Faith to Faith: Eastern Christian Thought and Scholarship on the Syriac Orient, Jerusalem and the Christian encounter with Islam: Youakim Moubarac (1924-1995) in dialogue with Louis Massignon (1883-1962)
27th April 2023, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Anthony O’Mahony (Blackfriars Hall), "Eastern Christian Thought and Scholarship on the Syriac Orient, Jerusalem and the Christian encounter with Islam: Youakim Moubarac (1924-1995) in dialogue with Louis Massignon (1883-1962)". Respondent: Erica Hunter.
Faith to Faith: The Higher Purposes (maqāṣid) of Theology and Law in Modern Islamic Thought.
26th January 2023, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour (University of York), "The Higher Purposes (maqāṣid) of Theology and Law in Modern Islamic Thought." Respondent: Michael Nazir-Ali.
Faith to Faith: Quietism and Activism in Modern Shīʿī Thought: The Politics of the Clergy in Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon.
1st December 2022, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Mohammad Kalantari (Royal Holloway University), "Quietism and Activism in Modern Shīʿī Thought: The Politics of the Clergy in Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon." Respondent: Amir Bazmjou.
Faith to Faith: Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾi on Jesus: Modern Shīʿism, the Qurʾān, and Muslim-Christian Relations
24th November 2022, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Fitzroy Morrissey (All Souls College), "Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾi on Jesus: Modern Shīʿism, the Qurʾān, and Muslim-Christian Relations." Respondent: Shabbir Akhtar.
Faith to Faith: The Rise of Muslim Modernism and Revivalism: Shāh Waliullāh, al-Afghānī, ʿAbduh, Syed Aḥmad Khān, ʿUbaidullah Sindhi, and Iqbal.
20th October 2022, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Monsignor Michael Nazir-Ali (St. Edmund Hall), "The Rise of Muslim Modernism and Revivalism: Shāh Waliullāh, al-Afghānī, ʿAbduh, Syed Aḥmad Khān, ʿUbaidullah Sindhi, and Iqbal." Respondent: David Singh.
Faith to Faith: Muslim and Christian Thought in the Modern Middle East and South Asia
The modern history of the Middle East and South Asia has been shaped to a considerable extent by the religious and philosophical ideas of Muslim and Christian thinkers.