Today, March 21st, is World Poetry Day, which is really just an excuse to offer a brief reflection on the Rilke and Eliot symposium held at St. Mary’s earlier this month. St. Mary’s hosted a number of scholars to…
By Dr. Oliver Langworthy, Associate Lecturer in Patristics, St. Mary’s ____________________________ I recently published on the subject of how Gregory Nazianzus received the title of the Theologian. The article was…
By Euan Grant, Gifford Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at St. Mary’s College _________________________________________ At a party a couple of weeks ago, I overheard one philosopher of my acquaintance say to another,…
By Oliver D. Crisp, Professor of Analytic Theology, St. Mary’s College Theology is a way of life. That sounds like a platitude, or a cliché. Perhaps it is. Nevertheless, it is true. Theology is sometimes characterized…
By Dr. Natalie Carnes, Associate Professor of Theology at Baylor University, currently visiting St. Andrews under the “Baylor at St. Andrews” program. She is the author of Image and Presence and Beauty Though the term…
by Judith Wolfe, Professor of Philosophical Theology and the Deputy Head of the School of Divinity, St. Mary’s College In the autumn of 1931, Martin Heidegger began to record his private thoughts and intellectual…
The School of Divinity has announced the appointment of Professor Oliver Crisp to its newly established Chair in Analytic Theology. Prof. Crisp will take up his appointment on 1 September 2019. He will be a key member…
Professor Christoph Schwöbel, the 1643 Chair of Divinity, joined St. Mary’s this fall from the University of Tübingen. Below he offers thorough answers to questions pertaining to his position at St. Andrews, his plans…
By Dr. William Hyland, Lecturer in Church History, St Mary’s College Currently in one aspect of my research, I am engaged in exploring the interplay between exegesis, theology and devotion in the writings of the…
Judith Wolfe, St. Mary’s Professor of Philosophical Theology, spoke on Melvyn Bragg’s program In Our Time on the philosophy of hope. To the ancient Greeks, hope was closer to self-deception, one of the evils left in…