Philip Ziegler
@pgziegler1
Theologian working and teaching at the University of Aberdeen
[New Post] The General Assembly/Synod season has started & the meetings are ramping up. Starting Sat, 17 May, is the Church of Scotland GA. My information about the meeting and how to follow along with the Church of Scotland General Assembly 2025 #ga2025 blog.gajunkie.com/?p=3900
The 2025 Karl Barth-Tagung comes to its end today. It’s been a wonderful chance to share in rich theological conversation with Swiss and German colleagues in this lovely hilltop retreat at Chrishona on the outskirts of Basel.
Making the final ascent on foot to St Chrishona in the hills north of Basel, home for the next few days for the Karl Barth-Tagung, aka Euro Barth Camp. Questions of hope and / in theology provide the theme this year.
Behold the proofs for the T&T Clark Handbook of Modern Theology, all 900+ pages of them. We’re almost there now….
We’re looking for a colleague in New Testament here in Divinity at Aberdeen. abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies…
This difficult moment in the life of UK higher education surfaces the bizarre fact that though publicly funded and registered charities, UK universities are objects of ‘competition and market’ laws meant for private business. bbc.com/news/articles/… competitionandmarkets.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/30/sup…
🚨New book alert🚨 Out now: The Doctrine of God and the Crisis of Modernity A critical evaluation of Charnock’s, Schleiermacher’s and Barth’s accounts of the doctrine of God in view of the philosophical critiques of Hume, Kant and Feuerbach. Learn more: bit.ly/45kOozW
We announce the appointment of Professor @GrantMacaskill as our new Lightfoot Professor of Divinity. He will join our leading Department of Theology and Religion this September. Discover more 👉brnw.ch/21wSSaQ #TransformativeHumanities #DUResearch @durham_theology
Out now: John Webster's Vision of Moral Agency This book explores John Webster’s contribution to one of the most important and contested topics in Christian theology: the relationship between divine and human agency. Learn more: bit.ly/3F1000r
In 2001 I wrote this ‘Laudatio’ for David Demson in a special issue of the TJT marking his retirement (now on open access). Those mourning David’s passing and remembering his life’s work might find something in it. (Photo David and Barth, early 1960s) utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/tj…
Ad paradisum! Alasdair Macintyre, RIP. #Philosophy #Macintyre #virtue
Prof. Miroslav Volf delivers his final Gifford Lecture this evening here at the University of Aberdeen :: ‘Amor Mundi - Humility and Striving’ @aberdeenuni @YaleDivSchool @MiroslavVolf
Lady Elish Angiolini, the first Catholic to hold the post of Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of @churchscotland, addreses Assembly reflecting on the diminishing, but not extinct influence of Sectarianism in Scotland. #ga2025
Miroslav Volf delivers his third Aberdeen Gifford Lecture entitled ‘Amor Fati: Nietzsche’s Universal Affirmation and Limited Love’. @MiroslavVolf
"It is with deep sadness that we learned of the death of Professor David Demson yesterday. David was a devoted and beloved member of the faculty at Wycliffe College for nearly twenty years." - The Rt Rev. Dr Stephen Andrews, Principal of Wycliffe College wycliffecollege.ca/about/news-med…
@MiroslavVolf continues his 2025 Gifford Lectures in Aberdeen, speaking this evening on ‘Odium Mundi’ with the help of Schopenhauer. @aberdeenuni @YaleDivSchool
Karl Barth is considered one of the most original and significant theologians of the 20th c. - and today is his 139th birthday! Celebrate with us by reading this exclusive introductory article to Barth and his works on T&T Clark Theology Library👉 bit.ly/42KbhLA
My Aberdeen colleague Bruce McCormack speaking this morning at the ‘Creedal Spirit’ conference on Nicaea and its legacy at St Mellitus.
