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The Growth and Change
of Christianity in the Global South

Dr Stephen Offutt

Tuesday, 19 Nov, 5:30
Magdalene College, Benson Hall

HOMO EMPATHICUS:
HOW TO SAVE THE LIBERAL NATION STATE

Dr Alex Goerlach

Friday 11th October 12:00
Latimer Room, Clare College, Cambridge

AMERICAN BABYLON:
CHRISTIANITY AND DEMOCRACY BEFORE AND AFTER TRUMP

Prof Phil Gorski

12th June 17:00
Latimer Room, Clare College, Cambridge

HOPE AND FEAR IN RESPONSE TO RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY:
CONTESTING SECURITY, IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY IN LONDON

Launch event of the “King’s Politics and Religion Series”

8th May, 17:00 – 19:00
The Wine Room, King’s College, Cambridge
Followed by a drinks reception

Panelists:

Tobias Müller (King’s College, Woolf Institute)
Emanuelle Degli Esposti (Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge)
John Dunn (King’s College and POLIS)
Chair: Richard Bourke (King’s College and Faculty of History)

Cowboy & Preacher
A film screening on Christianity and environmentalism

14th March, 4pm
Cripps Court, Magdalene College

Panelists:

  • Lord Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
  • Dr Jonathan Chaplin, former Director of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics
  • Dr Hilary Marlow, Director of Studies, Girton College; Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of Divinity
  • Will Fraser, filmmaker and director of Cowboy and Preacher

Co-sponsors:

Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
Jubilee Centre
Von HГјgel Institute
Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics
Cambridge Institute on Religion & International Studies

The Religious Problem with Religious Freedom

Robert Joustra

Tuesday, 13 November, 5:30pm
Domus Room, Clare College (old court)

Defining ‘Modern’ and ‘Medieval’ Religion:
Debates Over Faith and Temporality

Tom Smith

Thursday, 21 June, 12:30pm
Alison Richard Building, room 119 (map)

‘The Decline of the Occident’?
Populism, Religion, and Identity Crisis

Alex Görlach
Tobias Cremer

Thursday, 17 May, 5:30pm
Clare College (old court), Latimer Room (map)

Hindutva & Hinduism:
Ethnic Nationalism’s Tryst with Religiosity in Modern India

Bill Drexel

Friday, 27 April, 12:00
POLIS 138 (Alison Richard Building)

Law and International Religious Freedom:
The Rise and Fall of the American Model

Pasquale Annicchino

Monday, 7 May, 12:00
POLIS 138 (Alison Richard Building)

Hope and Fear in Response to the
Growth of Islam in Europe and the US

Tobias MГјller
Prof John Dunn

Friday, 23rd Feb, 5pm
Latimer Room, Clare College

In Bad Faith:
Trump, Religion, and US Foreign Policy

Prof Peter Mandaville

Wednesday, 17 Jan, 5pm
Clare College, Latimer Room

Thinking Spatially about Islam in Europe

Prof Kim Knott

Thursday, 30th November, 18:30-20:00
Divinity Faculty, University of Cambridge

FROM LUTHER TO LOCKE:
HOW PROTESTANTS INVENTED RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Prof John Coffey

Wednesday, 18 October, 7:00pm
Clare College, Latimer Room

Civil Wolves:
Theological Name Calling in War and Peace

Matthew Rowley

Wednesday, 22 February, 1pm
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room 138

Reclaiming Hope:
The Future of Faith in America

Michael Wear

Special book launch event
Wednesday, 1 March, 5:30pm
Clare College, Latimer Room

Fall from Grace:
The Demise of the GГјlen Movement in Turkey

Caroline Tee

Wednesday, 8 March, 1pm
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room 138

Righteously Bellicose:
Toward a General Theory of Mental Habits in Conflict

Matthew Rowley

Wednesday, 23 November, 12:30
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room 138

How Much Can We Insult Religion?
A Transatlantic Perspective on the Legal Treatment of Anti-Religious Speech

Prof Javier MartГ­nez-TorrГіn

Wednesday, 9 November, 12:30
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room 138

Islamic Exceptionalism:
How The Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World

Shadi Hamid

Wednesday, 16 November, 17:00
Latimer Room, Clare College
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The French Exception:
Tocqueville, Constant, and the Religious Spirit of Liberalism

Arthur Ghins

Wednesday, 26 October, 12:30
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room 138

What in Heaven’s Name?
Religion and the US Election

Prof Andrew Preston and Dr Judd Birdsall

Wednesday, 19 October, 12:30
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room 138

Divided by a Common Faith?
Christians in Britain and America

Prof Timothy Larsen
Clare College (old court), Thirkill Room (map)
Saturday 23rd July at 10:30

Transatlantic Perspectives on Religion and Foreign Policy

Panel discussion with European diplomats
Monday, 20 June, 2:30 – 4:00
Berkley Center, 3307 M Street NW
Click here for full event details

Reconsidering Religious Radicalism

Full-day book conference
Saturday, 21 May, 9:30 – 5:30
Gillespie Centre, Clare College
Click here to view pictures from the event

European Philosophical History
and Faith in God A Posteriori

Prof Simon Glendinning


Tuesday 17 May, 13:00
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room 138

Deproblematising Religious Diversity:
A University Case Study

Revd Dr James Walters


Tuesday 10 May, 13:00
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room 138

God and the EU:
Faith in the European Project

Half-day book launch symposium
Friday, 18 March, 9:30 – 12:30
Latimer Room, Clare College (Old Court)
Click here for event flyer

The Orthodox Synod of 2016
and its Geopolitical Implications

Dr Lucian Leustean

Tuesday, 1 March, 13:00
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room 138
Read Dr Leustean’s new report on tensions within Eastern Christianity

Putin and the Patriarch:
How Russia uses Orthodoxy as Soft Power

Prof Kornely Kakachia

Friday, 26 February, 13:00
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room S2

‘You Ain’t No Muslim, Bruv’:
How Muslim Identity in Europe is Forced to be Reactionary

Dr Asmaa Soliman

Tuesday, 2 February, 13:00
Allison Richard Building (POLIS), Room 138

Religious Faith, Changing Patterns of Globalisation,
and Diaspora Belonging: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian
Transnational Politics in East London

Dr Ben Gidley

24 November, 12:00
Faculty of Divinity, Room 2
Read CIRIS interview with Dr Gidley

The Rise of the Far Right in Europe
and the Resurgence of Xenophobia

Dr Jeff Miley

Tuesday, 3 November, 12:00
Allison Richard Building, Room S1

Divinity and Diplomacy:
How Britain Can Develop a Religion-Attentive Foreign Policy

Dr Judd Birdsall

Tuesday, 3 November, 12:00
Allison Richard Building, Room S1

Faith in War and Peace:
Does Religion Promote Conflict or Peacebuilding?

Dr Sara Silvestri and Prof James Mayall

20 October, 12:00
Allison Richard Building, Room S1

Religious Freedom in the EU

Dr Pasquale Annicchino

10 July 2015, 11:00
Clare College, Godwin Room
Read CIRIS interview with Dr Annicchino

Challenges to International Religious Freedom

Amb. David Saperstein

19 June 2015, 2:30
Clare College, Godwin Room
Read CIRIS interview with Amb Saperstein

The Future of Religion and Diplomacy

Dr Shaun Casey

28 April 2015, 12:00
Alison Richard Building, Room S2
Read CIRIS interview with Dr Casey

News & Events

17th Dec 2019

CIRIS Hosts Workshop on ‘Nationalism, Conservative Religion, and Identity in German, Dutch, and Anglo-American Politics’

From 9 to 10 December CIRIS hosted a DAAD-funded workshop for nearly twenty scholars in Cambridge to explore the relationship between nationalism, populism, and Christian churches in Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Whereas the phenomenon of nationalism and populism occur in all of these states, the differences in their expression […]

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Publications

2nd Oct 2019

CIRIS Publishes Essay Collection on Religious Freedom in Comparative Perspective

The Cambridge Institute on Religion and International Studies (CIRIS) has published a special collection of four essays examining freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in comparative perspective. Each of the essays examines controversies, conditions, and strategies of FoRB around the world. The series is the product of a collaboration between the CIRIS and The Review of […]

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Supporting diplomats

CIRIS serves as the secretariat for the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy (TPNRD). We facilitate communication, coordination, and collaboration among this community of diplomats from Europe and North America who have a responsibility for religion-related issues within their respective foreign ministries. The work of the TPNRD secretariat is generously supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.

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