- Historical with Theological Ethics
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Theological Ethics Research Seminar Spring Term 2026
Augustine the African
Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanity Manse Seminar Room
Schedule This term’s main text is Catherine Conybeare’s Augustine the African (Profile Books, 2025), and should be purchased or downloaded from the library. All other seminar texts will be downloadable on the Theological Ethics Research Seminar stream on MS Teams (under “Files”). Before the first week’s seminar, please watch this panel discussion: Augustine, The African, and The African Church), and please read the scheduled readings before each week’s seminar.
26 Jan., Matthew Elia, “Ethics in the Afterlife of Slavery: Race, Augustinian Politics, and the Problem of the Christian Master.”
2 Feb., David E. Wilhite, “Augustine the African: Post-Colonial, Postcolonial, and Post-Postcolonial Readings”; Brent D. Shaw, “Two Africans: Augustine and Apuleius”
9 Feb., Conybeare, Augustine the African, Part I
16 Feb., Conybeare, Augustine the African, Part II
23 Feb., Conybeare, Augustine the African, Part III
2 Mar., Conybeare, Augustine the African, Part IV
9 Mar., Conybeare, Augustine the African, Part IV completed
16 Mar., Conybeare response by video
23 Mar., Dr. Andrew Errington, “The Imperfectability of Judgement: Oliver O’Donovan’s theological account of Political Theology and its Limits”
13 Apr., Toni Alimi, “The Ethics of History: Augustine, Afro-Pessimism, and the 1619 Project,” from Augustine and Ethics, ch 14; and Slaves of God, intro and ch. 7
20 Apr., Alimi response by video
27 Apr., Dr. Michael Mawson, “Faith in Protest: Political theologies of activism”.
Seminar Chairs: Monique Bellamy and Brian Brock
Contact to attend: Brian Brock, b.brock@abdn.ac.uk
- Practical Theology
- Biblical Studies
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- Systematic Theology
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- Religious Studies
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There are a range of lectures and readings groups - open to all - this semester.
Please see here the Programme for the Classical Association of Scotland: Aberdeen and North of Scotland Centre: https://casnorthscotland.com/.
Further to this Programme of events, Sam Newington (Dr) will be hosting fortnightly reading groups in Greek and Latin. For the Greek reading group, we will be exploring Homer's Iliad 22 and for the Latin Virgil's Aeneid 6. If you are interested in joining please contact Dr Newington: s.newington@abdn.ac.uk.
- Philosophy of Religion
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