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Read more at: Publication: Weiss on Wittgenstein & rabbinic grammar
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Publication: Weiss on Wittgenstein & rabbinic grammar

1 October 2024

CIP Deputy Director, Daniel H. Weiss is among the co-authors of a new volume exploring how philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) might serve as a refreshing intermediary for dialogue between Jewish, Muslim and Christian scholars. The book is the outcome of a 2020 Reading Weekend, as the co-authors discussed key...


Read more at: Report: Looking back at Climate Futures
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Report: Looking back at Climate Futures

30 September 2024

In July 2024, we welcomed nearly two dozen participants for a 5-day Religion & Climate Futures summer school. The curriculum was organised and delivered in partnership with an LSE team. Maria Isabel Giraldo reflects on the experience: “I used to think that the top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss...


Read more at: Opportunity: Collaborative PhD on inter-religious encounter

Opportunity: Collaborative PhD on inter-religious encounter

25 September 2024

Applications are invited for an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award at the University of Cambridge, in partnership with the Faith & Belief Forum.


Read more at: Interview: The illustrated Cairo Genizah
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Interview: The illustrated Cairo Genizah

19 September 2024

This year, the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit celebrates its 50th anniversary. Based in Cambridge University Library, the Genizah Research Unit is occupied by a very special collection. CIP Programme Manager Dr Iona Hine caught up with outgoing Cambridge postdoc Dr Nick Posegay to learn about an appropriately-...


Read more at: New interview: Shaping national conversations

New interview: Shaping national conversations

16 August 2024

The Faculty of Divinity has published an interview with Dr Iona Hine, CIP’s Programme Manager, discussing the Faith & Belief Policy Collective and its significance. The interview begins with reference to the Policy Collective’s Open Letter published in June. The conversation also touches on more recent developments...


Read more at: New study: Masculinity in London Pentecostalism

New study: Masculinity in London Pentecostalism

7 August 2024

A new study by Dr Tobias Müller explores the manifestations of masculinity within Pentecostal Christianity. Taking a north London church as his case study, Müller identifies three specific elements that combine to form what he terms “entrepreneurial heroic masculinity”. The study was released online in July and is...


Read more at: Event report: Entangled Otherings
NEWS: Entangled and Disentangled Otherings project awarded DAAD-Cambridge funding

Event report: Entangled Otherings

2 August 2024

The 2024 Entangled Otherings workshop was held at the University of Cambridge on 4 & 5 July. The main sponsor was the DAAD–Cambridge Hub for German Studies. In January, the convenors issued an open call on the topic Islamophobia, antisemitism, and philosemitism after October 7. The resulting workshop featured 15 talks...


Read more at: New study: Muslim masculinities
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New study: Muslim masculinities

16 July 2024

Muslims are often stereotyped as oppressors of women. The stereotype is powerful enough to have produced targeted education for Muslim boys in Germany. In a new joint article for the journal Men and Masculinities, Esra Özyürek and Jacob Lypp document contradictions in the masculine ideal represented in such education.


Read more at: Event report: Rupture and Reconciliation
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Event report: Rupture and Reconciliation

10 July 2024

Last month, CIP was glad to host a one-day student symposium entitled “Rupture and Reconciliation”. Lia Kornmehl and Dr Hina Khalid came together to convene an interdisciplinary forum for scholarly conversations on these distinct, though interrelated, motifs. The panels explored such questions as: how do mystics of the...


Read more at: Event report: The Homeric Centos as intercultural text
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Event report: The Homeric Centos as intercultural text

28 June 2024

On 19th June 2024, the Cambridge Interfaith Programme and the Faculty of Divinity hosted a book launch for Dr Anna Lefteratou’s recent monograph The Homeric Centos: Homer and Bible interwoven (Oxford University Press, 2023). The event attracted a sizeable audience on site in Cambridge and was also livestreamed via Zoom. A...


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As publishers Klett Cotta ready a series of events in the German-speaking world, we offer an English summary of Eva Menasse’s foreword to Stellvertreter der Schuld (Subcontractors of Guilt).

Art for a Better World on show in Cambridge

26 March 2025

How can academics and artists collaborate for positive social change? That was the question behind Art for a Better World, an exhibition translating research about pressing...

Interactive: Interfaith at the Cambridge Festival

17 March 2025

The 2025 Cambridge Festival opens this Wednesday (19 March) offering a mix of online, on-demand and in-person events covering all aspects of the world-leading research...