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The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies...


...is an independent Christian study centre

  • Promoting the study of Islam among Christians
  • Promoting the study of Christianity among Muslims
  • Promoting rigorous academic teaching and research on the Muslim-Christian interface

Seminars


Trinity Term 2012


Tuesday, 22nd May at 2.30 pm
at The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies

Road Signs for the Christian-Muslim Journey Together: Denials, Dangers and Challenges in the 21st Century

Kenneth Bailey

Emeritus Research Professor of New Testament at the Ecumenical Institute (Tantur) Jerusalem
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Solomon Academic Trust Scholarships


Muslim & Christian post-graduate students based in Oxford are invited to apply for 2 small scholarships.
These are for students interested in Muslim-Christian Studies who would like to be part of the academic community at the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies.
Successful candidates will be expected to present their research at the weekly term-time seminar and to assist with other projects at the Centre.


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Staff publications


Both Ida Glaser and Martin Whittingham have contributed chapters to a new book looking at Christian responses to Islam in Britain.

The book is entitled Between Naivety and Hostility, edited by Steve Bell and Colin Chapman (Milton Keynes: Authentic, September 2011), with 18 chapters addressing a wide variety of issues.

Ida Glaser’s chapter is entitled, ‘Thinking Biblically About Islam’ while Martin Whittingham contributes ‘Christian-Muslim Relations in Britain in Historical Context’ .
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'Reading the Bible in the Context of Islam' Research Grants


The Solomon Academic Trust is offering two Research Grants at The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, Oxford, as part of a new research project on ‘Reading the Bible in the Context of Islam’

Muslim and Christian candidates are invited to present proposals for intertextually, culturally, historically and/or theologically focussed research on the interpretation of a biblical book or theme in an Islamic context.
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