Divinity (School of)
The School of Divinity has an internationally renowned staff and a reputation for high quality in both teaching and research. Its primary expertise is as a centre engaging with theological and historical concerns, chiefly as raised and developed within the Christian tradition, its Jewish roots, and related critical scholarship. The School's academic staff seek to address wider concerns arising within western society through the growing prominence of other religious traditions and the rejuvenation of interest in questions of 'spirituality'.
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The quest for confirmation : inference to best explanation in science and theology
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisWhether politics or religion, murder mysteries or household havoc, life is replete with riddles. There are always differing interpretations, competing theories that are vying to explain the data of our world. But this ... -
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Karl Barth’s christological anthropology : re-thinking Christian conceptions of identity regarding sex, gender, and sexuality
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis bridges the impasse between Christians who adhere to essentialist and subjectivist understandings of identity, especially regarding sex, gender, and sexuality. By drawing on Karl Barth’s Christological anthropology, ... -
Post-secular cinematic parables : theology, philosophy, and ethics in the films of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
(University of St Andrews, 2021-07-01) - ThesisThis thesis integrates theology, philosophy, and film studies in a theological analysis of the filmography of Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. I propose that the Dardenne brothers create post-secular cinematic ... -
Feeling forsaken : Christ's descent into hell in the theology of John Calvin
(University of St Andrews, 2021-07-01) - ThesisThere currently exists a substantial lacuna in scholarship on the place of Christ’s descent into hell in the theology of John Calvin. Although Calvin devoted five times more space in his ‘Institutes’ to Christ’s descent ...
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