Category: Online Interreligious Events

Washington State University This panel addresses Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Secular-Democratic Legal-Ethical Traditions in the Forging of Religious-National Identities, Politics, Human Rights & Interreligious Relations in the Western, Jewish, Islamic and International Worlds. Panelists include: Deina Abdelkader (University of Massachusetts), David Novak (University of Toronto), Peter N. Stearns (George Mason University), R. Charles Weller (Al-Farabi …

Christian, Jewish, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History قراءة المزيد »

In honor of the approaching International Women’s Day we are excited to host three pioneering female religious leaders:-Rabbi Naamah Kelman is the first woman ordained as rabbi in Israel.Qadi Hana Mansour-Khatib is the first woman appointed qadi (judge) in the Sharia (Muslim religious) court of the State of Israel.Rev. Sally Azar is the first woman …

Women at the Helm: Reimagining Religious Leadership قراءة المزيد »

Providence College’s Jewish-Catholic Theological Exchange Committee invites you to the Scholar-in-Residence Dialogue For a great many Jewish, Christian, and Muslim thinkers in the medieval world, Aristotle was not just a philosopher but the philosopher—an essential reference point for understanding both nature and the divine. Yet while his authority was indispensable, it was also problematic, as …

Aristotle Among the Believers: How Jews, Christians and Muslims Made the Philosopher their Own قراءة المزيد »

OXFORD INTERFAITH FORUMThe Johannes Lähnemann Interfaith Peacebuilding LectureEmeritus Chairman of the Peace Education Standing Commission of the international movement Religions for Peace Speaker: Professor Anantanand Rambachan, Emeritus Professor of Religion, Saint Olaf College, USAHe is a Co-President of Religions for Peace Abstract: Peace is a shared aspiration and value in all our religious traditions. No …

The Paradox of Religion as Peace-Maker and Contributor to Violence قراءة المزيد »

OXFORD INTERFAITH FORUM Professor Arnold Eisen in conversation with Revd Prof Serena Jones, and Prof Sam Shonkoff, about his new book Seeking the Hiding God: A Personal Theological Essay. Arnold Eisen is Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Jewish Thought at the Jewish Theological Seminary, USARevd Prof Serene Jones is the first woman President of the 186-year-old Union …

Book Presentation: Seeking the Hiding God قراءة المزيد »

OXFORD INTERFAITH FORUM Psalms in Interfaith Contexts Reading Group Dr Jodi Porter, Director of Education for Ministry Innovation at Acadia Divinity College, Canada This session will explore the enduring significance of Psalm 136 through the lenses of hesed and praxis. For the bulk of our time together, we will explore possible practical implications of hesed for faith communities by connecting …

Psalm 136: Hesed as Praxis  قراءة المزيد »

The Fleischman Endowed Lecture of 2025.The Judaic Studies Program at George Washington University Benjamin Sommer is Professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Senior Fellow at the Kogod Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought at the Shalom Hartman Institute. He will discuss the ways modern understandings of prayer influenced biblical critical scholarship on the …

“Prayer, Ritual, and Silence: The Psalms as Worship in Biblical Scholarship and the Study of Religion” قراءة المزيد »

Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies Islamophobia—the irrational fear or discrimination against Islam and Muslims—is a widespread problem that leads to hate crimes, bullying, violence, and anti-Muslim legislation undermining civil rights. The Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign, a national multifaith coalition, is at the forefront of efforts to combat this hate and promote justice. Nina …

Shoulder to Shoulder: : Building Coalitions to Challenge Islamophobia قراءة المزيد »

In this talk, Matthew Bolton will explore how UK anti-discrimination law has constructed Jewish identity as a mode of ‘ethnicity.’ He will argue that the structure of law encourages the essentialisation or dehistoricisation of Jewish identity. This hinders the law’s ability to grasp the role played by the concept of a Jewish state in the …

Antisemitism, Israel and the limits of anti-discrimination law (UK context) قراءة المزيد »