Giles Waller

Jesus’s 3 days in the tomb and his resurrection was typologically prefigured by Jonah’s 3 days in and escape from the belly of a whale, so Easter is a great day to meditate on the inscrutable malice of a specific fish.

Did you know that the oldest recorded poem in English is about Good Friday? This is The Dream of the Rood - a poem where the cross of Christ talks to the poet about the crucifixion - read in Old English by Dr Alexandra Zhirnova, at @StPaulsLondon.

The University of Cambridge is very proud to be recognised as a University of Sanctuary. This move acknowledges a commitment to providing a welcoming environment for those displaced by conflict who are granted asylum in the UK. Discover how we support people seeking sanctuary and those continuing their educational careers 👇 bit.ly/4sx5KCc

Register now for our Faculty Open Day! Interact with our lecturers and undergrads to get a taste of studying Theology, Religious Studies, and Philosophy of Religion with us.

@AP_Davison @bachcantata_wbc What a glorious thing! There are such treasures hidden in the cantatas

This wonderful site gives you the Bach cantatas for each week or day, with playlists to excellent recordings on several streaming platforms. I plan to use if for another year-long journey through this glory of human patrimony. whichbachcantata.be @bachcantata_wbc

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Honoured and excited to be giving a plenary at next year’s Society for the Study of Theology conference on ‘Failure’

I’m very excited to be launching a new MPhil in Theology and Literature, taught jointly with Prof Michael Hurley and other figures in both English and Divinity Faculties.

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The Examiners of the Seatonian Prize give notice that the subject for 2025 is: “Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt” @CamDivinity @engfac

Join us in person or via Zoom for In Vino Veritas: The notion of holy intoxication in Hindu & Islamic poetry. Dr Ankur Barua @camdivinity discusses the poetry of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 19 Nov, 13:30-15:00 tinyurl.com/4frw5nt7 #religion #poetry #seyyedhosseinnasr Pic: A. Barua

Starbridge Assistant Professor in Theology and Natural Science. Faculty of Divinity wishes to appoint to an Assistant Professorship in Theology and Natural Science from 1 September 2025 based in Cambridge. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48741/

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News: The Cambridge Interfaith Programme (@CamInterfaith) is sharing research with a national Policy Collective, inputting to tricky discussions around inequalities, discrimination, & how faith & belief communities work with government for the common good. divinity.cam.ac.uk/news/belief-po…

Dear colleagues, I hope this email finds you in summer's prelapsarian idyll. I write, however, with shameful knowledge of our impending fall:

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This Friday, undergraduates, postgraduates & postdocs come together to exchange research on the theme of Reconciliation and Rupture— The student-led symposium features work from Anthropology, @CamUniMusic, @MMLL_Cambridge & @CamDivinity. All welcome. interfaith.cam.ac.uk/events