The Faculty fosters a rich intellectual life beyond the formal lectures and seminars, and a number of informal seminars, societies, and reading groups take place throughout the year. See the menu entries on the left.
Cambridge Muslim College & Divinity Faculty Islamic Literature Book Club
The Book Club shall meet approximately every six weeks and is open TO ALL. The aim of the Book Club is to create a congenial space to read and discuss fictions, essays, and poetry engaging with the meanings of and challenges to belief as lived experience in our day and age.
The times and venues for the term, as well as the books being discussed, are indicated below. If you would like to participate, do fill in the form to receive updates and access to the reading material. One chapter is specifically assigned for each meeting and will be shared in advance.
Post-scriptum: if you are interested, know that I am also convening the Islamic Studies Workshop. Please do click here for more details
Convenor: Professor Claire Gallien
Locations:
Cambridge Muslim College, 20 Cambridge Place, Common Room (first floor)
Divinity Faculty, 25 West Rd, Room 7
On Wednesdays 5.15 to 6.30 pm
Michaelmas Term 2024 -2025
23th Oct – CMC : C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
27th Nov – Divinity Faculty: Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad, The Eleventh Contentions