Daniel R. Langton is professor of Jewish history in the department of religions and theology at the

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Education

Langton was home-schooled before studying history for his BA (hons) 1991-94 and PhD 1994-98 at the Parkes Centre for the Study of Jewish/Non-Jewish Relations at the

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Career

Langton has taught at the

, in the department of religions and theology, since 2001. He is codirector of the Centre for Jewish Studies and coeditor of the journal ''Melilah''. He was an AHRC leadership fellow for 2016-17 with a project entitled the Doubting Jew and Leverhulme Major Research Fellow 2013-15 with a project entitled Darwin's Jews. He was a recipient of the University of Manchester Teaching Excellence Prize in 2006. He was president 2014-15 and secretary 2002-10 of the British Association for Jewish Studies, and secretary 2010-14 of the European Association for Jewish Studies.

Selected works

Books

''Reform Judaism and Darwin: How Engaging with Evolutionary Theory Shaped American Jewish Religion'' (2019), a survey of Reform Jewish engagement with evolutionary theory. ''The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination: A Study in Modern Jewish Christian Relations'' (2010), a survey of Jewish views of Paul. ''Claude Montefiore: His Life and Thought'' (2002), an intellectual biography of

Claude Montefiore Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore, also Goldsmid–Montefiore or just Goldsmid Montefiore (1858–1938) was the intellectual founder of Anglo-Liberal Judaism (UK), Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progress ...

developed from his Ph.D. thesis.

Edited books

''Atheism, Scepticism and Challenges to Monotheism'' (2015), which presents a variety of scholarship on

atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the Existence of God, existence of Deity, deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the ...

and

scepticism Skepticism ( US) or scepticism ( UK) is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the pe ...

in Jewish contexts. ''Normative Judaism? Jews, Judaism and Jewish Identity'' (2012), co-edited with Philip Alexander, which reflects modern scholarly debate about the nature of

Judaism Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of o ...

. ''Writing the Holocaust'' (2011), co-edited with Jean-Marc Dreyfus, which treats a range of topics including Holocaust Theology.

Educational works

''Jews and Christians Perspectives on Mission'' (2011), with Reuven Silverman and Patrick Morrow, which is a contribution to

Interfaith dialogue Interfaith dialogue, also known as interreligious dialogue, refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religion, religious traditions (i.e. "faiths") and/or spirituality, spiritual or humanism, hum ...

. ''Children of Zion: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on the Holy Land'' (2008), which is a contribution to

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Langton, Daniel Academics of the University of Manchester British historians British theologians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Historians of Jews and Judaism