Research projects

Many researchers within the School are engaged in funded research projects.

Major ongoing projects

The St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology (led by Dr Brendan Wolfe, Principal Editor) is building a massive open-access reference for theology. Dr Steve Holmes, Prof. Judith Wolfe, and Prof. N.T. Wright are Senior Editors. Dr Rebekah Dyer, Dr Oliver Langworthy, Dr Mikael Leidenhag, William Shackman, Prof. Alice Collett, Dr Rishi Rajpopat and Dr Alexander Wain are Academic Editors. The project is funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
The Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology: the Templeton Religion Trust-funded Logos project was a grant that helped to establish the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology. This Institute is a centre for research in the Divinity School, and is led by its current Director, Prof. Oliver Crisp, alongside Dr Andrew Torrance, who co-founded the Institute with Prof. Alan Torrance.
Widening Horizons in Philosophical Theology (led by Prof. Judith Wolfe, funded by the Templeton Religion Trust).
Art as Revelation (led by (led by Prof. Judith Wolfe and Dr Brendan Wolfe, funded by the Templeton Religion Trust).

Other important ongoing projects

"Hidden Texts of the Andes" (Principal Investigator is Prof Sabine Hyland) funded by a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
Iperion-HS "Meaningful Materials in the Khipu Code"; Prof Sabine Hyland is part of an inter-disciplinary team collaborating with the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science.
Pierre Mandonnet, Dante the Theologian (funded by the Carnegie Trust). The first English translation, with introduction and notes, of this important work of scholarship by one of the foremost Thomists and medieval historians of his generation (Dr George Corbett and Dr Patricia Kelly). Listen to Drs Corbett and Kelly talk about the project.

A critical edition of the poetic works of Lord Byron (led by Dr Gavin Hopps).
Mark, Matthew and mixed genres: what the mind-narrative nexus reveals about the Gospels (led by Dr Elizabeth Shively, funded by the Carnegie Trust)
The shorthand sermons of Andrew Fuller (led by Dr Steve Holmes).
Texture: structure and composition of ancient Jewish literature (led by Prof. William Tooman, funded by an anonymous fund).
Figuring the Enemy: Socio-Cognitive and Political Theological Approaches to the Question of Enmity: Elizabeth Shively (Divinity) and Kenneth Mavor (Psychology) are co-investigators in a project funded and led by the University of Divinity (Melbourne, Australia). The project seeks to illuminate the shape of the theological frames in which Christianity has positioned the enemy, using two distinct methodologies in tandem: socio-cognitive approaches to theology and religion, and political-theological critique. For more information, visit the Figuring the Enemy Project Facebook page.
The Sacred Landscape Project (led by Brendan Wolfe with Dr William Hyland), which investigates and presents the religious history coast of Fife and St Mary’s College’s place in that history. It employs Dr Bess Rhodes, Dr Tom Turpie, and Dr Miriam Buncombe and is supported by the SARIRF and Deas Fund.
‘Early Diagnosis: Handling Knowing’. This university-funded project (in the STAIRS scheme) aims to advance understanding of the overlapping religious, moral and medical hazards and benefits of early diagnosis. The Principal Investigator is Dr Eric Stoddart (Divinity), the Co-Investigators are Prof. Peter Donnelly (Director of Sir James MacKenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis), and Dr Benjamin Sachs-Cobbe and Dr Mara van der Lugt.
Faith Communities Disseminating Public Health Information During Covid-19 Pandemic examines the role of faith communities in the UK in public health strategies. Principal Investigator: Dr Eric Stoddart (School of Divinity); Research Associate: Dr Morven Shearer (School of Medicine); Research Assistant: Daniel Roberts.

Details of research projects that are not grant-funded, and of wider research networks, can be found on individual staff pages.