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Today's online Ehrhardt Seminar features Dr Susanna Millar from The University of Edinburgh, speaking on "Animals, Power, and Intersectionality in the Books of Samuel".


Join us on Thursday as we welcome Dr Caroline Starkey (University of Leeds) to present ‘Spirit Communication and the Disenchanting World’. To join online, email or DM.


Join Dr Siobhán Jolley for her book launch on 27th March! Her book, 'Reimaging the Magdalene', offers a new, intersectional feminist approach to utilising and interpreting the visual reception of Mary Magdalene. bloomsbury.com/9780567714268

➡️ Available now: 'Reimaging the Magdalene' by Dr Siobhán Jolley This book offers a new, intersectional feminist approach to utilising and interpreting the visual reception of Mary Magdalene. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/4kNhMnS


Today's Ehrhardt Seminar is underway, with James Crossley speaking on 'Meeting Old Quests Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus among British Dissenters, Radicals, and the Working Class (c. 1790-c.1850)'



For the book review panel, Madison N. Pierce, Philip Alexander (Manchester R&T) and Yael Fisch will review Nicholas Moore’s The Open Sanctuary: Access to God and the Heavenly Temple in the New Testament (Baker Academic 2024).


My gal is Picture of the Month at the National Gallery, and we made a little film about it. (Tell your Mary Magdalene pals.) youtube.com/watch?v=WeRQ1T…

📣 Seminar Spotlight: Paul For 2025, the Paul seminar (chaired by andy boakye and Ryan Collman) will host three sessions - two on gender and sexuality and a third open call.


For the final Ehrhardt Seminar of the academic year, the Centre for Biblical Studies was delighted to celebrate Emeritus Professor George Brooke today. Professor Brooke was awarded the 2024 Burkitt Medal by the The British Academy.


R&T on tour - Dr Siobhán Jolley took advantage of our Easter break to visit her old school and lead a taster session for A-Level students.

Join us this week for our final departmental seminar of the academic year. We’ll be joined by Professor Ben Quash (of King's TRS and The Visual Commentary on Scripture ) to talk about the intersection of art and theology.


We're hosting the 2025 meeting of the Bible, Critical Theory and Reception Seminar here at Manchester R&T today, with some great papers ahead. If you're interested in joining us next year, drop Dr Tom de Bruin, Dr Rebekah Welton or me a line.


Today, we're hosting our Postgraduate Study Day for Religions and Theology, with our partners from Nazarene Theological College, Cliff College, and Luther King Centre. This afternoon, we welcome alumnus Dr Munyurangabo Benda (queensfoundation) for a keynote on Black political theology.
