Oxford Interfaith Forum invites you to our Upcoming Events
Scriptural Discussion Series
Registration details are available at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbiU9aAw4WhK5a_mJF0rR9t90B-wPr4UzD-W7BENW2jIuDIw/viewform?usp=pp_url
SEPTEMBER 2021
Discussion topic: The Creation Story.
Date:14th September 2021
Time: 19:30-20:30pm BST | 20:30-21:30pm CEST |11:30am-12:30pm PDT | 14:30-15:30pm EST | 21:30-22:30pm IST
Welcome address: Lord Alderdice, Patron of Oxford Interfaith Forum.
Chair: Revd Nevsky Everett, Chaplain of Keble College, the University of Oxford.
Speakers:
1. Revd Dr John Goldingay, Oxford.
2. Ustadah Yomna Helmy, Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge.
3. Rabbi David Wolpe, The Max Webb Senior Rabbi, Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, CA.
Venue: Online
Followed by a Q&A session
OCTOBER 2021
Discussion topic: Abraham and His Children.
Date: 12th October 2021
Time: 19:30-20:30pm BST | 20:30-21:30pm CEST |11:30am-12:30pm PDT | 14:30-15:30pm EST | 21:30-22:30pm IST
Welcome address: Revd Fr Jan Nowotnik, Direction of Mission and National Ecumenical Officer at the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
Chair: Revd Dr John Goldingay, Oxford.
Speakers:
1. Professor Anna Sapir Abulafia, Professor of the Study of Abrahamic Religions, the University of Oxford.
2. Dr Zeyneb Sayilgan, Muslim Scholar, the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies, Baltimore, MD.
Venue: Online
Followed by a Q&A session
NOVEMBER 2021
Discussion Topic: The Messiah and Messianism.
Date: 9th November 2021.
Time: 19:30-20:30pm BST | 20:30-21:30pm CEST |11:30am-12:30pm PDT | 14:30-15:30pm EST | 21:30-22:30pm IST
Welcome address: Ghanem Nuseibeh, Honorary Chair of Oxford Interfaith Forum.
Chair: Dr Georgina Jardim, Senior Fellow, the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies.
Speakers:
1. Dr Benjamin Sax, Jewish Scholar, the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies, Baltimore, MD.
2. Revd Dr John Goldingay, Oxford.
Venue: Online
Followed by a Q&A session
DECEMBER 2021
Discussion Topic: The Festival of Light and the Book of Maccabees
Date: 7th December 2021
Time: 19:30-20:30pm BST | 20:30-21:30pm CEST |11:30am-12:30pm PDT | 14:30-15:30pm EST | 21:30-22:30pm IST
Welcome address: Dr Martin Whittingham, Director of Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies.
Chair: Revd Dr John Goldingay, Oxford.
Speakers:
1. Revd Canon Dr Robin Gibbons, Ecumenical Canon at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
2. Dr Jesse Abelman, Curator of Hebraica and Judaica for the Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Venue: Online
Followed by a Q&A session