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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 2013, ' “Dialogue, Liberation and Justice” ', 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 , Church, Liberation and World Religions, T & T Clark.
Aguilar, MI 2011, ' From age-sets to friendship networks in contemporary sociology: The continuity of soda among the Boorana of East Africa ', Sociology Mind , vol 1, no. 1, pp. 16-25.
Aguilar, MI 2011 , Socialist Revolution and Critical Thought in Chile: A Biography of Carlos Altamirano, Fundacion Literaria Civilizacion.

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, I 2010, ' Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England ', Scottish Journal of Theology , vol 63, no. 4, pp. 482-483.
Bradley, IC 2010 , Water Music: Music Making in the Spas of Europe and North America, Oxford University Press, New York.
Bradley, IC 2010 , Grace, Order, Openness and Diversity: Reclaiming Liberal Theology, Continuum, London.
Bradley, IC 2009, ' T.E.Muir: Roman Catholic Church Music in England, 1791-1914: A Handmaid of the Liturgy? ', Recusant History , vol 29, no. 4, pp. 590-1.
Bradley, IC 2009 , Pilgrimage: A Spiritual and Cultural Journey, Lion Hudson.

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.
Brown, DW 2010, ' ‘Communion of Living and Departed’ ', International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church , vol 10, 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. 111-24
Brown, DW 2009, ' Body as Graced or Vile: Tensions in the Christian Vision ', in C Saunders, U Maude & J Macnaughton (eds) , The body and the arts PalgraveMacMillan, pp. 25-38.

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 ', in R Thomas & JZ (eds) , The Virgil Encyclopedia Wiley-Blackwell.
Davidson, IJ 2011, ' Jerome ', in IA McFarland, DAS Fergusson, K Kilby & IR Torrance (eds) , 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 2013 , Hekhalot Literature in Translation: Major Texts of Merkavah Mysticism, EJ Brill Publishers.
Davila, JR 2012, ' The Hekhalot Literature and Merkavah Mysticism ', in ER Wolfson (ed.) , The Cambridge Companion to Kabbalah Cambridge Companions, Cambridge University Press.
Davila, JR , Bauckham, RJ & Panayotov, AA (eds) 2012 , Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, vol. 1, Eerdmans.
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) , Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism Eerdmans.

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 2011, ' What Cyril of Alexandria's De Adoratione is all about ', Studia Patristica , vol 50, pp. 245-252.
Elliott, MW 2011, ' THE TRIUMPH OF PAULINISM BY THE MID- THIRD CENTURY ', in M Bird & J Dodson (eds) , Paul and the Second Century Continuum, pp. 244-56.
Elliott, MW 2011, ' 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.
Elliott, MW 2011, ' Calvin and the Ceremonial Law of Moses ', Reformation and Renaissance Review , vol 11 , no. 3.
Elliott, MW 2011, ' Bavinck's Use of Augustine as an Antidote to Ritschl ', Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology , vol 29, no. 1, pp. 24-40.

Dr Scott Hafemann

Dr Scott Hafemann

Reader in New Testament Studies

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


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 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 (ed.) , Genesis and Christian Theology Eerdmans, Grand Rapids.
Hart, TA 2010, ' Eschatology ', in G McDermott (ed.) , Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 262-75.

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, ' Listening for the Lex Orandi: The constructed theology of contemporary worship events ', Scottish Journal of Theology .
Holmes, SR 2011 , The Politics of Christmas, Theos, London.
Holmes, SR 2011, ' Kings, Professors, and Ploughboys: On the Accessibility of Scripture ', International Journal of Systematic Theology , vol 13, no. 4, pp. 403-415.
Holmes, SR 2010, ' Baptists and the Bible ', Baptist Quarterly , vol 43, no. 7, pp. 410-427.

Dr Gavin Hopps

Dr Gavin Hopps

Lecturer

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

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Recent publications

Hopps, GR 2008, ' Byron and Grammatical Freedom ', in B Beatty, T Howe & C Robinson (eds) , Liberty and poetic licence: new essays on Byron Liverpool University Press.
Hopps, GR 2007, ' Romantic Invocation: A Form of Impossibility ', in A Rawes (ed.) , Romanticism and form Palgrave Macmillan.
Hopps, GR 2006, ' 'Je sais bien, mais quand meme ...': Wordsworth's Faithful Scepticism ', in G Hopps & J Stabler (eds) , Romanticism and Religion from William Cowper to Wallace Stevens Ashgate, pp. 57-73.
Hopps, GR 2005, ' ‘Inhabiting a Place Beyond “To be or not to be”: The Playful Devotions of Byron and Coleridge ', The Coleridge Bulletin , vol New Series 25.
Hopps, GR 2005, ' Beyond Embarrassment: A Post-Secular Reading of Apostrophe ', Romanticism , vol 11, no. 2, pp. 224-241.

Dr Kelly Iverson

Dr Kelly Iverson

Lecturer

Email: ki10@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 462839

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Recent publications

Iverson, K 2011, ' A Centurion's "Confession": A Performance-Critical Analysis of Mark 15:39 ', Journal of Biblical Literature , vol 130/2, pp. 329-50.
Iverson, K & Skinner, CW (eds) 2011 , Mark as Story: Retrospect and Prospect, Resources for Biblical Study, vol. 65, Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta.
Iverson, K 2011, ' ‘Wherever the Gospel is Preached’: The Paradox of Secrecy in the Gospel of Mark ', in K Iverson & C Skinner (eds) , Mark as Story: Retrospect and Prospect Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, pp. 181-210.
Iverson, K 2009, ' Orality and the Gospels: A Survey of Recent Research ', Currents in Biblical Research , vol 8, no. 1, pp. 71-106.
Iverson, KR 2008, ' The Jesus legend: A case for the historical reliability of the Synoptic Jesus tradition/Eddy Paul ', Catholic Biblical Quarterly , vol 70, no. 3, pp. 598-600.

Dr Nathan MacDonald

Dr Nathan MacDonald

Reader

Email: nm28@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Recent publications

MacDonald, N 2012, ' Monotheism ', in JB Green & LM McDonald (eds) , The Background of the New Testament: An Examination of the Context of Early Christianity Baker Publishing (incl. Brazos Press), Grand Rapids.
MacDonald, N 2012, ' The Spirit of God ', in N MacDonald & I de Hulster (eds) , Divine Presence and Absence Forschungen zum Alten Testament II, Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen.
MacDonald, N & de Hulster, I (eds) 2012 , Divine Presence and Absence, Forschungen zum Alten Testament II, Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen.
MacDonald, N 2012, ' The Hermeneutics and Genesis of the Red Cow Ritual in Numbers 19 ', Harvard Theological Review .
MacDonald, N 2012, ' Happiness in the Pentateuch ', in B Strawn (ed.) , Happiness in the Bible Oxford University Press, New York.

Dr Grant Macaskill

Dr Grant Macaskill

Lecturer

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

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Recent publications

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.
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, ' Parables, Thrones and Justice: Matthew and the Similitudes of Enoch ', in J Charlesworth & D Bock (eds) , The Similitudes of Enoch and the New Testament vol. New York, T & T Clark International.
Macaskill, G 2011, ' Simple, Strict Obedience:: The Soteriology of 2 Enoch ', in D Gurtner (ed.) , This World and the World to Come: : Soteriology in Early Judaism vol. Library of New Testament Studies, T & T Clark International, New York.
Macaskill, G 2011, ' 2 Enoch: Manuscripts, Recensions and Original Language ', in G Boccaccini & A Orlov (eds) , Enoch, Adam, Melchisedek: Mediatorial Figures in 2 Enoch and Second Temple Judaism. Wm. B. Eerdmans.

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 Eric Stoddart

Dr Eric Stoddart

Lecturer/Distance Learning Officer

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

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Recent publications

Stoddart, E 2011, ' Digital Privacy: A Squandered Gift ', Modern Believing , vol 52, no. 4, pp. 23-28.
Stoddart, E 2011, ' Watching and Being Watched: An Interview with Dr Eric Stoddart ', Fermentations , vol 2, no. 2, pp. 7-12.
Stoddart, E 2011, ' A Surveillance of Care - Evaluating Surveillance Ethically ', in D Lyon, K Ball & K Haggerty (eds) , International Handbook of Surveillance Studies Routledge.
Stoddart, E 2011, ' Surveillance Policy in Scotland ', in M Leith & I McPhee (eds) , Scottish Devolution and Social Policy: Evidence from the First Decade Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Stoddart, E 2011 , Theological Perspectives on a Surveillance Society: Watching and being Watched, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.

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 ', 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 , 22/09/11 .
Tooman, WA 2012, ' 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 , 13/05/11 .
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 Imitiation and Interpretation: Reuse of Scripture and Compositional Technique in 1QHodayot-a 11:6-19 ', Dead Sea Discoveries , vol 18, 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 2009, ' The self-relation, narcissism and the Gospel of Grace ', Scottish Journal of Theology , vol 40, no. 4, pp. 481-510.
Torrance, AJ & Banner, M 2006 , The Doctrine of God and Theological Ethics, T & T Clark International.
Torrance, AJ & Whiten, A 2006, ' 'Introduction' to Section 4 'Sociality and Morality: Evolutionary, Developmental and Philosophical Perspectives' ', Human Nature The Royal Society of Edinburgh, pp. 201-206.
Torrance, AJ 2006, ' Open Society and the Problem of Closure in Accounts of Human Nature ', in MA Jeeves (ed.) , Human Nature The Royal Society of Edinburgh, pp. 257-283.
Torrance, AJ 2006, ' The Theological Grounds for Advocating Forgiveness and Reconciliation in the Sociopolitical Realm ', in D Philpott (ed.) , The Politics of Past Evil: Religion, Reconciliation, and the Dilemmas of Transitional Justice University of Notre Dame Press, pp. 45-85.

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 2011, ' Looking at Bathsheba with Text Critical Eyes ', in N David, K De Troyer, A Lange & S Tzoref (eds) , The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 84-91.
De Troyer, K 2011, ' The Legs and the Wings of the Grasshopper: A Case Study on Changes in the Masoretic Text and in the Old Greek Translation of the Book of Leviticus ', in H von Weissenberg, J Pakkala & M Martilla (eds) , Changes in Scripture: Rewriting and Interpreting Authoritative Traditions in the Second Temple Period vol. 419, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fuer die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, vol. 419, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 153-163.
De Troyer, K 2011, ' The Second Year of Darius ', Was 1Esdras First?: An Investigation into the Priority and Nature of 1Esdras vol. 7, Ancient Israel and Its Literature, vol. 7, Society of Biblical Literature, pp. 73-81.
De Troyer, K , David, N, Lange, A & Tzoref, S (eds) 2011 , The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Goettingen.
De Troyer, K (ed.) , Lange, A (ed.) & Adcock, JS 2011 , The Qumran Legal Material between the Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation, Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology, vol. 61, vol. 61, Peeters, Louvain.

Prof. N.T. Wright

Prof Nicholas N.T. Wright

Professor

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

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Contact details

St Mary's College
The School of Divinity
University of St Andrews
South Street
St Andrews
Fife KY16 9JU
Scotland, United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1334 462850
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