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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, Francis I: A Latin American Pope . Orbis, Maryknoll, N.Y.
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.

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 '. in A Gier, M Saremba & B Taylor (eds), 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 '. in M Clarke (ed.), 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 '. in R MacSwain & T Worley (eds), 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 '. in S Barton & D Wilkinson (eds), 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, ' Tertullian the African: An Anthropological Reading of Tertullian's Context and Identities ' Scottish Journal of Theology , vol 66, no. 1, pp. 120-121.
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 '. in R Thomas & JZ (eds), The Virgil Encyclopedia. Wiley-Blackwell.

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 '. in D Arbel & A Orlov (eds), 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 '. in JJ Collins & DC Harlow (eds), The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism. Eerdmans, pp. 890-892.
Davila, JR 2010, ' Pseudepigrapha: Old Testament '. in JJ Collins & DC Harlow (eds), 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 '. in N MacDonald, MW Elliott & G Macaskill (eds), Genesis and Christian Theology. Eerdmans, pp. 306-322.
Elliott, MW 2012, ' Johannes Brenz and His Written Sermons in the Spirit of Luther '. in WJ Lyons & I Sandwell (eds), 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, ' "Divine Nature" in 2 Pet 1,4 within its Eschatological Context ' Biblica , vol 94.1, pp. 80-99.
Hafemann, SJ 2013, ' The Redemption of Israel for the Sake of the Gentiles: Romans 15:7-13 '. in J Willitts & D Rudolph (eds), 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 '. in CH Talbert & JA Whitlark (eds), 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 '. in M Volf (ed.), First the Kingdom of God : a Festschrift in honor of Prof. Peter Kuzmic. Evandeoski teoloski fakultet, Osijek, pp. 281-294.

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 '. in T Hart, G Hopps & J Begbie (eds), Patterns of Promise: Art, Imagination and Christian Hope. Ashgate, Aldershot.
Hart, TA 2012, ' Lectio Divina: God and Mystery in Words '. in R MacSwain & T Worley (eds), 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 '. in N MacDonald & I de Hulster (eds), Göttliche Anwesenheit und Abwesenheit. Peeters, Leuven.
Hart, TA 2012, ' Poetry and Theology in Milton’s Paradise Lost '. in N MacDonald, MW Elliott & G Macaskill (eds), Genesis and Christian Theology. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, pp. 129-139.
Hart, TA 2010, ' Eschatology '. in GR McDermott (ed.), 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 '. in KM Kapic & BL McCormack (eds), 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’ '. in M Delrez & B Ledent (eds), The Worldly Scholar: Towards a Literature of Commitment. Rodopi.
Hopps, GR 2012, ' Infinite Hospitality and the Redemption of Kitsch '. in R MacSwain & T Worley (eds), 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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Research profile

Recent publications

Macaskill, G 2013, Union with Christ in the New Testament. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Macaskill, G 2013, ' Parables, Thrones and Justice: Matthew and the Similitudes of Enoch '. in J Charlesworth & D Bock (eds), Parables of Enoch: A Paradigm Shift. vol. New York, T & T Clark International, pp. 218-230.
Macaskill, G 2013, The Slavonic Texts of 2 Enoch . Studia Judaeoslavica, vol. 6, vol. 6, Brill.
Macaskill, G 2012, ' 'The Atonement' and Concepts of Participation in the New Testament '. in J Maston & M Bird (eds), Earliest Christianity: History, Literature, and Theology : Essays from the Tyndale Fellowship in Honour of Prof. Martin Hengel.. vol. WUNT, Mohr Siebeck, Tuebingen, pp. 363-380.
MacDonald, N , Elliott, MW & Macaskill, G (eds) 2012, Genesis and Christian Theology . Eerdmans, Grand Rapids.

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 '. in G van Belle (ed.), 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 '. in WM Alston & M Welker (eds), 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 '. in M Bockmuehl & DA Hagner (eds), The Written Gospel. Cambridge University Press, pp. 254-273.
Piper, RA 2001, ' Jesus and the Conflict of Powers in Q: Two Q Miracle Stories '. in A Lindemann (ed.), 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 '. in C Skinner & M Hauge (eds), 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 '. in ES Malbon (ed.), 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 2013, ' (In)visibility and the Process of Public Theology ' International Journal of Public Theology , vol 7, no. 1, pp. 45-64.
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 '. in K Ball, K Haggerty & D Lyon (eds), Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies. Routledge International Handbooks, Routledge, pp. 369-376.

Dr William Tooman

Dr William Tooman

Lecturer

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

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Recent publications

Tooman, WA 2013, ' To do the Will of their Master: Re-envisioning the Ḥayyôt in Targum Jonathan of Ezekiel '. in LS Tiemeyer & E Hayes (eds), “I Lifted my Eyes and I Saw”: Reading Dream and Vision Reports in the Hebrew Bible. Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, T & T Clark International, Edinburgh.
Tooman, WA 2013, ' 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 2013, ' Covenant and Presence in the Composition and Theology of Ezekiel '. in N Macdonald & I de Hulster (eds), 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.

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 '. in R Bauckham & C Mosser (eds), 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 '. in M Bockmuehl & A Torrance (eds), 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 2014, ' The Bible and the Crocodile '. in Authoritative Texts and Reception History. Biblical Interpretation Series, Brill.
De Troyer, K 2014, ' The History of the Biblical Text: The Case of the Book of Joshua '. in J Pakala, R Mueller & B ter Haar Romeny (eds), Insights into Editing in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology, Peeters, Louvain.
De Troyer, K 2013, ' Ester '. in S Kreuzer (ed.), Einleitung in die Septuaginta. vol. 1, Handbuch zur Septuaginta, vol. 1, Guetersloher Verlag.
De Troyer, K 2013, ' Esther '. in A Lange & E Tov (eds), The Textual History of the Bible: Volume 1. vol. 1, The Textual History of the Bible, vol. 1, Brill, Leiden.
De Troyer, K 2013, ' The Septuagint '. in J Schaper & J Carleton Paget (eds), The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume II: The Hellenistic Age. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Prof John Webster

Prof John Webster

Professor

Email: jbw5@st-andrews.ac.uk

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, NT 2013, Pauline Perspectives . SPCK.
Wright, NT 2013, Paul and his Recent Interpreters . SPCK.
Wright, NT 2013, Paul and the Faithfulness of God . SPCK.
Wright, NT 2012, ' Cristo e Risorto dai Morti, Primizia di Coloro che sono Morti '. in Jesus, Our Contemporary: Gesu Nostro Contemporaneo. Edizioni Cantagalli, pp. 371-389.
Wright, NT 2012, ' Imagining the Kingdom: Mission and Theology in Early Christianity ' Scottish Journal of Theology , vol 65, no. 4.

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