Seminars, conference and other events organised by our Christian-Muslim Studies Network. Semester 2 - Spring/Summer 2019 Date Speaker Event / topic 7 February 2019 5-7pm Martin Hall Dr Shabbir Akhtar Oxford Book discussion: The New Testament in Muslim Eyes: Paul’s Letter to the Galatians **Co-sponsored by the Centre for Study of Christian Origins** 7 March 2019 4-6pm Martin Hall Prof Christian C Sahner Oxford Book discussion: Christian Martyrs Under Islam **Co-sponsored by History of Christianity at the School of Divinity** 14 March 2019 4-6pm Senate Room Dr Feriel Bouhafa Cambridge Talk, title TBC (Islamic philosophy) 5-6 Apil 2019 New College Symposium Protestant Theology and Islam Two-day symposium 19-21 June 2019 New College Summer School for Clergy and Christian Leaders Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations: A Primer for Christian Engagement and Shared Action Semester 1 - Autumn/Winter 2018 Date Speaker Event / topic 23 October 2018 4–6pm Senate Room Dr Samy Ayoub Texas School of Law The Force of Custom: Ḥanafī Debates on Conversion to Islam in Ottoman Egypt 1 November 2018 4–6pm Senate Room Dr Umar Ryad Leuven, Belgium Islamic Reformism and western Christianity: al-Manar’s responses to missionary work in Egypt in the early 20th century’ 8 November 2018 5–6pm Senate Room Dr Omar Anchassi Edinburgh Dangerous Liaisons: Marriage, Slave-Concubinage and Confessional Boundaries in Early Islamic Law 23 November 2018 Josef Linnhoff Edinburgh Was Muhammad b. ‘Abdul Wahhab (d. 1792) a Kharijite? Exploring an Early and Enduring debate This article was published on 2024-03-19
