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Department of Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester, Official Bluesky account. Keep up to date with departmental happenings on the blog https://manchester-religions-and-theology.blogspot.com/
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Brilliant start to our departmental research seminars of the academic year with Maryanne Saunders from the National Gallery/KCL speaking on "'Whose line is it anyway?' Considering matrilineality in Christian art'.
Maryanne Saunders from the National Gallery giving a presentation showing a slide with images of Anna Selbdritt, the mother of the mother of Jesus.
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MUP and @thejohnrylands.bsky.social are thrilled to announce that Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is now fully #OpenAccess🔓

Throughout October, the Bulletin's Editorial Board are highlighting journal issues or articles of particular importance on the MUP blog.
Image of a cover from an issue of The Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. Blue banner sits across the centre of the image reading: Now Open Access.
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Since we have just edged into October, time to get excited for our next FTN event...
Eve: (M)Other of All Living, with Holly Morse. Online, 7pm GMT 28 October
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Snapshot of our department's monthly newsletter that has just gone out. Subscribe here: manchester-religions-and-theology.blogspot.com/p/mcembedsig...
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An excellent new volume from our very own Wren! research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/w...
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Introducing 'Resisting Theologies and the Everyday'

"This groundbreaking book is unique in connecting everyday theology to injustices across a broad spectrum of inequities and subjugations." - Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Vanderbilt University

Learn more: https://bit.ly/45JHKU5
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On 16th October, all are invited to the 2025 Manson Memorial Lecture where we look forward to Grant Macaskill @grantmacaskill.bsky.social, Lightfoot Prof at Durham University, speaking on "Transcending Differences: Revisiting the Pseudepigrapha in the Study of Early Jewish and Christian Theology".
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Happy New Academic Year, and a very warm welcome to all new and returning students! Stay tuned for upcoming events...
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Recently promoted to Senior Lecturer, Katja Stuerzenhofecker has been awarded accreditation as Recognised Associate Research Supervisor by the UK Council for Graduate Education. Congratulations!
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Congratulations to Peter Scott and Finlay Malcolm on a successful application to the UKRI’s Impact Accelerator Account. This funding supports a Diocese of Salford secondment to embed some of the findings from their AHRC project, Religion, Theology and Climate Change (2022-25).
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Second-year R&T student Niamh Hardman has recently been accepted onto USPG and the Anglican Communion Youth Network's Emerging Leaders Academy due to her excellent work in children's ministry in Hulme and her position as a trustee for Greater Together Manchester.
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Prof. Peter Scott was interviewed for the film “Planetary Humanity: Astrobiology’s Invitation to the Humanities”. The dialogue captured by the film was part of a research project organised by the Centre of Theological Inquiry in Princeton.

Watch it here: vimeo.com/1088537021
Planetary Humanity: Astrobiology's Invitation to the Humanities
Planetary Humanity documents a dialogue between astrobiology and the humanities, considering life on a planetary scale.
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The book was launched by an event at the British Academy on 25 June, which at the same time served as the launch event of the Intercultural Philosophy Association, of which Alex is a founding member. Learn more at interculturalphilosophy.ac.
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🎉 New Publication 🎉

Alex Samely has published "Philosophising While Reading Texts Across Cultures" in Doing Metaphysics in a Diverse World: How We Make Sense of Things Across Cultures, edited by Stephen Green and published by Bloomsbury.

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Doing Metaphysics in a Diverse World
In a world increasingly interconnected and fractious, cross-cultural dialogue about metaphysics matters more than ever. This essential resource introduces us to…
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Congratulations to Dr Sarah Parkhouse, who has been appointed Lecturer in Biblical and Early Christian Studies (fixed term). She will complete her British Academy Fellowship and take up her post from 1 Sept 2025.
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The department is saddened by the news that Professor John Heywood Thomas, lecturer in Philosophy of Religion from 1957-65, has passed away at the age of 98. Robert Pope has published an obituary in the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/...
The Rev John Heywood Thomas obituary
Other lives: Theologian of note and proud champion of the Welsh language
www.theguardian.com
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I’m at the airport en route to #EABSBL, so it feels like the perfect time to send a copy of my book, Reimaging the Magdalene, on a journey too!

💛 like and 🔁 RT and I’ll draw a winner on the feast of Mary Mag (22/07, heathens)

Let’s see where it ends up…

#Giveaway
The book cover, featuring Artemisia’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy
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🎉 New Publication 🎉

George J. Brooke has co-edited a volume "Missing Pieces: Essays in Honour of Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar". The essays honour the work of Eibert Tigchelaar in the ways they build on his incisive insights and exemplary contributions.

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Missing Pieces: Essays in Honour of Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar
"Missing Pieces: Essays in Honour of Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar" published on 19 Jun 2025 by Brill.
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Congratulations to all on your excellent work this academic year!