Research Students & Topics
The community of postgraduate students at St Mary's College is diverse. They encourage one another's intellectual development and make key contributions to the wider social networks of support that enhance the learning experience at the University.
A small selection from amongst the 60 -70 postgraduates currently undertaking research through St Mary's illustrates something of the range of topics they are exploring:
Gordon T. Barclay (UK), 'Hermeneutic phenomenology as a methodology in the study of spirituality - Case Study: Contemporary spirituality in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh'. PhD candidate.
Shawn Bawulski (USA), 'Hell: Is There a Better View? A Theological Consideration of Eternal Punishment, with Special Reference to Annihilationism and Traditionalism'. PhD candidate.
Ian Birch (Scotland), ‘Baptist ecclesiology in the 17th century London Confessions.’ PhD candidate.
Anna M Blanch (Australia), 'Inasmuch as ye did it not: A Study in the Theology of E.Nesbit’. PhD candidate.
David J. Larsen, 'Themes of Israel's Royal Cult in the Psalms and in the Dead Sea Scrolls'. PhD Candidate.
Jason S. Sexton (USA), 'The role of the doctrine of the Trinity in Stanley Grenz's theology'. PhD candidate.
Loe-Joo Tan (Singapore), 'An Assessment of Gavin D'Costa's Trinitarian Theology of Religions with reference to the Trinitarian Theology of Basil of Caesarea'. PhD candidate.