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Head of school: Prof. Ivor Davidson


Prof Mario Aguilar

Prof Mario Aguilar

Professor

Email: mia2@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462835

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Recent publications

Aguilar, MI (ed.) 2014, Handbook of Liberation Theologies: Latin American Liberation Theologies . vol. 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston.
Aguilar, MI 2013, ' “Dialogue, Liberation and Justice” '. in: Understanding Interreligious Relations. Oxford University Press.
Aguilar, MI 2013, Religion, Torture and the Liberation of God: Liberation Theology within Globalization . Equinox, London.
Aguilar, MI 2012, A Social History of the Catholic Church in Chile Vol. IV: Torture and Forced Disappearance 1973-1974 . Edwin Mellen Press, Lewinston, New York, Queenston, Ontario and Lampeter, Wales.
Aguilar, MI 2012, Church, Liberation and World Religions: Towards a Christian-Buddhist Dialogue . Ecclesiological Investigations, vol. 14, T & T Clark.

Rev Dr Ian Bradley

Rev Dr Ian Bradley

Reader

Email: icb@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462840

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Recent publications

Bradley, IC 2013, Lost Chords and Christian Soldiers: The Church and Sacred Music of Arthur Sullivan . SCM Press.
Bradley, IC 2012, Water: A Spiritual History . Continuum, London.
Bradley, IC 2012, ' From Lux Eoi to Bishopgarth – A Theologian’s Reflections on Sullivan's Hymn Tunes '. A Gier, M Saremba & B Taylor (eds), in: SullivanPerspektiven : Arthur Sullivans Opern, Kantaten, Orchester- und Sakralmusik. Oldib.
Bradley, IC 2012, God Save the Queen: The Spiritual Heart of the Monarchy . Continuum, London.
Bradley, IC 2012, ' The Theology of the Victorian Hymn Tune '. M Clarke (ed.), in: Music and Theology in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Music in 19th-Century Britain, Ashgate, pp. 5-20.

Prof David Brown

Prof David Brown

Wardlaw Professor

Email: dwb21@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462831

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Recent publications

Brown, DW 2012, ' Experience, Symbol, and Revelation: Continuing the Conversation '. R MacSwain & T Worley (eds), in: Theology, Aesthetics and Culture : Responses to the Work of David Brown. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 265-296.
Brown, DW 2011, Divine Humanity: Kenosis and the Construction of a Christian Theology . Baylor University Press.
Brown, DW 2010, ' ‘Communion of Living and Departed’ ' International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church , vol 10, no. 4, pp. 244-56.
Brown, DW 2010, La tradition kénotique dans la théologie britannique . Mame-Desclee, Paris.
Brown, DW 2009, ' Science and Religion in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Landscape Art '. S Barton & D Wilkinson (eds), in: Reading Genesis after Darwin. Oxford University Press (New York), New York, pp. 111-124

Prof Ivor Davidson

Prof Ivor Davidson

Professor

Email: ijd1@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462836

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Recent publications

Davidson, IJ 2013, The Study of Theology . SPCK.
Davidson, IJ (ed.) 2013, The Cambridge Handbook of Early Christian Theology . Cambridge University Press.
Davidson, IJ 2013, A Short History of Arianism . Cambridge University Press.
Davidson, IJ 2012, ' Ambrosius '. R Thomas & JZ (eds), in: The Virgil Encyclopedia. Wiley-Blackwell.
Davidson, IJ 2011, ' Jerome '. IA McFarland, DAS Fergusson, K Kilby & IR Torrance (eds), in: The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology. Cambridge University Press.

Prof James Davila

Prof James Davila

Professor

Email: jrd4@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462834

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Recent publications

Davila, JR , Bauckham, RJ & Panayotov, AA (eds) 2013, Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures . vol. 1, Eerdmans.
Davila, JR 2013, Hekhalot Literature in Translation: Major Texts of Merkavah Mysticism . Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, EJ Brill Publishers.
Davila, JR 2011, ' Scriptural Exegesis in the Treatise of the Vessels , a Legendary Account of the Hiding of the Temple Treasures '. D Arbel & A Orlov (eds), in: With Letters of Light: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Jewish Apocalypticism, Magic and Mysticism in honor of Rachel Elior. Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, vol. 2, De Gruyter, pp. 45-61.
Davila, JR 2010, ' Liturgical Works '. JJ Collins & DC Harlow (eds), in: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism. Eerdmans, pp. 890-892.
Davila, JR 2010, ' Pseudepigrapha: Old Testament '. JJ Collins & DC Harlow (eds), in: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism. Eerdmans, pp. 1110-1114.

Dr Mark Elliott

Dr Mark Elliott

Senior Lecturer

Email: mwe1@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462825

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Recent publications

Elliott, MW 2012, The Heart of Biblical Theology: Providence Experienced . Ashgate, Aldershot.
Elliott, MW 2012, ' Looking Backwards: The Protestant Latin Bible in the Eyes of Johannes Piscator and Abraham Calov '. in: Shaping the Bible in the Reformation . Brill, Leiden, pp. 291-302.
Elliott, MW 2012, ' Genesis and Human Society: The Learning and Teaching People of God '. N MacDonald, MW Elliott & G Macaskill (eds), in: Genesis and Christian Theology. Eerdmans, pp. 306-322.
Elliott, MW 2012, ' Johannes Brenz and His Written Sermons in the Spirit of Luther '. WJ Lyons & I Sandwell (eds), in: Delivering the Word : Preaching and Exegesis in the Western Christian Tradition . Equinox, pp. 121-33.
MacDonald, N , Elliott, MW & Macaskill, G (eds) 2012, Genesis and Christian Theology . Eerdmans, Grand Rapids.

Dr Scott Hafemann

Dr Scott Hafemann

Reader

Email: sjh23@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462849

Research profile

Recent publications

Hafemann, SJ 2013, ' The Redemption of Israel for the Sake of the Gentiles: Romans 15:7-13 '. J Willitts & D Rudolph (eds), in: Introduction to Messianic Judaism: Its Ecclesial Context and Biblical Foundations. Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI.
Hafemann, SJ 2012, ' Reading Second Peter with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of Second Peter , ed. Robert L. Webb and Duane F. Watson (2010) ' Catholic Biblical Quarterly , vol 74, no. 1, pp. 213-214.
Hafemann, SJ 2011, ' The (Un)Conditionality of Salvation: The Theological Logic of 2 Peter 1:8-10a '. CH Talbert & JA Whitlark (eds), in: Getting "Saved": The Whole Story of Salvation in the New Testament. Eerdmans, pp. 240-262.
Hafemann, SJ 2011, ' Divine Judgment and the Completion of the Missionary Task: Paul's Motivation for Ministry in 1-2 Thessalonians – A Response to Thor Strandenas '. M Volf (ed.), in: First the Kingdom of God : a Festschrift in honor of Prof. Peter Kuzmic. Evandeoski teoloski fakultet, Osijek, pp. 281-294.
Hafemann, SJ 2010, ' The Kingdom of God as the Mission of God '. S Storms & J Taylor (eds), in: For the Fame of God's Name : Essays in Honor of John Piper. Crossway, Wheaton, IL, pp. 235-252.

Prof Trevor Hart

Prof Trevor Hart

Professor

Email: tah@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Recent publications

Hart, TA 2012, ' Unexpected Endings: Eucatastrophic Consolations in Literature and Theology '. T Hart, G Hopps & J Begbie (eds), in: Patterns of Promise: Art, Imagination and Christian Hope. Ashgate, Aldershot.
Hart, TA 2012, ' Lectio Divina: God and Mystery in Words '. R MacSwain & T Worley (eds), in: Theology, Aesthetics and Culture: Responses to the Work of David Brown. Oxford University Press.
Hart, TA 2012, ' Complicating Presence: Inter-disciplinary Perspectives on a Theological Question '. N MacDonald & I de Hulster (eds), in: Göttliche Anwesenheit und Abwesenheit. Peeters, Leuven.
Hart, TA 2012, ' Poetry and Theology in Milton’s Paradise Lost '. N MacDonald, MW Elliott & G Macaskill (eds), in: Genesis and Christian Theology. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, pp. 129-139.
Hart, TA 2010, ' Eschatology '. GR McDermott (ed.), in: Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 262-275.

Rev Dr Stephen Holmes

Rev Dr Stephen Holmes

Senior Lecturer

Email: sh80@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462838

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Recent publications

Holmes, SR 2012, Baptist Theology . T & T Clark International.
Holmes, SR 2012, ' Divine Attributes '. KM Kapic & BL McCormack (eds), in: Mapping Modern Theology: A Thematic and Historical Introduction. Baker Academic, pp. 47-66.
Holmes, SR 2012, ' Why Mission needs Theology '. in: Hearts and Minds. Regent's Park College.
Holmes, SR 2012, ' Why Theology needs Mission '. in: Hearts and Minds. Regent's Park College.
Holmes, SR 2012, ' Evangelical Theology: Basis of Unity or Cause of Division? ' Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology , vol 30, no. 1, pp. 51-65.

Dr Gavin Hopps

Dr Gavin Hopps

Lecturer

Email: grh10@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462837

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Recent publications

Hopps, GR 2012, ' ‘A Foreigner at Home: Morrissey and the Art of Embarrassment’ '. M Delrez & B Ledent (eds), in: The Worldly Scholar: Towards a Literature of Commitment. Rodopi.
Hopps, GR 2012, ' Infinite Hospitality and the Redemption of Kitsch '. R MacSwain & T Worley (eds), in: Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture: Responses to the Work of David Brown. Oxford University Press, pp. 157-168.
Hopps, GR 2012, Morrissey: The Pageant of His Bleeding Heart . Second edn, Continuum International Publishing, New York.
Hopps, GR 2011, ' ‘Morrissey and a Life beyond Life' '. in: Unite and Take Over: Comic Stories Inspired by The Smiths.
Hopps, GR 2009, ' ‘“Eden’s Door”: The Porous Worlds of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and Don Juan' ' The Byron Journal , vol 37, no. 2.

Dr Grant Macaskill

Dr Grant Macaskill

Senior Lecturer

Email: gm37@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462828

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Recent publications

Macaskill, G 2013, ' Parables, Thrones and Justice: Matthew and the Similitudes of Enoch '. J Charlesworth & D Bock (eds), in: Parables of Enoch: A Paradigm Shift. vol. New York, T & T Clark International.
Macaskill, G 2012, ' 'The Atonement' and Concepts of Participation in the New Testament '. J Maston & M Bird (eds), in: Earliest Christianity: History, Literature, and Theology : Essays from the Tyndale Fellowship in Honour of Prof. Martin Hengel.. vol. WUNT, Mohr Siebeck, Tuebingen.
MacDonald, N , Elliott, MW & Macaskill, G (eds) 2012, Genesis and Christian Theology . Eerdmans, Grand Rapids.
Macaskill, G 2011, ' Review Article: The Deliverance of God ' Journal for the Study of the New Testament , vol 34, no. 2, pp. 150-161.
Macaskill, G 2011, ' Simple, Strict Obedience:: The Soteriology of 2 Enoch '. D Gurtner (ed.), in: This World and the World to Come: : Soteriology in Early Judaism. vol. Library of New Testament Studies, T & T Clark International, New York.

Prof Ronald Piper

Prof Ronald Piper

Professor

Email: r.a.piper@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462460/2829

Research profile

Recent publications

Piper, RA 2007, ' The Characterisation of Pilate and the Death of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel '. G van Belle (ed.), in: The Death of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel (BETL 200). Leuven University Press, pp. 121-162.
Piper, RA 2007, ' Brokering Access to God: Reformed Perspectives and Contemporary Study of the Historical Jesus '. WM Alston & M Welker (eds), in: Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity II: Biblical Interpretation in the Reformed Tradition. Wm. B. Eerdmans, pp. 304-330.
Piper, RA & Esler, PF 2006, Lazarus, Mary and Martha: A Social-Scientific and Theological Reading of John . SCM Press.
Piper, RA 2005, ' The One, the Four and the Many '. M Bockmuehl & DA Hagner (eds), in: The Written Gospel. Cambridge University Press, pp. 254-273.
Piper, RA 2001, ' Jesus and the Conflict of Powers in Q: Two Q Miracle Stories '. A Lindemann (ed.), in: The Sayings Source Q and the Historical Jesus. Peeters, pp. 317-349.

Dr Elizabeth Shively

Dr Elizabeth Shively

Lecturer

Email: ees3@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462839

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Recent publications

Shively, EE 2014, ' Characterizing the Non-Human in the Gospel of Mark '. C Skinner & M Hauge (eds), in: Character Studies and the Gospel of Mark. Library of New Testament Studies, T & T Clark International.
Shively, EE 2012, Apocalyptic Imagination in the Gospel of Mark: The Literary and Theological Role of Mark 3:22- 30 . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.
Shively, EE 2009, ' The Story Matters: Solving the Problem of the Parables in Mark 3:23-37 '. ES Malbon (ed.), in: Between Author and Audience in Mark: Narration, Characterization, Interpretation. Sheffield Phoenix Press, Sheffield.

Dr Eric Stoddart

Dr Eric Stoddart

Lecturer

Email: es61@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462841

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Recent publications

Stoddart, E Written evidence to, 'A Scotland for Children' - the public consultation on the Children's & Young People's Bill .
Stoddart, E Written evidence to House of Lords & House of Commons, Joint Committee on Draft Communications Data Bill, Session 2012-13 .
Stoddart, E 2012, ' Current Thinking in Pastoral Theology ' The Expository Times , vol 123, no. 7, pp. 323-333.
Stoddart, E 2012, ' A surveillance of care: Evaluating surveillance ethically '. K Ball, K Haggerty & D Lyon (eds), in: Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies. Routledge International Handbooks, Routledge, pp. 369-376.
Stoddart, E 2011, ' Digital Privacy: A Squandered Gift ' Modern Believing , vol 52, no. 4, pp. 23-28.

Dr William Tooman

Dr William Tooman

Lecturer

Email: wt21@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462848

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Recent publications

Tooman, WA 2012, ' Wisdom and Torah at Qumran: Evidence from the Sapiential Texts '. in: Wisdom and Torah: The Status of Torah and its Reception in Wisdom Literature in the Second Temple. Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplement Series, Leiden and Boston, Wisdom and Torah: The Status of Torah and its Reception in Wisdom Literature in the Second Temple Period, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, United Kingdom, 22-24 September.
Tooman, WA 2012, ' Covenant and Presence in the Composition and Theology of Ezekiel '. N Macdonald & I de Hulster (eds), in: Divine Presence and Absence in Persian Period Judaism. Forschungen zum Alten Testament, Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen, Reflecting Upon Divine Presence and Absence in the Exile and Persian Period, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany, 13-15 May.
Tooman, WA 2011, Gog of Magog: Reuse of Scripture and Compositional Technique in Ezekiel 38-39 . Forschungen zum Alten Testament, vol. 52, Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen.
Tooman, WA 2011, ' Between Imitation and Interpretation: Reuse of Scripture and Compositional Technique in Hodayot (1QH a ) 11:6‐19 ' Dead Sea Discoveries , vol 18, no. 1, pp. 54-73.
Tooman, WA 2010, ' On the Meaning of Dever WaDam in Ezekiel ' Vetus Testamentum , vol 60, no. 4, pp. 666-668.

Prof Alan Torrance

Prof Alan Torrance

Professor

Email: torrance@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462843

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Recent publications

Torrance, AJ 2012, ' Society, Scepticism and the Problem of Moral Inversion: Some Reflections on Michael Polanyi's Social Philosophy '. in: Critical Conversations: Michael Polanyi and Christian Theology. pp. 74-93.
Torrance, AJ 2012, ' Is there a Distinctive Human Nature? ' Zygon .
Torrance, AJ 2009, ' The self-relation, narcissism and the Gospel of Grace ' Scottish Journal of Theology , vol 40, no. 4, pp. 481-510.
Torrance, AJ 2008, ' The Lazarus Narrative, Theological History and Historical Probability '. R Bauckham & C Mosser (eds), in: The Gospel of John and Christian Theology. Eerdmans, pp. 245-262.
Torrance, AJ 2008, ' Can the Truth be Learned? Redressing the "Theologistic Fallacy" in Modern Biblical Scholarship '. M Bockmuehl & A Torrance (eds), in: Scripture's Doctrine and Theology's Bible: How the New Testament Shapes Christian Dogmatics. Baker Academic, pp. 143-163.

Prof Kristin De Troyer

Prof Kristin De Troyer

Professor

Email: kdt21@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462830

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Recent publications

De Troyer, K 2012, ' The Garden: A Crucial Element or a Later Addition to the Resurrection Stories? '. G Van Oyen & T Shepherd (eds), in: Resurrection of the Dead: Biblical Traditions in Dialogue. Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, no. 249, Peeters, Louvain, pp. 41-53.
De Troyer, K 2012, ' The Seventy-two and Their Many Grandchildren. A Review of Septuagint Studies from 1997 onwards ' Currents in Biblical Research , pp. 1-59.
De Troyer, K 2012, ' Bathsheba and Nathan: A Closer Look at Their Characterizations in MT, Kaige and the Antiochian Text '. H Ausloos, B Lemmelijn & J Trebolle (eds), in: After Qumran: Old and New Editions of Biblical Texts - The Historical Books. vol. 246, Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, no. 246, Peeters, Louvain, pp. 119-142.
De Troyer, K 2012, ' Looking at Bathsheba with Text Critical Eyes '. N David, K De Troyer, A Lange & S Tzoref (eds), in: The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 84-91.
De Troyer, K , David, N, Lange, A & Tzoref, S (eds) 2012, The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Goettingen.

Prof. N.T. Wright

Prof Nicholas N.T. Wright

Professor

Email: ntw2@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462827

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Recent publications

Wright, T 2012, ' Revelation and Christian Hope: Political Implications of the Revelation to John '. RB Hays & S Alkier (eds), in: Revelation and the Politics of Apocalyptic Interpretation. Baylor University Press, pp. 105-124.

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St Mary's College
The School of Divinity
University of St Andrews
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