Presbyterian Research Centre

16/06/2026

PRC staff (from both Library and Archives) will be involved in a Training Day on next Tuesday morning, 23 June. PRC will be closed then and reopen at 1:30 pm that day. Thank you.

14/06/2026

Tielhard and the Pope.

Hewitson Library will have a copy of the encyclical when it come out, next month.

What does it mean to be human in the age of artificial intelligence? The answer Magnifica Humanitas gives — remain — is too small for the tradition it invokes and for the moment it addresses, says Sr. Ilia Delio.

11/06/2026

By the new Christchurch Stadium is a plaque marking a former building on the site, the old St. Paul's Trinity Pacific, which was demolished after the Christchurch earthquakes. You can read more in this article from Tagata Pasifika.

A plaque at Christchurch’s new stadium honours St Paul’s Trinity Pacific Church, preserving a powerful Pasifika legacy of faith, family, and community.

11/06/2026

Sir Sydney Moko Mead sadly passed away recently. He was truly a mighty totara in Aotearoa, now fallen.

Hewitson Library holds several of his titles, for checkout:
https://hewitson.mykoha.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?op=view&shelfnumber=375&sortfield=itemcallnumber

11/06/2026

Hewitson Library now has six of Christopher de Hamel's books, arranged here by subject:
https://hewitson.mykoha.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?op=view&shelfnumber=374&sortfield=itemcallnumber

This includes newly-purchased "Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts" and his latest, "The Migrants," which was launched at Dunedin Public Libraries last month. Check them out!

11/06/2026

New at Hewitson Library: three books by Professor Jodi Magness, who gave the Burns Lectures at the University of Otago last month. These are available for checkout, now:
https://hewitson.mykoha.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?op=view&shelfnumber=373&sortfield=itemcallnumber

10/06/2026

A new book on AI and theology, now at Hewitson Library:
https://hewitson.mykoha.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=101955

From the publisher:

"What if theology was never meant to be static? What happens when the act of faith is reimagined across generations, cultures, and now, code? How can diverse theological perspectives work together to build ethical AI?

This book explores how AI offers a new lens for understanding faith, challenging communities to see theology as a dynamic, creative process rather than a static tradition.

This book examines how Christianity itself is a tradition of reimagining and reinventing. From Scripture woven from fragments of law, prophecy, and poetry to Christ as the Logos made flesh, faith has always been transmitted, transformed, and re-voiced in response to new contexts. Through chapters on Christology, eschatology, and ecclesiology, the book reimagines salvation, identity, and mission in light of AI ethics, neural networks, and posthuman theology. It celebrates fidelity and transformation, embracing hybridity, resisting binaries, and reframing the church as an ever-evolving community in a digital age.

Designed for theologians, pastors, students, and anyone curious about the intersection of faith and technology, this book offers fresh insights for engaging Scripture, worship, and doctrine."

02/06/2026

Here are books added to Chrysalis Seed Collection at Hewitson Library in April and May:

https://hewitson.mykoha.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?op=view&shelfnumber=367&sortfield=itemcallnumber

02/06/2026

Here are books added to the RM England Collection at Hewitson Library in May:

https://hewitson.mykoha.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?op=view&shelfnumber=366&sortfield=itemcallnumber

02/06/2026

Here are books added to the Main Collection of Hewitson Library in May:

https://hewitson.mykoha.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl?op=view&shelfnumber=365&sortfield=itemcallnumber