Dr James Eglinton

Meldrum Senior Lecturer in Reformed Theology
University of Edinburgh

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I was appointed to the Meldrum Lectureship in Reformed Theology in 2013, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2020. Prior to joining the School of Divinity, I was a postdoctoral research fellow, and then senior researcher in systematic and historical theology, at the Theologische Universiteit Kampen. I hold undergraduate degrees in law (LLB Hons, Aberdeen) and theology (BTh Dist., Glasgow). My PhD, on the Dutch dogmatician Herman Bavinck, was written at the University of Edinburgh under the supervision of Prof. David Fergusson.

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To date, the bulk of my research and writing has focused on neo-Calvinism, a form of Reformed Christianity that developed between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Netherlands, and that has continued to evolve in a range of international contexts. 

Alongside my work on neo-Calvinism, I have a longstanding interest in the relationship of theology to linguistic diversity. I am currently writing a monograph on Christian theological accounts of language difference. From 2024-26, I am working with the neuroscientist Dr Thomas Bak in an externally funded project on theological ethics and bilingualism (supported by the John Templeton Foundation).