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Event report: Exploring a modern-day scripture

27 January 2025

Earlier this month, the Faculty of Divinity hosted a one-day symposium to explore a highly contemporary scripture: the Satsaṅga Dīkṣā, authored in the opening months of 2020. Tilak Parekh, a co-convenor and member of the Cambridge Interfaith Research Forum, reports: The Satsaṅga Dīkṣā Symposium was held on Friday, 17...

Congratulations to Dr Emily Qureshi-Hurst on publication of her new book Salvation in the Block Universe

23 January 2025

In Salvation in the Block Universe , Dr Emily Qureshi-Hurst explores the relationship between time, spacetime, and the Christian doctrine of salvation. She offers both a focused treatment of a particular problem – the problem of salvation in the block universe – and a broader exploration of a theological methodology that...

The Reverend Don Cupitt, 1934-2025

20 January 2025

It is with great sadness that we pass on the news, announced today by Emmanuel College, of the death of our former colleague, the Reverend Don Cupitt (University Lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion) on 18 January. Don Cupitt died at Addenbrookes after a short illness. The Faculty of Divinity extends condolences to his...

Kicking off with Cambridge United FC

13 January 2025

Partnering with local football club Cambridge United FC, Dr Joseph Powell, a British Academy Research Fellow is curating a series of conversations informed by his interest in how faith and football interact. Footnotes: The writing of football series launches later this month, sponsored by the Faculty of Divinity. Faith in...

Dr Anna Lefteratou awarded the Academy of Athens 2024 prize for a mongraph in Classics

2 January 2025

Warmest congratulations to Dr Anna Lefteratou on winning the Academy of Athens 2024 prize for a monograph in Classics. Anna was awarded this prize for her OUP monograph, The Homeric Centos: Homer and the Bible Interwoven.

The Stanton Lectures 2025

18 December 2024

The Stanton Lectures 2025 Ways of Oneness, will be delivered by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad FBA, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University commencing Monday 24 February

Fully funded PhD studentships in Islamic Studies

17 December 2024

Through the generosity of the Hartwell Fund and the Sheikh Zayed Fund, the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge is delighted to be able to invite applications for two fully funded doctoral awards in Islamic Studies for candidates wishing to commence research from 1 October 2025. The Hartwell Studentship is...

Congratulations to Dr Amal Awad

16 December 2024

Congratulations to Dr Amal Awad (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty), who has been awarded a £10,000 grant by the Cambridge Humanities Research Grant Scheme in support of her forthcoming international conference on 'Philosophy of Mind in Medieval Islamic Thought'. This conference, which will take place in...

Satsaṅga Dīkṣā: Exploring A Modern-Day Scripture Date: Friday 17 January 2025

10 December 2024

The Satsaṅga-Dīkṣā is a vital scripture of the BAPS Swaminarayan tradition, one of the largest, fastest-growing, and most prominent Hindu groups in the world today. Since the text’s composition in 2020, it has become an integral part of the daily worship, study, and formative life of thousands of BAPS followers in India...

The European Research Council Synergy Grant

15 November 2024

Congratulations to Dr Tony Street, Assistant Director of Research in the Faculty of Divinity on the award to him and an international consortium of partners of an ERC Synergy Grant worth around 10 million euros in total and £1.8M to Cambridge. picture1.jpg The Synergy Grant will fund a project entitled ‘RevLogRedux – Logic...

Event report: Exploring a modern-day scripture

Congratulations to Dr Emily Qureshi-Hurst on publication of her new book Salvation in the Block Universe

The Reverend Don Cupitt, 1934-2025

Kicking off with Cambridge United FC

Dr Anna Lefteratou awarded the Academy of Athens 2024 prize for a mongraph in Classics

The Stanton Lectures 2025

Fully funded PhD studentships in Islamic Studies

Congratulations to Dr Amal Awad

Satsaṅga Dīkṣā: Exploring A Modern-Day Scripture Date: Friday 17 January 2025

The European Research Council Synergy Grant

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