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Read more at: How hate solidifies—Özyürek in Zeit Online
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How hate solidifies—Özyürek in Zeit Online

3 November 2023

“Sie haben mehr als zehn Jahre untersucht, wie deutsche Muslime in den Fokus der Holocaust-Aufarbeitung gerückt sind. Warum gerade in Deutschland?” “You’ve spent more than a decade investigating how Germany Muslims became the focus in coming-to-terms-with the Holocaust. Why Germany?” So begins an extended interview between...

Read more at: From the archive: Just War?
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From the archive: Just War?

30 October 2023

In 2017, a New York Times opinion piece cited the work of CIP’s Dr Daniel Weiss to make a case that Christians should support gun control. The writer, Richard Parker, drew on an article Daniel had published in the Journal of Religious Ethics. As part of a wider body of work on religious responses to violence, Daniel was...

Read more at: Opportunity: Tackle Wiki bias in religious representation

Opportunity: Tackle Wiki bias in religious representation

19 October 2023

Researchers in the field of religious studies are invited to contribute their expertise to help identify authorial editorial bias across in different branches of Wikipedia. Existing research demonstrates that the problem is often one of absence. Background In 2021, research funded by the Wikimedia Foundation found that...

Read more at: Profile: Creative researcher—Dr Ankur Barua
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Profile: Creative researcher—Dr Ankur Barua

17 October 2023

Dr Ankur Barua (pictured, right) is Senior Lecturer in Hindu Studies at the University of Cambridge. Immersed in inter-religious relations all his life, he found new inspiration under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic: ankur.jpg The extra alone time prompted him to record and share versions of devotional chants he...

Read more at: Report: Symposium on Material approaches to inter-religious education
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Report: Symposium on Material approaches to inter-religious education

16 October 2023

On Monday 9 October, two dozen people gathered at the Faculty of Divinity to spend an afternoon thinking about materiality and religious education . Organised and co-convened by Dr Anastasia Badder (Divinity) and Dr Daniel Moulin-Stozek (Education), the event brought together researchers and practitioners, and a healthy...

Read more at: Report: Conflict resolution and interreligious encounter at the VHI

Report: Conflict resolution and interreligious encounter at the VHI

11 October 2023

In September 2023, four representatives of the Cambridge Interfaith Programme contributed to a four-day conference at the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry. The theme was Conflict resolution and interreligious encounter. Based at St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, the VHI supports advanced study with a...

Read more at: Interview: Research leave in Tübingen (Daniel Weiss)
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Interview: Research leave in Tübingen (Daniel Weiss)

5 October 2023

Dr Daniel Weiss is now the longest-standing member of the CIP team, arriving in 2010 as the first Polonsky-Coexist Lecturer in Jewish Studies (now Senior Lecturer). Over the past two years, he has had three terms of research leave, spending time at the University of Tübingen as a visiting scholar, supported by a Humboldt...

Read more at: Report: Materiality and inter-religious encounter (conference)
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Report: Materiality and inter-religious encounter (conference)

1 October 2023

Over two days in September 2023, the Faculty of Divinity and Cambridge Interfaith Programme hosted the conference “ Materiality and the Future of Inter-Religious Encounters ”—convened by Dr Anastasia Badder (Cambridge) and Dr Lea Taragin-Zeller (HUJI). They reflect on the event: Our aim was to examine the vital role of...

Read more at: Report: Visiting sacred space
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Report: Visiting sacred space

3 September 2023

Tilak Parekh is a postgraduate research student in the Faculty of Divinity. His doctoral thesis focuses on the purpose, creation and impact of the Neasden Temple in northwest London—the first traditional Hindu temple built in the western world. Visiting another famous religious site this summer, he was drawn to reflect: “...

Read more at: New article: Predators are prohibited, why are ducks kosher?
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New article: Predators are prohibited, why are ducks kosher?

16 August 2023

What’s the logic behind biblical eating prohibitions? Are commandments intended to promote the consumption of vegetarian animals? How come ducks—devourers of fish, insects, and frogs—can be part of a kosher diet? Dr Daniel Weiss explores these and related questions in a new article for TheTorah.com. The article adapts...

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Call for papers: Seeing Muslimness

28 March 2024

An interdisciplinary conference for scholars, researchers, and practitioners, co-convened by Madiha Noman—a PhD student in the Faculty of English and affiliate of the Cambridge Interfaith Research Forum—and Abdul Sabur Kidwai of King’s College London. Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2024.

Event report: Celebrating South Asia’s sonic spaces

18 March 2024

Earlier this month, Hina Khalid and Ankur Barua co-hosted a Mehfil— a “gathering to entertain or praise”, to extend students’ exposure to South Asian soundscapes. The event...

Exploring religion and economic development

15 March 2024

In January, Professor Sriya Iyer began work on the Social Consequences of Religion initiative, a multistrand programme from the Templeton Religion Trust. Iyer is leading...

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