Centre for Theology and Public Issues

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The Centre for Theology and Public Issues aims to inspire, nurture and exchange theological reflection on matters of public interest.

The Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI) is a research centre in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. The original academic research centre in public theology, CTPI has been connecting academics, policy makers, practitioners, and the public for over twenty-five years. The current Director of CTPI is Professor Rachel Muers and Project Manager is Rathiulung Elias

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Whose Christianity Anyway? 17/12/2024

๐Ÿ“… You can now sign up for our January conference, "Whose Christianity Anyway?"

Register now for free! https://edin.ac/41CvAKw

Important note!
โœ… While registering, please choose whether you will attend in-person, or online.
๐Ÿฅช Please bring your own lunch.
โ˜•๏ธ Tea & refreshments will be provided.

Whose Christianity Anyway? Join us for this timely and curial academic conference at the University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, co-sponsored by the CTPI.

Grassroots and Indigenous Digital Faith-Based Activism Colloquiumโ€”Call for Papers 29/11/2024

We are looking forward to another exciting colloquium coming up.
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๐Ÿ“… 4 April 2025
Hybrid, alongside a face-to-face gathering at the University of Edinburgh

๐Ÿ“ข Call for Papers: 15 January 2025.
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Organisers and supporting groups include:
Dr Steve Taylor, Director AngelWings Ltd;
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities - University of Edinburgh
Researching Indigenous Studies and Christianity https://riscnetwork.wixsite.com/risc
Centre for the Study of World Christianity
CTPI

Grassroots and Indigenous Digital Faith-Based Activism Colloquiumโ€”Call for Papers Digital technology is changing the world. In response to global challenges, diverse grassroots faith-based organisations, indigenous or otherwise, are using digital technologies to activate for jusโ€ฆ

New Research on Animals in Religious Thought: Book Launch @uoedivinity 01/11/2024

Watch the recording of our recent Book Launch event at the School Of Divinity, New College, University Of Edinburgh

"New Research on Animals in Religious Thought."

New Research on Animals in Religious Thought: Book Launch @uoedivinity Martin Hall, New College, School of Divinity16 October 2024__Book Launch event for two new books: Ask the Animals: Developing a Biblical Animal Hermeneutic (...

Photos from Centre for Theology and Public Issues's post 01/11/2024

๐Ÿ“ข Update about CTPI sponsored conference, "Whose Christianity Anyway?" on 9-10 Jan 2025.

โฐ CfP extended: 8 Nov (12pm).
๐ŸŒ Hybrid event, with in-person keynotes & social events.
๐Ÿ“– Planned output: Journal issue of selected papers.
Registration: Eventbrite link will be out next week!

Due to a high level of interest from across the globe (USA to S Korea to NZ!), the organisers of the CTPI sponsored conference โ€œWhose Christianity anyway?โ€ have taken the decision to extend the call for papers deadlines by a week to 12pm GMT on November 8th, 2024. This conference explores the various claims to Christianity from within the field of theology and beyond, and we are delighted to have two outstanding keynote speakers lined up for the event: Professor Jan Werner Mรผller and Dr Marietta Van Der Tol.

When capacity for speakers is reached, priority will be given to speakers who can attend in person, however this conference will support hybrid participation to aid the international aspect of its topic and the abstracts submitted.

Following the conference, the best papers will be selected for inclusion in an edited journal volume published after the event.

For more details and the full call for papers, see

17/10/2024

Delighted to announce the keynote speakers for the upcoming conference: Prof Jan-Werner Mรผller (Princeton University) and Dr Marietta van der Tol (Cambridge University).

Hope you'll join us too. There's still time to send an abstract! (Deadline: 1 November)

School Of Divinity, New College, University Of Edinburgh

๐Ÿ”— https://edin.ac/407uciw

Research Development Fellow in Theology and Public Issues 09/10/2024

๐ŸšจExciting work opportunity here with us at CTPI,
School Of Divinity, New College, University Of Edinburgh!

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๐Ÿ—’๏ธPart-time, fixed term (12 months). Apply before 29 October.

Research Development Fellow in Theology and Public Issues The part-time (17.5 hours per week) Research Development Fellow in Theology and Public Issues will contribute to the strategic development of Edinburghโ€™s Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI), which has been a leading centre for research in public theology for more than 40 years. We aim to ...

02/10/2024

New Research on Animals in Religious Thought.
๐Ÿ“… 16/10/24
โฒ๏ธ 4:10 - 5:30 pm
๐Ÿฅ‚5:30 pm: Refreshments

You are warmly invited to hear short presentations and join in discussion to mark the launch of two new books: Ask the Animals: Developing a Biblical Animal Hermeneutic (eds, Arthur W. Walker-Jones and Suzanna R. Millar) and The Bible and Farm Animal Welfare (David Grumett). Suzanna R. Millar and David Grumett will speak on the two new publications, along with a response by Peter Atkins. There will be opportunities to join in discussion and interaction.

The discussion will be followed by refreshments at Rainy Hall.

Jointly held with Biblical Studies and Theology & Ethics, at New College.
School Of Divinity, New College, University Of Edinburgh

For more information, visit the webpage: https://edin.ac/4gSyd0f

Photos from Centre for Theology and Public Issues's post 24/09/2024

CTPI is thrilled to support an upcoming conference in 9-10 January 2025, led by graduates of the School Of Divinity, New College, University Of Edinburgh.

Stay tuned for announcements about the keynote speaker/s and registration details.

๐Ÿ“ขSee the second image for details regarding ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. Send an abstract (200 words) to [email protected] by ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ. We look forward to a wide and interdisciplinary engagement!

Photos from Church of Scotland's post 06/09/2024

A Church of Scotland report on the recently held event, Devolution@25.

Devolution @25 20/07/2024

๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป @๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ is an upcoming event, co-organised with SCPO (Scottish Churches Parliamentary Office) of the Church of Scotland. This will be an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on 25 years of the churchesโ€™ relationship with the Scottish Parliament.

๐Ÿ“… September 4, 2024 (Wednesday)
โฒ๏ธ 10:30 am - 6:30 pm/
๐Ÿ“ Assembly Hall, School Of Divinity, New College, University Of Edinburgh

To register or learn more, click here!

Devolution @25 Reflections, perspectives and visions of the Churchesโ€™ relationship with the Scottish Parliament.

Report on event: Animals and Religion 30/05/2024

We are thrilled to publish an evaluative report on the 'Animals and Religion' event. It provides a brief summary of the keynotes delivered by faculty speakers, Bethany Sollereder, Suzanna Millar, and David Grumett. Beyond the summaries, the report delves into a critical reflection on the conversations that unfolded, and the diverse perspectives shared.

The Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI) remains dedicated to delving deeper into the intersection between nonhuman animals and religious thought. We invite you to stay tuned for upcoming events and information!

The report is compiled by Thiu Elias KC, CTPI Project Manager and PhD Candidate in World Christianity.

https://divinity.ed.ac.uk/centre-theology-and-public-issues/report-event-animals-and-religion

Centre for the Study of World Christianity
School Of Divinity, New College, University Of Edinburgh

Report on event: Animals and Religion An evaluative report of the Animals and Religion event (16 April 2024) at the School of Divinity. Written by Rathiulung Elias KC

28/05/2024

Upcoming Event!

"Parable and Politics: Martin Luther King, Jrโ€™s Critique of Idolatry," by Alexander Livingston (Cornell University)

Martin Luther King, Jrโ€™s commitment to the claims of conscience has been a persistent source of fascination and discomfort for political theorists. Prioritizing conscience over law has made King an icon of civil disobedience while the religious terms of this vision of obligation have proven challenging to the disciplineโ€™s secularist conceits. Thinking of conscientious service as a practice of worship, this paper seeks to shed new light on the ways Kingโ€™s public philosophy exceeds the familiar discourses of civil disobedience it has become associated with. In naming commitment to conscience as a means of worship I mean to highlight the ways King figured the sources of injustice he railed against โ€“ racism, materialism, militarism โ€“ as cases of false worship. One name we can give to such false worship is uncivil obedience. Another is idolatry. Affirming rather than avoiding Kingโ€™s religious thought offers new insight into how King figured the problem of conscience as a challenge of reattuning and reeducating Americansโ€™ alienated capacity for seeing and feeling the claims of equality. Taking the religious King seriously in this way means to challenge not just how political theorists read King but what we read. I argue that the hundreds of sermons he delivered offer the fullest and most important archive of Kingโ€™s thinking on the meaning of conscience, obligation, and citizenship. Across this canon, King returned again and again to series of parables as the medium for articulating his moral and political thought. This paper focuses on Kingโ€™s retelling of one such parable, the parable of the Good Samaritan, as a means of rhetorically unsettling idolatrous attachment and reeducating the proper democratic worship of the conscientious citizen.

School of Social and Political Science at The University of Edinburgh

School Of Divinity, New College, University Of Edinburgh
Please join us 6 June 15:00-17:00,
Chrystal Macmillan Building, Violet Laidlaw Room.
https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/event/parable-and-politics-martin-luther-king-jrs-critique-idolatry-alexander

Profile of speaker, Alexander Livingston: https://government.cornell.edu/alexander-livingston

Photos from School Of Divinity, New College, University of Edinburgh's post 25/05/2024

Launch event (17 June at 7pm) for the latest publication by CTPI Director, Professor Rachel Muers!

22/04/2024

This afternoon, we had an enlightening interactive session titled 'Churches & Researchers'. The discussions revolved around how the research conducted at the School Of Divinity could address the needs and concerns of broader church communities and constituencies.

If you were unable to participate in today's session but are interested in being part of this crucial conversation, we encourage you to join our email list. This will ensure you stay updated and can contribute to future discussions.

Subscription link (this will take a few minutes): http://edin.ac/3SSoJH7

22/04/2024

Today we're hosting 'Churches and Researchers: Building Connections at New College' with Centre for Theology and Public Issues at 2:30pm in the Martin Hall.

Tickets for the event are still available! Don't miss your chance to join us and book your place now ๐Ÿ‘‡
edin.ac/42Z3mbu

18/04/2024

We're delighted that the recording of the recent event, ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ held on 16th April at the School Of Divinity, New College, University Of Edinburgh, is now available.

Follow the link to the YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q7slV2V1nI

Stay tuned as we will be releasing a report in the next few weeks!

05/04/2024

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Application for CTPI-IASH Duncan-Forrester fellowship (2024-25) closes soon!

Applications are invited for postdoctoral bursaries from researchers working in any of the research areas of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI). The applicantโ€™s project must relate broadly to public theology, in relation to areas such as: peacebuilding and the arts; theology, politics, and migration; theology and environmental ethics; and theology, law and justice.

Key points:
- Research visits of 3-10 months visit to the University of Edinburgh.
- Upto ยฃ20000 bursary & provisions at the University.
- research related to public theology.
- Should have been awarded PhD by closing date, or within the past seven years.

Closing Date: 26 April, 2024

Come work with us!

Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities - University of Edinburgh

School Of Divinity, New College, University Of Edinburgh

https://edin.ac/3VNepmB

04/04/2024

Are you passionate about bridging the gap between academia and church-related organizations? Join us for an engaging event at New College. During this two-hour gathering, you'll have the opportunity to:

- Learn: Discover current research initiatives within our School.
- Discuss: Engage in meaningful conversations about topics relevant to the broader church community.

We extend a warm welcome and await your participation in this conversation!

Did you know that Centre for Theology and Public Issues is hosting an exciting upcoming event titled 'Churches and Researchers: Building Connections at New College'.

This event, which aims to build connections between School of Divinity researchers and wider constituencies in the churches and beyond, will take place on 22 April at 2:30pm in the Martin Hall.

Make sure to register your place now ๐Ÿ‘‡
edin.ac/42Z3mbu

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