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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"Western non-interpolations" and related phenomena in the Gospels
(University of St Andrews, 1975) - ThesisThis thesis is a critique of the theory of Western non-interpolations' propounded by Westcott and Hort, the famous British scholars in the Introduction to their critical edition of the Greek New Testament, 1881. The theory ... -
A liberative imagination : reconsidering the fiction of Charlotte Brontë in light of feminist theology
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - ThesisThis thesis seeks to show the ways in which Charlotte Brontë’s fiction anticipates the concerns of contemporary feminist theology. Whilst Charlotte Brontë’s novels have held a place of honor in feminist literary criticism ... -
The Son of Man in the Old Testament
(University of St Andrews, 1974) - Thesis“There is no other subject in the study of the New Testament which is more central to the understanding of the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth and which is at the same time subject to more controversy than the ... -
Awakening faith in Shakespeare : religion and enchantment in 'The winter's tale' and 'The tempest'
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - ThesisThis thesis considers The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest as William Shakespeare’s last great plays which foster re-enchantment for an age suffering spiritual disenchantment. Chapter 1 identifies a critical context for ... -
No lasting city : Rome, Jerusalem and the place of Hebrews in the history of earliest 'Christianity'
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisThe contemporary study of Hebrews is bedeviled by anachronistic assumptions that distort its interpretation. As a result, Hebrews holds a paradoxical position in contemporary New Testament scholarship. After two centuries ...
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