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Sarah Parkhouse is a historian of religion, focusing on the emergence of Christianity in the ancient Mediterranean context, including Greco-Roman and Egyptian influences. Her research interests include early Christianity, Coptic manuscripts, lived religion, and the associated landscapes. She has received major funding from the British Academy for projects such as 'Lived Religion in Late Antique Egypt: Bodies, Objects, Places' and 'Coptic Manchester: Connecting Manuscripts and Communities.' Additionally, she co-edits a new book series on Coptic Gospels and has served on editorial boards for several journals. Parkhouse has published extensively on gospel literature, both canonical and non-canonical, as well as topics related to gender, papyrology, and martyrdom. Her notable work includes 'Eschatology Saviour: The Gospel of Mary and Early Christian Dialogue with the Gospels,' published by Cambridge University Press. Having joined the University of Manchester in 2021 as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, she previously worked at the Australian Catholic University and was awarded the Manfred Lautenschläger Award for her contributions to interdisciplinary religious studies. She completed her PhD at the University of Durham in 2017.
University of Manchester • Manchester, ENG
Teaching and researching in the field of Biblical and Early Christian Studies.
Includes MSc in Advanced Electrical Power Systems and MSc in Communications and Signal Processing.