Dr Alison Milbank looks at how the great Italian poet, Dante Alighieri (c.1265-1321), can be seen a someone presenting his fellow Christians with a unique theology through his masterpiece: La Divina Commedia

Why Study Theology and Religious Studies

Why Study Dante with Alison Milbank

Prof. Alan Ford takes the religious history of Ireland as an example of how important is for historians to examine religious dimension of the past societies -- and how that religious history impacts on historians

Why Study Irish Church History with Alan Ford

Anyone reading the historical books of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament can be shocked that warfare figures so prominently in the writings held by many as sacred. Dr Carly Crouch examines how warfare was understood within the religious worldview of ancient Israel.

Why Study Biblical Warfare with Carly Crouch

Professor Philip Goodchild argues that way we use money amounts to a belief system, and what we say about money is, in fact, a form of theology.

Why Study Money and Theology with Philip Goodchild

The Pharisees led an important religious movement in ancient Judaism around the time of Jesus. Here Prof. Roland Deines discusses their beliefs, their practices, and their influence -- in particular in relationship to Jesus of Nazareth.

Why Study the Pharisees with Professor Roland Deines

Prophecy was a major institution in the religion of ancient Israel, and the writings left by the prophets make up a major part of the collection known by some as 'the Hebrew Bible' and by others as 'the Old Testament.'

Why Study Prophecy with Dr Carly Crouch

Jesus, a Jewish teacher from Nazareth in Galilee, is one of the central religious figures of history. Here Prof. Roland Deines discusses what we know of his life.

Why Study Jesus Christ with Roland Deines

'The Hebrew Bible' is the name given to the collection of ancient writings that come from Judaism and constitute 'the bible' for Jews and which makes up the major part of the 'Old Testament' read by Christians.

Why Study... the Hebrew Bible with Carly Crouch

John Milbank introduces the significance of Henri de Lubac (1896-1991), one of major Catholic theologians of the last century whose work inspires theologians far beyond the boundaries of Catholicism.

Why study... Henri de Lubac with John Milbank

There are many Christian Churches which have ancient roots, but about which western Christians are almost wholly unaware. Here Dr Mary Cunningham seeks to draw attention to the ancient Churches of Syria, Armenia, Georgia, Egypt and Ethiopia.

Why Study... The Orthodox Churches of the East with Dr Mary Cunningham

The mother of Jesus, Mary, is revered in many branches of Christianity as the all-holy Mother of God. In this video Dr Mary Cunningham looks at the origins of devotion to Mary, and her place in Orthodox and Catholic theology and belief.

Why Study... Mary, the Mother of God

Hermeneutics is the study of how to interpret texts that come from a different culture, time, language and world view. So it is a skill that is valuable in many aspects of study, but especially when reading ancient religious texts such as the Bible. Prof. Anthony Thiselton tries to capture the key insights of a life devoted to the study of hermeneutics.

Why Study...Hermeneutics with Prof Anthony C Thiselton

Ussher (1581-1656) is now principally remembered for just one thing: giving the date of the creation as 4004 B.C.! In this video Prof Alan Ford sets him in his context as a great Protestant scholar who made contributions to patristics, biblical studies, and the church and society of his time.

Why Study...James Ussher with Professor Alan Ford

Prof. Richard Bell conveys his enthusiasm for the study of the letter of St Paul addressed to the Romans.

Why Study St Paul's Letter to the Romans with Richard Bell

Spinoza (1632-1677) is now remembered mainly as a philosopher. But he was also deeply concerned with religious and theological questions. In this video, Professor Agata Bielik-Robson argues that he has to be seen as presenting a particular view of the divine and as representative of a distinctive spirituality.

Why Study Baruch Spinoza with Agata Bielik-Robson

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