Divinity United

I recently saw this book listed in the Wipf & Stock new releases email. The book is a series of essays on the relationship of theology and the humanities in the university. The editors of the volume, Christopher Craig Brittain and Francesca Murphy both have ties to the University of Aberdeen. Brittain currently is a lecturer in theology there, while Murphy has only recently left her post as Reader in Theology at Aberdeen to take the post at Notre Dame. (The subtitle Initium Sapientiae Timor Domini 'Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom' is the moto of the University of Aberdeen). These essays with their Aberdeen connection and also the topic of the place of theology in the humanities and the university are of interest to me. I hope to soon read this volume. The description of the the book is as follows: "This book discusses the relationship between theology and the humanities and their shared significance within contemporary universities. Taking up this com...

The University of Aberdeen School of Divinity, History & Philosophy has finally filled the Kirby Laing Chair in New Testament Exegesis. Steve Mason will begin his post in July 2011. The post was vacated by Francis Watson at the end of the 2006-2007 academic year. The official notice that Professor Mason is filling of the chair can be found on the Divinity website . Professor Mason has held the Canada Research Chair in Greco-Roman Interaction at York University (not far from here) in Toronto, Ontario. His background in the Greco-Roman world and Josephus will significantly strengthen what the Divinity Faculty at Aberdeen can offer postgraduate students, especially the emphasis on historical backgrounds for the NT and Christian origins.