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The Senior Seminar in Inter-Religious Relations presents Dr Reid B. Locklin (St Michael’s College, University of Toronto), ‘Conquering the Quarters, Preaching in Silence: an Interreligious Exploration of Missionary Advaita Vedānta’, Thursday 3 May 2018 11am-1pmThe Faculty of Divinity Introduces the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme's second term-leng…

The Senior Seminar in Inter-Religious Relations presents Professor Marianne Moyaert, Chair of Comparative Theology and Hermeneutics of Interreligious Dialogue, VU University of Amsterdam: 'Ricoeur's Interreligious Hermeneutics, Prejudice, and the Problem of Testimonial Injustice'Professor Marianne Moyaert, Chair of Comparative Theology and Hermeneu…

The Senior Seminar in Inter-Religious Relations and Leverhulme Visiting Professor Lectures from Professor Asad Q. Ahmed: 'Scripture and Logic' and 'Prophethood, Sectarian Politics, and Rationalist Disciplines in Nineteenth Century India', will take place on Thursday 1 March and Friday 2 March 2018, 12.00 pm – 1.30 p.m. in the Lightfoot Room, Facult…

The very first Senior Seminar in Inter-Religious Relations is "Divine Law and Human Intervention: Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the US Constitutional Debate". It will take place on Thursday, 1 February, 11.00 am – 1.00 p.m. in the Lightfoot Room, Faculty of Divinity. This term the Faculty of Divinity is introducing a new Senior Seminar series in…

Dr James Walters, chaplain and inter-faith advisor at the London School of Economics (LSE), discusses the challenges and opportunities posed by religious diversity on university campuses.In May 2016, CIP's partner organisation Cambridge Institute on Religion and International Studies hosted The Revd Dr James Walters for an event on 'Deproblematisin…

Researcher and primary school teacher Anne Moseley talks about the impact of the 'Story Tent' - an immersive way of introducing children to inter-faith dialogueThe 'Story Tent' uses a form of inter-faith dialogue called Scriptural Reasoning as its basis. Scriptural Reasoning works by engaging participants with the texts at the heart of each faith t…

In 2016 CIP team members Nadiya Takolia and Miriam Lorie traveled to the Salvation Army Headquarters in London to participate in a powerful inter-faith event.On 10 March, members of many different faiths - including Jews, Christians, Muslims - came together to explore the topic of 'refugees' within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Led by the Cambr…

CIP Director Dr Ankur Barua reflects on the life of missionary, educator, and social reformer Charles Freer Andrews.When I first heard about the Cambridge Interfaith Programme, my first response was ‘Ah, Charlie is alive at Cambridge!’.While I had already encountered the name ‘Charles Freer Andrews’ as an undergraduate student at the University of …

CIP is collaborating with the British Museum to deliver a unique public event that focuses on the exhibition - 'Egypt: Faith After The Pharaohs' (February 2016)Hear from the curator behind the exhibition as we uncover the rich and enlightening stories told by its many objects and the resonances they have for us today.About the exhibitionA "magical …

During November’s Inter-faith Week, the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme brought Scriptural Reasoning to London’s British Museum’s in partnership with its critically-acclaimed exhibition, ‘Egypt: faith after the Pharaohs’. During two SR workshops, participants explored sacred Christian, Muslim, and Jewish texts in the company of members of each trad…

A new academic year sees the start of a period of change and transition for the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme. After thirteen years at the helm, Professor David Ford has now retired as Director."The deepest secret of CIP is long term friendships across faith traditions that have enabled all sorts of joint initiatives and risk-taking, and continue…

CIP is very excited to be working with the British Museum's pioneering new exhibition - 'Egypt: faith after the Pharaohs' - to deliver two Scriptural Reasoning workshops. Participants will read and reflect together on Christian, Jewish and Muslim sacred texts.The exhibition tells the story of Egypt during one of the most fascinating periods of its …

‘Statesmanship in the Twenty-first Century: What about Religion?’ ...one of the questions discussed by a distinguished panel at the Churchill 21st Century Statesmanship Symposium, hosted by CIP.With partners: the Von Hügel Institute, St Mary's University Twickenham, Theos, Faith in Leadership, Christ Church Oxford and Georgetown University,  CIP ho…