T R I N I T Y F O R U M E U R O P E
The Edinburgh Scriptorium
EVENTS NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2021
Deserving of Life? A Conversation with Disability Rights Advocate Heidi Crowter
Date: Thursday, 18 November, 2021
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Venue: Teviot Student Union Debating Hall (13 Bristol Pl, EH8 9AJ)
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/205707385327
Decolonising Truth? Free Speech and the Decolonial Project
An Evening Dialogue at the Royal Society of Edinburgh with Professor Nigel Biggar and Professor Tommy Curry
Date: Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Venue: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Royal Society of Edinburgh (22-26 George St, EH2 2PQ)
Scriptorium is now up and running again on Wednesdays at Currubbers.
The Edinburgh Scriptorium began meeting in April 2019 at the Carrubbers Christian Centre on the Royal Mile. While initially it was composed of School of Divinity students from the University of Edinburgh, it has since attracted attention from other Schools within the University, and also students from Edinburgh Theological Seminary and Heriot-Watt University.
Members would come together from a diverse range of Christian and other faith backgrounds (including none), and viewed the Scriptorium as a haven in which they could both do their academic work and gather in Christian fellowship. In Fall 2019, the Scriptorium began meeting three times per week, with the daily liturgies composed by various members, each liturgy reflecting both the composer's denominational background and the consistent core of Scriptorium prayers and aims.
Upon the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, full Scriptorium meetings were suspended, though Edinburgh members continued to hold weekly prayer meetings throughout 2020. In February 2021, the Edinburgh Scriptorium teamed up with the St. Andrews Scriptorium to host a weekly, virtual Scriptorium on Zoom, which is still ongoing.
