Dr Jacob Lett, Senior Lecturer in Theology and Vice Principal (Academics) at NTC, received Honourable Mention in the First Time Author of Theological Subject Matters category at the Catholic Media Association Book Awards for his book Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Theology of ....

So lovely to get to spend time in Durham with some of my favourite people, for a conference on theological education & mental health. Our panel were talking about mental health beyond the individual.

JSNT (Journal for the Study of the New Testament) is looking for a new booklist/book review editor. The call is linked here and is a great opportunity for editorial service in the field for those who might be interested (there is an annual stipend). journals.sagepub.com/page/jnt/callf…

Don't miss your chance to sign up to the Women's Voices Conference at Luther King Centre on 12 October 2024. Join us to explore the question of what the Christian Faith has to say about the growing oppression of women around the world. Find out more: lutherking.ac.uk/latest-news/wo…

Centre for Jewish Studies fellow Dr Jane Brooks recently published "Jewish Refugees and the British nursing profession" (Manchester University Press, 2024), which has won the Lavinia Dock award. This is a hugely prestigious award in the discipline. Congratulations!

Prof Peter Oakes with a research team of Dr Sarah Parkhouse, Dr Jeremy Penner, and Fr John Saleeb have won a £5000 John Rylands Research Institute and Library pilot grant for the project, "Exploring the Potential Benefits of Rylands Coptic Manuscripts for the Coptic Community in the UK and Internationally".

Don’t miss the chance to hear Thomas Jay Oord speaking at Manchester Cathedral Conversations next Monday! The talk is from 2pm and is free to attend.

Our HRF Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz attended and spoke on the Jewish community and refugees at an 'Encounter Workshop' at the Woolf Institute, University of Cambridge, 1-2 July.

For those coming to the British New Testament Society meeting or who are in Glasgow 22 August, please join us for the Meeting the Material Bible public workshop. Info here, but no need to sign up. eventbrite.co.uk/e/920788161177…

David Lamb has published "The Language of John: Idiolect, Sociolect, Antilanguage, and Textual community" in The Johannine Community in Contemporary Debate, ed. Christopher Seglenieks and Christopher W. Skinner. rowman.com/ISBN/978197871…

An interesting reflection on trends in New Testament studies in the UK, insofar as these things are reflected by the work shared at British New Testament Society: the only paper that explicitly mentions women or feminism in the abstract at #BNTS24 is the one Rachel J Miller and I are giving later.

On behalf of the department, we congratulate Ms Rhea Howard and her team to winning the Bronze Medal in artistic swimming. Rhea is a final year MA student in R+T and managed to study at the same time as she was professionally training for the competition. …r-religions-and-theology.blogspot.com/2024/08/sporti…

We're excited for #NPAW2024! Why?👇 1) Flagship event: authentic #networking masterclass, Q&A+live networking w/your peers across all dimensions! Sign up event-lab.co.uk/paw/ 2) Free (limited) career sessions for those with no institutional support tinyurl.com/UKNPAWcareers

Includes a chapter on Enriqueta Rylands, founder of John Rylands Research Institute and Library and active supporter of Manchester R&T

In January, we launched our Manchester Cathedral podcast and it really is a rich source of insights from so many people including Graham Adams, Raj Bharat patta, Cllr Dr Eve Parker, Marika, Jayne Manfredi Thomas Jay Oord Looking forward to adding more in the next year! open.spotify.com/show/55yDTHRg4…

Emeritus Professor George J. Brooke has been awarded the highly prestigious 2024 Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies from the British Academy. thebritishacademy.ac.uk/prizes-medals/…

Our annual Summer School is running from May 19-22 in 2025. You don't have to be an LKC student to join this module, it's open to anyone who is interested in exploring the impact of Empire on the Bible, Jesus and Mission. For more information email [email protected]

Wonderful news from last month!

We can't wait to welcome PhD students and early career researchers to our meet and greet next week! Parkes Institute Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies BIAJS British & Irish Association for Holocaust Studies Hidden Treasures RHUL Holocaust Research Institute UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies Manchester R&T Faculty of Divinity School of Divinity King's TRS Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies Centre for Global Jewish Studies@warwick Centre for German-Jewish Studies