UoM Religion
@uomreligion.bsky.social
Department of Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester, Official Bluesky account. Keep up to date with departmental happenings on the blog https://manchester-religions-and-theology.blogspot.com/
Daniel R. Langton has published Darwin in the Jewish Imagination: Jews' Engagement with Evolution Theory (Oxford University Press, 2025). This book offers the first major study of Jewish responses to Darwinian evolution, one of the most transformative and contested ideas of the industrial age.
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Daniel R. Langton has published Darwin in the Jewish Imagination: Jews' Engagement with Evolution Theory (Oxford University Press, 2025). This book offers the first major study of Jewish responses to Darwinian evolution, one of the most transformative and contested ideas of the industrial age.
Grant Macaskill, Manson Lecture 2025.
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Grant Macaskill, Manson Lecture 2025.
Brilliant start to our departmental research seminars of the academic year with Maryanne Saunders from the National Gallery/KCL speaking on "'Whose line is it anyway?' Considering matrilineality in Christian art'.
October 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Brilliant start to our departmental research seminars of the academic year with Maryanne Saunders from the National Gallery/KCL speaking on "'Whose line is it anyway?' Considering matrilineality in Christian art'.
Snapshot of our department's monthly newsletter that has just gone out. Subscribe here: manchester-religions-and-theology.blogspot.com/p/mcembedsig...
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Snapshot of our department's monthly newsletter that has just gone out. Subscribe here: manchester-religions-and-theology.blogspot.com/p/mcembedsig...
Congratulations to our Class of 2025, who graduated this week! Whether you just graduated (like Sylvia here) or you’ve been in the @officialuom.bsky.social alumni crew a little longer, we’d love to see your graduation photos this week. Tag us, reply, or DM!
July 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Congratulations to our Class of 2025, who graduated this week! Whether you just graduated (like Sylvia here) or you’ve been in the @officialuom.bsky.social alumni crew a little longer, we’d love to see your graduation photos this week. Tag us, reply, or DM!
Today, we're hosting our Postgraduate Study Day for Religions and Theology, with our partners from Nazarene Theological College, Cliff College and Luther King Centre.
This afternoon, we welcome alumnus Dr Munyurangabo Benda from Queens Foundation for a keynote on Black political theology.
This afternoon, we welcome alumnus Dr Munyurangabo Benda from Queens Foundation for a keynote on Black political theology.
June 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Today, we're hosting our Postgraduate Study Day for Religions and Theology, with our partners from Nazarene Theological College, Cliff College and Luther King Centre.
This afternoon, we welcome alumnus Dr Munyurangabo Benda from Queens Foundation for a keynote on Black political theology.
This afternoon, we welcome alumnus Dr Munyurangabo Benda from Queens Foundation for a keynote on Black political theology.
Join us this week for our final departmental seminar of the academic year. We’ll be joined by Professor Ben Quash (of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @thevcs.bsky.social) to talk about the intersection of art and theology.
May 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Join us this week for our final departmental seminar of the academic year. We’ll be joined by Professor Ben Quash (of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @thevcs.bsky.social) to talk about the intersection of art and theology.
For the final Ehrhardt Seminar of the academic year, the Centre for Biblical Studies was delighted to celebrate Emeritus Professor George Brooke today. Professor Brooke was awarded the 2024 Burkitt Medal by the @britishacademy.bsky.social.
May 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
For the final Ehrhardt Seminar of the academic year, the Centre for Biblical Studies was delighted to celebrate Emeritus Professor George Brooke today. Professor Brooke was awarded the 2024 Burkitt Medal by the @britishacademy.bsky.social.
We’re at the London offer holders’ day at Woburn House today - come and say hi!
April 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We’re at the London offer holders’ day at Woburn House today - come and say hi!
Today's Ehrhardt Seminar is underway, with @jc01229.bsky.social speaking on 'Meeting Old Quests Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus among British Dissenters, Radicals, and the Working Class (c. 1790-c.1850)'
March 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Today's Ehrhardt Seminar is underway, with @jc01229.bsky.social speaking on 'Meeting Old Quests Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus among British Dissenters, Radicals, and the Working Class (c. 1790-c.1850)'
Join us on Thursday - in person or online - for Dr Caroline Starkey’s paper ‘Spirit Communication and the Disenchanting World’, a recent ethnographic study of the patrons, staff, and volunteers of a Spiritualist church and nearby psychic shop in Morley, a working-class town in the North of England.
March 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Join us on Thursday - in person or online - for Dr Caroline Starkey’s paper ‘Spirit Communication and the Disenchanting World’, a recent ethnographic study of the patrons, staff, and volunteers of a Spiritualist church and nearby psychic shop in Morley, a working-class town in the North of England.
Today's online Ehrhardt Seminar features Dr Susanna Millar from @edinburghuni.bsky.social, speaking on "Animals, Power, and Intersectionality in the Books of Samuel".
March 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today's online Ehrhardt Seminar features Dr Susanna Millar from @edinburghuni.bsky.social, speaking on "Animals, Power, and Intersectionality in the Books of Samuel".
🗣️ In this week’s research slot we welcome @thelonial_monk to give the 2025 Samuel Ferguson Lecture.
📍Ellen Wilkinson C1.18
📆 6th March
🕓 4pm
📍Ellen Wilkinson C1.18
📆 6th March
🕓 4pm
March 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🗣️ In this week’s research slot we welcome @thelonial_monk to give the 2025 Samuel Ferguson Lecture.
📍Ellen Wilkinson C1.18
📆 6th March
🕓 4pm
📍Ellen Wilkinson C1.18
📆 6th March
🕓 4pm
🗣️We’re delighted to welcome Dr Frederick Simmons this week, to present his paper Environmental Despair, Salvation History, and the Theological Virtues.
📍Uni Place 5.205 or online
📆 Thursday, 20th February
🕓 4pm
📍Uni Place 5.205 or online
📆 Thursday, 20th February
🕓 4pm
February 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🗣️We’re delighted to welcome Dr Frederick Simmons this week, to present his paper Environmental Despair, Salvation History, and the Theological Virtues.
📍Uni Place 5.205 or online
📆 Thursday, 20th February
🕓 4pm
📍Uni Place 5.205 or online
📆 Thursday, 20th February
🕓 4pm
Today the Ehrhardt Seminar resumed in person and online. We welcomed Dr. Dominika Kurek-Chomycz, Associate Professor in Biblical Studies at Liverpool Hope to present ‘A Perfect (Mis)fit for a Leader? Moses’s Speech Impediment in Early Christian Interpretation’.
February 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Today the Ehrhardt Seminar resumed in person and online. We welcomed Dr. Dominika Kurek-Chomycz, Associate Professor in Biblical Studies at Liverpool Hope to present ‘A Perfect (Mis)fit for a Leader? Moses’s Speech Impediment in Early Christian Interpretation’.
We’re delighted to welcome our first group of offer holders this afternoon to meet staff and students and enjoy a teaching showcase from Andy, Siobhán and Kamran.
February 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We’re delighted to welcome our first group of offer holders this afternoon to meet staff and students and enjoy a teaching showcase from Andy, Siobhán and Kamran.
A great start to our Thursday research seminars yesterday, with a report from Professor Peter Scott (UoM), Dr Gemma Edwards (UoM), Dr Celia Deane-Drummond (University of Oxford) and Dr Finlay Malcolm (UoM) on their research project, ‘Changing Climate, Changing Religion’.
February 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A great start to our Thursday research seminars yesterday, with a report from Professor Peter Scott (UoM), Dr Gemma Edwards (UoM), Dr Celia Deane-Drummond (University of Oxford) and Dr Finlay Malcolm (UoM) on their research project, ‘Changing Climate, Changing Religion’.
Our first departmental research seminar of the semester is underway! 'Changing Climate, Changing Religion' offers some preliminary findings from the team working on the AHRC-funded research project led by Professor Peter Scott.
February 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our first departmental research seminar of the semester is underway! 'Changing Climate, Changing Religion' offers some preliminary findings from the team working on the AHRC-funded research project led by Professor Peter Scott.
📆 Planning ahead? Here’s the rest of the schedule for departmental seminars.
🔁 We alternate with the Centre for Biblical Studies Ehrhardt Seminar, which resumes on 13th February.
🔁 We alternate with the Centre for Biblical Studies Ehrhardt Seminar, which resumes on 13th February.
January 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
📆 Planning ahead? Here’s the rest of the schedule for departmental seminars.
🔁 We alternate with the Centre for Biblical Studies Ehrhardt Seminar, which resumes on 13th February.
🔁 We alternate with the Centre for Biblical Studies Ehrhardt Seminar, which resumes on 13th February.
📣The departmental research seminar returns next week.
🌱Join us in person or online for ‘Changing Climate, Changing Religion’, on Thursday at 4pm.
🌱Join us in person or online for ‘Changing Climate, Changing Religion’, on Thursday at 4pm.
January 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
📣The departmental research seminar returns next week.
🌱Join us in person or online for ‘Changing Climate, Changing Religion’, on Thursday at 4pm.
🌱Join us in person or online for ‘Changing Climate, Changing Religion’, on Thursday at 4pm.