Daniel Langton


Daniel R. Langton is Professor of Jewish History in the department of Religions & Theology at the University of Manchester, England.

Education

Langton was home schooled before studying History for his BA 1991-94 and PhD 1994-98 at the Parkes Centre for the Study of Jewish/Non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton.

Career

Langton has taught at the University of Manchester, in the department of Religions and Theology, since 2001. He is co-director of the and co-editor of the journal . He was an AHRC Leadership Fellow for 2016-17 with a project entitled and Leverhulme Major Research Fellow 2013-15 with a project entitled . 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.

Works

Langton has explored the history of Jewish-Christian relations and modern Jewish thought and identity in a variety of contexts, including Jewish New Testament studies, the origins of Anglo-Reform and Anglo-Liberal Judaism, Israel and Zionism, Holocaust Theology, and Jewish religious engagement with Jewish views on evolution and with Atheism.

Books

', which is a survey of Reform Jewish engagement with evolutionary theory
', which is a survey of Jewish views of Paul.
, which is an intellectual biography of Claude Montefiore.

Edited books

', which presents a variety of scholarship on atheism and scepticism in Jewish contexts.
', co-edited with Philip Alexander, which reflects modern scholarly debate about the nature of Judaism.
, co-edited with Jean-Marc Dreyfus, which treats a range of topics including Holocaust Theology.

Educational works

', with Reuven Silverman and Patrick Morrow, which is a contribution to Interfaith dialogue.
', which is a contribution to Interfaith dialogue.