Christmas lunches and parties this week – including New College Library staff. Outside our office window the Edinburgh Christmas fair is in full (and noisy) swing, celebrating the …Continue reading →

A prayer for a pudding? TAGS: Christmas | Church of England | Dumfries Presbytery Library | Funk | liturgy | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century | Theology & Ethics 25 November 2012 is traditionally Stir Up Sunday, when cooks plan to make their Christmas puddings so they have time to mature before eating on Christmas Day. This tradition is …Continue reading →

Keeping the faith in wartime TAGS: Church of Scotland | Funk | Pamphlets | Remembrance | Theology & Ethics | twentieth-century | war A short New College  Act of Remembrance will take place on Friday 9th November at 1pm at the War Memorial in the corridor leading to the Assembly Hall. This item …Continue reading →

The Bible on Film – Film Industry magazines on trial now TAGS: Bible | film | online | Theology & Ethics | University of Edinburgh On trial now for University of Edinburgh users is the Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive from ProQuest. This archival research resource contains the core US and UK trade magazines covering film, …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – November TAGS: Books | Divinity | library catalogue | media | New College Library | religion | students | Theology & Ethics A new title that has gone straight to the shelves is Religion and the news, edited by Jolyon Mitchell and Owen Gower. Newly published this October, two copies of this …Continue reading →