Janus: Archives of the Faculty of Divinity

University/DIV contains:
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14	Papers relating to Open Lectures, also known as Lectures for Teachers
15	Papers relating to named lectureships
16	Papers relating to Greek and Hebrew teaching
17	Papers relating to a conference, 'Christianity in context'
18	Papers relating to the University review of the Social Sciences and Faculty interest in a Social and Political Sciences Tripos, its constituent subjects and the potential for collaborative research
19	Papers relating to cuts in University Religious Studies departments
20	Faculty response to calls from the University Grants Committee for the 'development of a strategy for Higher Education into the 1990s'
21	Papers relating to maintenance, repair and occupancy of the Divinity Schools
22	Issue One of 'The graduate', a newsletter for Faculty graduate students
23	Theological Society papers
24	D Society papers

Archives of the Faculty of Divinity

Title	D Society papers
Reference	DIV 24
Creator	D Society
Covering Dates	1921–2010
Extent and Medium	1 volume, 2 envelopes of loose papers

Content and context

The society was established in 1921 for junior and senior members of the University and other interested individuals. 'D' has no significance. Its object was to study the doctrine of the Church of England in the light of knowledge acquired since its formularies were compiled, interpreted in the widest sense. Since the 1960s at least it has been run by the Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity as a graduate seminar on Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion. Until the mid 1908s, termly speaker meetings were organised around a single theme.

Index Terms

Clubs

Theology

Philosophy

University of Cambridge. D Society

University/DIV 24 contains:

Minute book. Contents comprise: . General Meetings minutes, 1921-51, 1953-4;. Committee Meetings minutes, 1951-2;. Annual General Meetings minutes, 1955-60;. Reports of last meeting in each year, 1961-6;. Annual reports of meetings, 1966-78;. Term programmes, 1921-76;. Members lists, 1921-31, 1938;. D Society published pamphlets 1-3: J.M. Wilson, The theological outlook (1924); M. Oakeshott, Religion and the moral life (1927); J.S. Boys-Smith, Christian doctrine and the idea of evolution (1930).

1921–1978

Term programmes, 1973-2010; signatures of attendees at speaker meetings, 1980, 2008-2010.
Loose papers in envelope.

1973–2010

Correspondence, including photocopied, relating to the society's origins.
Loose papers in envelope.

1933–1993