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Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme

 
About us Overview

Through world-leading academic research and creative public engagement initiatives, the Cambridge Interfaith Programme (CIP) promotes better understanding of the complex and diverse relationships between different religious traditions, and between those traditions and secular societies. Combining academic expertise and commitment to real-world impact, CIP seeks to advance social flourishing worldwide.

Read more at: Core Team

Core Team

Meet the core CIP team.


Read more at: Members of the Cambridge Interfaith Research Forum

Members of the Cambridge Interfaith Research Forum

Colleagues from across the Faculty of Divinity are engaged in different ways with CIP's activities. Others outside the Faculty are invited to affiliate. This opportunity is open to PhD students, postdocs and others at the University of Cambridge who work on interfaith topics.


Read more at: Visiting Scholars

Visiting Scholars

Those shown below are currently Visiting Scholars affiliated with Cambridge Interfaith Programme. Academic Visitors within the Faculty of Divinity are welcome to join the Interfaith Research Forum during their visit. Official Visitors from outside the Faculty of Divinity are also able to affiliate...


Read more at: Our Approach to Interfaith Encounters
The CIP approach

Our Approach to Interfaith Encounters

The Cambridge Interfaith Programme is dedicated to learning about, learning from, and learning between religions as they interact within a secular and religious world. What does it mean to be religious in the 21st century? How should people from different religious traditions engage with one...


Read more at: Support CIP
Support CIP

Support CIP

The Cambridge Interfaith Programme (CIP) has been able to develop its work thanks to the the generosity and vision of major benefactors. We are currently seeking further support from a variety of public and private sources. Your gift could go towards: Academic posts to enhance the core teaching and...


Latest news

Event report: Resonances from World Interfaith Harmony Week, 2023

21 February 2023

The rhythms of the calendar year vary across religions, as also between nations, continents, and hemispheres. Since its establishment through UN resolution in 2010, World...

Event report: Trance, Ritual Sound and Migration

20 February 2023

Dr Vanessa Paloma Elbaz is a researcher based in the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge. A member of the Cambridge Interfaith Research Forum from its inception...