Seminar Series, Michaelmas Term 2010

We invite you to a series of informal weekly seminars, an opportunity to present work in progress and to receive informed comment from others.
Abstracts of previous seminars may be accessed in the Resources section.
When available, abstracts of Michaelmas Term seminars can be accessed by clicking on the seminar title.

Venue: Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, The Song School, 109A Iffley Road, Oxford OX4 1EH

Next to St. John the Evangelist’s Church, opposite University Sports Ground

Tuesdays from 2.30-4pm

19th October	Ulrich Berner Professor of Religious Studies, University of Bayreuth Efforts at rational dialogue and peaceful co-existence: Examples from Medieval Christianity in the Near East
26th October	Sara Husseini Doctoral Candidate, Birmingham University The engagement of Arabic-speaking Christian theologians with Islamic thought in the early ninth century C.E.: Can we call them Christian mutakallimūn?
2nd November	Niashangok Along Independent Scholar Title to be announced
9th November	Olivia Luce Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of History, St. Antony’s College Louis Massignon - promoting interfaith dialogue and liturgy
16th November	David Thomas Professor of Christianity and Islam, University of Birmingham A Christian convert to Islam re-interprets his former scripture: ‘Ali al-Tabari's ways of re-reading the Bible
23rd November	Ida Glaser Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Reading Genesis in the Context of Islam: Windows on the Text

For further information contact John Chesworth, Seminar Co-ordinator, on 01865 613445
Or e-mail j.chesworth@cmcsoxford.org.uk

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Seminar abstracts

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