Dr Louise Lawrence
Lecturer
Extension: 4433
Telephone: 01392 724433
Louise originally studied at Exeter before moving north of the border for six years to teach New Testament Studies at the University of St Andrews and the University of Glasgow respectively. Her major research interests are anthropological approaches to New Testament texts and cultural and contextual implications of reading scripture. (See L. J. Lawrence, An Ethnography of the Gospel of Matthew, Mohr Siebeck, 2002; Reading with Anthropology: Exhibiting Aspects of New Testament Religion, Paternoster, 2005 and her co-edited volume with M. Aguilar , Anthropology and Biblical Studies: Avenues of Approach, Deo 2004).
Louise returned to Exeter to undertake a three year research project (2006-2009), sponsored by the South West Ministry Training Course (http://www.swmtc.org.uk) entitled ‘Texts of Land, Sea and Hope’. This project initiated a number of community readings of the bible across the region in a wide diversity of contexts (rural; urban; coastal) and amongst a variety of people (intentional communities; artists; the physically impaired etc.) Results of this project have now been published in L.J. Lawrence, The Word in Place: Reading the New Testament in Contemporary Contexts (SPCK 2009)
Her present British Academy funded project is looking at sense-impairment in New Testament texts and interpretation.
She currently teaches the Gospels, Biblical Hermeneutics, Historical Jesus and MA options on ‘Anthropological Approaches to the New Testament’ and 'Disability Studies and the New Testament'. She is also serving as secretary for the British New Testament Society (http://www.bnts.org.uk/) and departmental admissions tutor.
