Celebrating the Presbyterian Church of South Formosa TAGS: Christianity | missions | New College Library | rare books | Taiwan 南部基督長老教會設教七十週年紀念寫真帖 “In memory of the 70th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church of South Formosa” Yi-Chieh Chiu, Library Collections Services During recent cataloguing work at New College Library, this interesting volume …Continue reading →

Judaism and Jewish Studies: the work of John ‘Rabbi’ Duncan and Adolph Saphir TAGS: 19th century | Adolph Saphir | Biblical Studies | Christianity | Church of Scotland | Hebrew | Jewish | Jewish Studies | John 'Rabbi' Duncan | John Duncan | Judaism | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | nineteenth-century New College Library holds collections of and about a number of individuals who gathered material and wrote extensively on Judaism and Jewish Studies, motivated by their interest in the conversion …Continue reading →

Freedom to read, freedom to believe #BannedBooksWeek TAGS: Bible | censorship | Christianity | Diversity | Holocaust | islam | Judaism | twentieth-century A guest post by Eleanor Rideout, IS Helpdesk Assistant Banned Books Week, held the week of September 24th in 2017, is an annual celebration of the freedom to read. New …Continue reading →

Christian-Muslim Encounters in Texts TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Christianity | islam | Muslims | New College Library This week, the School of Divinity hosts the first conference of the Global Network for Christian-Muslim Studies,  Reframing Christian-Muslim Encounter : Theological and Philosophical Perspectives. In a new display in New College Library, …Continue reading →

Trial – Nineteenth Century Collections Online TAGS: 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection | and Conquest | Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange | British Politics and Society | British Theatre Music and Literature: High and Popular Culture | Christianity | Civilization | databases | Europe and Africa: Commerce | European Literature | NCCO | Nineteenth Century Collections Online | Photography: The World through the Lens | Science Technology and Medicine: 1780-1925 | Women: Transnational Networks We are currently trialling all sections of Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) until 30th November.  Access NCCO via the trials webpage or DiscoverEd.   British Politics and Society Including papers …Continue reading →

Centre for the Study of World Christianity Update TAGS: andrew walls | Annexe | Catalogue | Christianity | CSWC | Library Annexe | new college | Projects | University of Edinburgh With the print collections of the Centre for the Study of World Christianity (CSWC) Library, set up by Professor Andrew F. Walls, now having been in our care at the …Continue reading →

John Calvin – Works and Correspondence now available online TAGS: Christianity | church history | Church of Scotland | Divinity | online | Presbyterian | sixteenth-century | Theology & Ethics | University of Edinburgh Newly available to University of Edinburgh users is the online version of the Works of John Calvin, including the Institutes of the Christian Religion. This is the edition of the …Continue reading →

Digital Library of Latin Texts is now available TAGS: Christianity | church history | Divinity | Latin | online | Patristics | University of Edinburgh Library of Latin Texts (LLT) Series A & B  is now available  to University of Edinburgh Users. Access is available on campus and off campus via the VPN – find …Continue reading →

J.H. Oldham (1874-1969) : Missionary and Ecumenical Pioneer TAGS: Archives | Christianity | Church of Scotland | ecumenism | missions | New College Library | Theology & Ethics | twentieth-century | World Christianity Today, 16 May, is the anniversary of the death of J.H. Oldham. Joseph Houldsworth Oldham (1874-1969) was a missionary and pioneer of ecumenism. The organising secretary for the 1910 World …Continue reading →

Christianity in facts and figures – Online Reference Resources TAGS: Christianity | Divinity | online | University of Edinburgh | World Christianity Did you know that the the World Christian Database is now available online to University of Edinburgh users? It provides access to comprehensive statistical information on world religions, Christian denominations, …Continue reading →