Professor of Divinity
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Professor of Divinity may refer to academics in the field of theology
(see divinity
) and in particular to chairs in the UK as in the following:
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
(see divinity
Divinity (academic discipline)
Divinity is the study of Christian and other theology and ministry at a school, divinity school, university, or seminary. The term is sometimes a synonym for theology as an academic, speculative pursuit, and sometimes is used for the study of applied theology and ministry to make a distinction...
) and in particular to chairs in the UK as in the following:
- Ely Professor of DivinityEly Professor of DivinityThe Ely Professorship of Divinity was one of the professorships in divinity at the University of Cambridge. Originally part of the Regius Professorship of Greek, it was detached in 1889 and funded by the canonry of Ely, but has now been suppressed...
, Cambridge - Professor of Divinity, GlasgowProfessor of Divinity, GlasgowProfessor of Divinity is an academic position at the University of Glasgow.Although divinity was taught from the foundations of the university in 1451, it was in 1577, as part of James VI's Nova Erectio, that a Chair was established, to be held by the Principal of the University of Glasgow...
- Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism, GlasgowProfessor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism, GlasgowThe Professorship of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1861. The patron was formally the Crown...
- Gresham Professor of DivinityGresham Professor of DivinityThe Professor of Divinity at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596/7, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to eight and in addition the college now has visiting professors.The...
, Gresham College, London - Lady Margaret's Professor of DivinityLady Margaret's Professor of DivinityThe Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity is the oldest professorship at the University of Cambridge. It was founded initially as a readership by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, in 1502....
, Cambridge - Lady Margaret Professor (Oxford)
- Lightfoot Professor of DivinityLightfoot Professor of DivinityThe Lightfoot Professor of Divinity is a professorship or chair in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. The chair is named after the former Bishop of Durham Joseph Barber Lightfoot. The current holder is Professor John Barclay....
, Durham - Norris-Hulse Professor of DivinityNorris-Hulse Professor of DivinityThe Norris-Hulse Professorship of Divinity is one of the senior professorships in divinity at the University of Cambridge.The Norrisian chair was founded in 1777 by a bequest from John Norris...
, Cambridge - Regius Professor of DivinityRegius Professor of DivinityThe Regius Professorship of Divinity is one of the oldest and most prestigious of the professorships at the University of Oxford and at the University of Cambridge.Both chairs were founded by Henry VIII...
, Cambridge and Oxford - Van Mildert Professor of DivinityVan Mildert Professor of DivinityThe Van Mildert Professor of Divinity is one of the oldest chairs at Durham University. The chair is named in honour of Bishop William Van Mildert, one of the founders of the University...
, Durham