Winner of Fraser Prize for theological writing announced

January 29, 2016

The Scottish Episcopal Institute is delighted to announce that Professor John Starr, currently training to be a Lay Reader within the Diocese of Edinburgh, is this year’s winner of The Fraser Prize for theological writing. The aim of the £500 award is to affirm constructive, creative, theological thinking within the wider church in Scotland. The prize is named in honour of Dr Ian Fraser, now in his 99th year, who through his life has encouraged and empowered theological discourse.

The topic was ‘What are the challenges of modern biology to theology today?’. Professor Starr submitted an essay on the ‘Theology of Daughterhood’, which will appear in Theology in Scotland in due course. He received his award from Dr Fraser at a meeting of the Scottish Theological Society in Peebles Hydro on 12 January