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King's Chair of Systematic Theology (1620) Marischal Chair of Divinity (1616) Established Chair of Hebrew and Semitic Languages (1637) Burnett-Fletcher Chair of History; Chair in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care
In 2011, the quality of his teaching was recognised by a University-wide Teaching Award from the Edinburgh University Students’ Association. [19] He teaches on courses at the Aberdeen Academy of Theology, and at events of the Centre for Ministry Studies in Aberdeen, of which he is an associate. [20]
The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated Aberd. in post-nominals; Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland.It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of James IV, King of Scots to establish King's College, [5] making it one of Scotland's four ancient ...
From its offices in the University of Aberdeen, the college collaborates closely with the divinity faculty to ensure candidates receive appropriate academic training for the ministry, funding a lectureship in Practical Theology, organizing extramural lectures and seminars, and hosting an annual lecture at the beginning of each academic year.
He moved to the University of Aberdeen in 2011 to take the post of Professor in Historical and Doctrinal Theology. [8] He was translated to the Marischal Chair in 2016. [ 1 ] The Marischal Chair is the oldest separate Chair of Divinity at the University of Aberdeen and was founded in Marischal College in 1616, although the Divinity School is ...
The Centre has a dual focus: the relationship between spirituality and health and the theology of disability. In 2012 Swinton was appointed Master of Christ’s College in Aberdeen by The Church of Scotland. [6] In 2014 he established the Centre for Ministry Studies, a joint project between Christ’s College and the University of Aberdeen.
Philip G. Ziegler is a Canadian-born theologian who holds a personal chair as Professor in Christian Dogmatics at the University of Aberdeen. [1] He is author of numerous scholarly articles, books, and has led various research projects within contemporary dogmatics, the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as theological reflection on New Testament apocalyptic.
Sir Iain Richard Torrance, KCVO, OStJ, TD, FRSE (born 13 January 1949) is a retired Church of Scotland minister, theologian and academic. He is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, [1] Honorary Professor of Early Christian Doctrine and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh, President and Professor of Patristics Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary, and an Extra Chaplain to Her ...