The Oxford Interfaith Forum has published its upcoming online events for January/February 2022:
Psalms Reading Group: PSALMS and the QURAN
Wed 12 Jan 2022, 6-7pm.
Comparative reading of Psalms and Abrahams’ Prayers in the Quran. A Muslim Scholar, Yomna Helmy, will open the Oxford Interfaith Forum in 2022 with a session of the International Interfaith Reading Group on Psalms in Interfaith Contexts.
Speaker: Ustadha Yomna Helmy, Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge.
Chair: Gulamabbas Lakha, Tutor in Psychology of Religion, University of Oxford.
Venue: Online.
Oxford Interfaith Discussion Series: Pilgrimage in Interfaith Contexts
A new series of the Oxford Interfaith Panel Discussions on Pilgrimage in Interfaith Contexts. This topic reminds us of our shared experience of pilgrimage through life and serves as a guide for our daily interactions. This series will run from January to April 2022.
Pilgrimage and Exile in Interfaith Contexts
Tue 18 Jan 2022,5.30-6.30pm.
Welcome Address: Shaykha Safia Shahid, Founder and Principal of Women’s Muslim College, UK.
Chair: The Venerable Jonathan Chaffey, Archdeacon of Oxford, UK.
Speakers:
- The Rt Revd Martin Gorick, Bishop of Dudley and Patron of Oxford Interfaith Forum, UK.
- Dr Mia Spiro, Senior Lecturer in Modern Jewish Culture and Holocaust Studies, University of Glasgow, UK.
Venue: Online.
Pilgrimage and Migration in Interfaith Contexts
Wed 9 Feb 2022, 5.30-6.30pm.
Welcome Address: Dr Elizabeth Kiss, Warden of the Rhodes House and CEO of the Rhodes Trust, University of Oxford, UK.
Chair: Professor Diane Obenchain, Director of the China Initiative and Senior Professor of Religion, Fuller Theological Seminary, CA, USA.
Speakers:
- Dr Eboo Patel, Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core, IL, USA.
- Lord John Alderdice, Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford and Patron of Oxford Interfaith Forum, UK.
Venue: Online.
Eastern Christianity in Interfaith Contexts: Dadisho of Qatar: Questioning the Desert Fathers
Thu, 20 Jan 2022, 5-6pm.
Speaker: Revd Dr Robert Kitchen, Canada.
Venue: Online.
International Holocaust Memorial Day Event: Dame Stephanie Shirley CH
Thu, 27 Jan 2022, 6-7pm.
To commemorate the International Holocaust Memorial Day with the Story of Vera Buchthal, penniless, homeless, and stateless girl who became Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley CH, the iconic IT entrepreneur and the UK’s first ever national Ambassador for Philanthropy.
Topic: the Story of Vera Buchthal, Kindertransportee told by Dame Stephanie Shirley CH
Welcome Address: The Rt Revd Martin Gorick, Bishop of Dudley and Patron of Oxford Interfaith Forum.
Introduction: Professor Victoria Nash, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.
Q&A led by Mr Barnabas Balint, University of Oxford, Regional Ambassador for Holocaust Educational Trust.
Venue: Online.
International Interfaith Reading Group on Philosophy in Interfaith Contexts
Mon 31 Jan 2022, 6-7pm.
The launch of the International Interfaith Reading Group on Philosophy in Interfaith Contexts.
Speaker: Professor James Orr, Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Religion, University of Cambridge.
Topic: Human Equality and Abrahamic Monotheism.
Venue: Online.
