@abdndivinity.bsky.social
Department of Divinity at the University of Aberdeen — over 500 years of world leading research and teaching!
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A gentle reminder to all interested in attending our #sofcethics26 annual meeting in DC next month: early bird registration ends TODAY! www.scethics.org/2026-annual-...
01.12.2025 14:55 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Happy St Andrews day! And a piece of good news/deagh naidheachd from 🏴 as Scots and Gaelic are, as of today, recognised as official languages. As a Scots and Gaelic speaker (well…tha beagan Gàidhlig agam for now) I’m delighted (and officially tri-lingual!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
30.11.2025 10:16 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Congratuluations to our 2025 winter graduands! We are elated to have been a part of your story and your success during your studies with us here in Aberdeen!
27.11.2025 12:46 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
While our PhD student community is the largest at the University, our Masters degree cohorts are just as important a part of our studies. Congraultations to our PGT graduands, here with our program director, Dr. Katy Hockey
27.11.2025 12:15 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our academic community is, of course, nothing without the wonderful support our students receive from their families, their classmates, and the faculty. Congratulations to all!
27.11.2025 12:14 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We are elated to announce that Dr. Jamie Davies has been appointed as the new Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament Exegesis! Welcome, @jamiedavies.bsky.social!!
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In case anyone thought this was a viral joke (and I don't blame you) the official announcement is now out from Aberdeen: www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24854/
20.11.2025 10:12 — 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
The newly established Centre for Images and Texts in Antiquity @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social has its inaugural event on the anthropology of images and of figuration on Thur, 20 Nov 2025, featuring Prof. Philippe Descola (Collège de France). Click through for more info!
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Prof. Brock appeared recently on the Christianity Now Podcast to talk about Creatures and Creation. The link is just below!
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🚨 New faculty publication! 🚨
Ever wondered how the alphabet became what it is today? Part of the answer lies in Dr. Nathaniel E. Greene's new article (co-authored w/Prof. Jeremy M. Hutton, @uwmadison.bsky.social) investigating the origins of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician scripts.
bit.ly/4pgYUiD
A turnip decorated with gold and silver paint and fragments of scripture and liturgy along with fragile tape, CC BY by Christopher West
Our runner-up is Christopher West @christophernwest.bsky.social from @abdndivinity.bsky.social with a wonderful neep representing his PhD 'Inordinate Rites: Symbolic Actions in Irish Anglican Ordinations and the God-Talk of the Infrequent Worshipper'
04.11.2025 10:34 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Very proud to be part of the PGR student cohort at @abdndivinity.bsky.social. Achieving 90% for research quality (top of the list when sorted by that criterion) is no mean feat! I can’t recommend Aberdeen highly enough to potential PGs.
19.09.2025 09:33 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Happening tonight!
Still time to register or join us at 6.30pm UK time on MS Teams, DM me for event link.
A poster advertising the webinar. Text reads: "Why are women's symptoms so often dismissed, misdiagnosed, or disbelieved? This webinar explores the intersection of chronic illness, gender bias, and the credibility gap in healthcare. Drawing on research from her upcoming book, Dr Eilidh Galbraith examines how structural inequalities and medical misogyny shape diagnostic practices, clinical listening, and the ethics of care. Through shared lived experience with panelists Charli Clement, author of "All tangled up in autism and chronic illness," Natalie Busari, founder of "the Nerve of my MS" and Tanya Marlow, speaker and author of "Those who Wait" (2017), this session invites participants to reflect on what it means to be heard and to be believed in a system that too often fails those in pain."
"Incredible Women: Chronic Pain, Credibility, and Gender Bias"
📆 Wednesday 17th Sept, 6.30pm on MS Teams
📢 Dr Eilidh Galbraith discusses the findings of her @abdndivinity.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk research project with a panel of guests.
🔗 DM me for event link or see poster for details!
Congratulations to Aberdeen Divinity alumnus, Prof. Leon Harris!
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As Prof. Brock's new book has appeared recently, join him as he discusses things with @jaredstacy.bsky.social. Click through for more!
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A wee bit of good news! I’ve recently become editor of "Theology in Scotland," a journal rooted in Scottish theology with a broad, inclusive scope 📝🏴
You can learn more about the journal here: ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TI...
Job: Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis
University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social
Closing date 31 August
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK118/k...
Announcement for Aberdeen Academy of Theology sessions on the Bible as Comedy, Tragedy, and History hosted by Dr Nathaniel Greene which will take place in person on 20 September, 18 October, and 22 November at Fountainhall Church Centre in Aberdeen. Email joel.pierce@abdn.ac.uk for more information.
If you're planning on being around Aberdeen this autumn or can make it to us for the mornings of 20 Sep, 18 Oct, and 22 Nov, please come join us for this exciting series of Aberdeen Academy of Theology workshops on interpreting the Hebrew Bible led by the Univ of Aberdeen's Dr Nathaniel Greene.
05.08.2025 12:59 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
From Englewood Review of Books, Prof. Brian Brock's _Joining Creation’s Praise: A Theological Ethic of Creatureliness_ tops the list of most anticipated theological books! Click through to read more:
englewoodreview.org/fall-2025-mo...
Job: Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis
University of Aberdeen - Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History @abdndivinity.bsky.social
Closing date 31 August
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNP093/k...
New faculty publication!
How to Do Christian Ethics: Living the Grammar of Christian Life Every Day, edited by Brian Brock, Nadine Hamilton, and Daniel R. Patterson.
Click through for more info!
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Call for Papers:
Beyond Eurocentrism and Arabocentrism: Race, Ethnicity, and Knowledge Production in the Arabo-Islamic 'Golden Age'
Hosted by DHPA on 12–13 September 2025.
The deadline for abstract proposals is 30 July 2025. Click through for more information:
agya.info/publications...
A green and white advert for the Association for the Study of Death and Society (ASDS) early career mentoring scheme, featuring an enthusiastic quote from a former participant, and the new ASDS logo.
After enthusiastic feedback on the pilot, the
@asdsdeath.bsky.social PGR/ECR 2025-26 mentoring scheme is open for applications - closing 8/9/2025!
Further information is available at deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ - or feel free to get in touch by email.
Come and work with us!
With our vibrant research culture and robust postgraduate research community, we look forward to welcoming a new Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament. Please see the job ad just below for furthers and particulars. Please share widely!
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
@feministtheology.bsky.social is running their first summer writing room on Wednesday this week (25th) 2-4pm BST
Doesn’t matter what you’re working on, just a couple of hours of dedicated and accountable writing time!
Link sent out via email - sign up to join. All welcome #writing
Calling all alumni!
You're invited to an online event on how postgraduate study can support your goals.
Thur 26 June, 1300-1400
Register: abdn.io/1ug
👉Career benefits of postgrad qualifications — upskilling to career changes
👉Flexible study options
👉Exclusive financial support for alumni
![Call for Participants
Have you attended a Church of Ireland ordination service? Are you interested in sharing your experiences and insights? This study is for you!
It focuses on the experiences of individuals who have attended Church of Ireland ordination services as part of a PhD research project at the University of Aberdeen. It is led by you, aiming to represent how you talk about your experiences of these services in your own words. The focus is on your personal beliefs whether they are a form of Christianity or something else, particularly whether certain actions performed during the ordination you attended made a difference to these. The study will involve a short survey and the possibility of a follow-up interview, all conducted online for your convenience.
Who can take part?
Adults aged 18 or older
Anyone who has attended a Church of Ireland ordination service (including the making of deacons, the ordination of priests/presbyters, or the consecration of bishops – you do not have to know which service to take part)
People who do not regularly attend church are particularly welcome
What will it involve?
Completing a short online survey (approximately 20 minutes) via Microsoft Forms at your convenience
Option to participate in a follow-up interview conducted via Microsoft Teams
Confidentiality and anonymity:
Your responses will be kept confidential and anonymised
Only provide your contact details if you agree to follow-up with an interview
You can withdraw from the study at any time without explanation
Interested in taking part?
Please contact me at c.west.24[at]abdn.ac.uk to express your interest or for more information. This study is supervised by Dr Katie Cross who can also be contacted at k.cross[at]abdn.ac.uk with any questions. Your experiences and perspectives are important to me, and I look forward to hearing from you!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eem6pcud2xmhamaqq6iknbx3/bafkreicuvc4plbsuasu3zywbwrrtm6uowkvtmaco3lj2m7i5rsvwzkwx44@jpeg)
Call for Participants Have you attended a Church of Ireland ordination service? Are you interested in sharing your experiences and insights? This study is for you! It focuses on the experiences of individuals who have attended Church of Ireland ordination services as part of a PhD research project at the University of Aberdeen. It is led by you, aiming to represent how you talk about your experiences of these services in your own words. The focus is on your personal beliefs whether they are a form of Christianity or something else, particularly whether certain actions performed during the ordination you attended made a difference to these. The study will involve a short survey and the possibility of a follow-up interview, all conducted online for your convenience. Who can take part? Adults aged 18 or older Anyone who has attended a Church of Ireland ordination service (including the making of deacons, the ordination of priests/presbyters, or the consecration of bishops – you do not have to know which service to take part) People who do not regularly attend church are particularly welcome What will it involve? Completing a short online survey (approximately 20 minutes) via Microsoft Forms at your convenience Option to participate in a follow-up interview conducted via Microsoft Teams Confidentiality and anonymity: Your responses will be kept confidential and anonymised Only provide your contact details if you agree to follow-up with an interview You can withdraw from the study at any time without explanation Interested in taking part? Please contact me at c.west.24[at]abdn.ac.uk to express your interest or for more information. This study is supervised by Dr Katie Cross who can also be contacted at k.cross[at]abdn.ac.uk with any questions. Your experiences and perspectives are important to me, and I look forward to hearing from you!
Have you attended a Church of Ireland ordination service or know someone who has? I’m conducting a survey as part of my PhD project at @abdndivinity.bsky.social, supervised by the wonderful @drkatiecross.bsky.social, and would love to hear from you! Please get in touch and feel free to share.
05.06.2025 09:24 — 👍 9 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 1It's TEDx talk time 😍
20.05.2025 10:24 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Publication day!
My article, “Introductory Matters: Tracing the Aims of Proverbs 1:1–7 through the Book’s First Collection,” published in SJT, is now up under FirstView
doi.org/10.1017/S003...
The article is a minor rework of a paper I gave last year at the @abdndivinity.bsky.social PGR Symposium
