Celebrating Theology Faculty from the University of Nottingham: Frances Knight

Last updated on: June 11, 2013 at 11:00 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today’s TRS Faculty member is Associate Professor of History of Modern Christianity Frances Knight. Frances came to Nottingham in 2009. She did her Bachelor’s and Master’s at King’s College London, where she found most interesting the modern history of the Anglican Church. In 1995, Frances moved to Cambridge to do her PhD under David Thompson. Frances’ main area of interest is the modern era, especially the nineteenth century, Anglican Church. While I’ve never sat in on any... Read more

Celebrating Theology Faculty from the University of Nottingham: Karen Kilby

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 11:32 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today I want to introduce you to Karen Kilby. Karen is currently an Associate Professor of Systematic Theology here at Nottingham, but has recently been appointed to the Bede Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Durham. A post which she will take up in January 2014. Karen was born and raised in Connecticut and did Mathematics and Religious Studies as an undergraduate at Yale. She then went to work at Cambridge, returning to Yale... Read more

Celebrating Theology Faculty from the University of Nottingham: John Milbank

Last updated on: June 7, 2013 at 11:00 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, John Milbank is perhaps the most well-known member of our faculty here in the department of Theology and Religious Studies. John holds the position of Professor in Religion, Politics and Ethics and is primarily a research professor, teaching only a few classes, primarily graduate level, a year. John has studied at Oxford, Cambridge, under Rowan Williams, and the University of Birmingham where he did his PhD under Leon Pompa on Giambatista Vico. The two primary courses John... Read more

Celebrating Theology Faculty from the University of Nottingham: Philip Goodchild

Last updated on: June 6, 2013 at 11:00 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today’s faculty member of the Theology and Religious Studies Department at Nottingham is Prof of Religion and Philosophy Philip Goodchild. Now, I have to be fair, I don’t know Philip as well as I do some of the other members of our faculty, but I will be working with him next year when I teach a section of the undergraduate course Great Religious Texts. Philip did Mathematics as well as Theology and Religious Studies for his... Read more

Celebrating Theology Faculty from the University of Nottingham: Alan Ford

Last updated on: June 5, 2013 at 11:00 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today I want to introduce you to the second of three Irishmen we have on faculty here at the University, Prof Alan Ford. Alan is now a Pro-Vice-Chancellor, but before he became such a big-wig in the upper echelons of academia, he taught Church history. Alan did his University training at Trinity College Dublin and St John’s College Cambridge, where he received his PhD. Alan came to the department here at Nottingham in 1999. Alan’s work... Read more

Celebrating Theology Faculty from the University of Nottingham: Roland Deines

Last updated on: June 4, 2013 at 11:00 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today I want to introduce you to another of our Biblical Studies faculty, Prof Roland Deines. Roland, born and raised in Germany, did his university work in Switzerland, Germany, and Jerusalem. Roland did his PhD on the Pharisees under Dr Martin Hengel. Roland is also an ordained minister in the German Lutheran Church. Roland’s work focuses on the Pharisees and the gospel of Matthew, however, he is also interested in the history leading up to the... Read more

Celebrating Theology Faculty from the University of Nottingham: Richard Bell

Last updated on: June 3, 2013 at 11:00 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today I thought I would introduce you to one of our Biblical Studies faculty members, Richard Bell. Richard’s interests are varied are far reaching, as has been his life and education, see more here. He has done PhDs in physics and theology. The latter was received from Tübingen, under Peter Stuhlmacher, whose academic pedigree goes back to Rudolph Bultmann. Richard now teaches a variety of courses from courses on Romans or Paul in general, to courses on... Read more

"God, Gods, and Fairies"

Last updated on: May 31, 2013 at 12:35 pm By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, In addition to my post on Tom O’Loughlin, here is an absolutely brilliant and erudite piece by David Bentley Hart from First Things (June/July 2013). Hart outlines why disbelief or belief in gods and fairies (which he defines as things of this world/nature, i.e. created, if they exist) and disbelief in God. Also, make sure you look through Father Aidan’s posts, particularly on the Church Fathers. Yours, David Read more

Celebrating Theology Faculty from the University of Nottingham: Tom O'Loughlin

Last updated on: May 31, 2013 at 11:00 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today I want to tell you about my original supervisor here at the University of Nottingham, Tom O’Loughlin. Tom is a bit of Renaissance Man in the field of theology. He has a BA in Philosophy and Medieval History from University College Dublin; a BD in Theology from St Patrick’s College; an MPhil and a PhD. Tom has done work in paleography, liturgy, ancient Irish and Welsh Christianity, Christian Origins, Patristics, Medieval Theology/Philosophy, and even works... Read more

Celebrating Theology Faculty from the University of Nottingham: Alison Milbank

Last updated on: May 29, 2013 at 11:00 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today I want to highlight Dr Alison Milbank. Alison and I share many affinities, particularly a love for combining (or showing the existing relationship between) literature and theology. Alison studied Theology and English Literature at Cambridge, doing her PhD at Lancaster. Alison’s work tends to focus in one sense on religion and culture and in another literature and theology. Her desire is to show how theology is and can be worked out through cultural poetic (that... Read more