Dr RUSSELL REMANNING

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Dr RUSSELL REMANNING The University of Aberdeen School of Divinity, History & Philosophy Lord Gifford Fellowship work +44 (0)1224 272274 pref r.remanning@abdn.ac.uk pref KCF26 King's College High Street Old Aberdeen AB24 3UB

Lord Gifford Fellowship

M.A., University of Oxford; M.Phil., University of Cambridge; Ph.D., University of Cambridge

Personal Details

Telephone:	+44 (0)1224 272274
Email:	r.remanning@abdn.ac.uk
Address:	KCF26 King's College High Street Old Aberdeen AB24 3UB

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Biography

I studied philosophy and theology at Keble College, Oxford and did my postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge. Here my interests in philosophical theology and the importance of culture within theological reflection led me to focus upon the philosophy and theology of the German-American Lutheran Paul Tillich. My Ph.D. (supervised by Douglas Hedley) considered the theological and philosophical background to Tillich's early proposals for the reformulation of theology as theology of culture, with particular reference to the role of art within this project. As part of my research, I spent a Semester at the Evangelisches Stift in Tübingen. Since finishing my doctoral studies, I have worked in various roles in Cambridge: as a Research Associate in the Psychology and Religion Research Group, a Lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity and a Fellow of St. Edmund’s College.

I am currently Lord Gifford Fellow in the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy at the Unviersity of Aberdeen, co-convenor of The Boyle Lectures, co-chair of the American Academy of Religion Group, Paul Tillich: Issues in Theology, Religion, and Culture, and President of the North American Paul Tillich Society.

I am married to Francesca, bloggeuse extraordinaire: http://asaucepanandasuitcase.blogspot.com/

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Research Interests

Natural theology

Theology of Culture, in particular 'theology & science' and 'theology and the arts'

Paul Tillich

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Research Grants

Dr Russell Re Manning - University of Aberdeen, UK
Emergence: From Biology to Theology : £112,737 [24 months]

"This project will evaluate the uses and abuses of biological theories ofemergence in contemporary theology. The project will consider both theparticular understandings of emergence operative within its theologicalappropriations and the consequence for theology of the 'turn to emergence'.In three phases, the project will conduct theological and philosophicalanalyses of the uses and abuses of emergence in work of contemporaryliberal scientific theologians to develop a constructive theological engagementwith biological theories of emergence."

Funded by The Uses and Abuses of Biology Grants Programme, The Faraday Institute, St Edmund's College, Cambridge.

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