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The Impact of Islam on Christian Political Theology 622 to 1453
This series for Autumn 2025 will be a collaboration between CMCS Oxford, Dr Steven Firmin (Research Associate of CMCSO and lecturer in Christian Ethics, University of Oxford) and The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities (TORCH network).
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park),
Steven Firmin
Timing: Mondays at 2:30pm
Web Address:
https://www.cmcsoxford.org.uk/s/IICPTCMCSMTSeminarShortPoster21-1.pdf
Talks:
Monday 10 November 2025
The True Religion Apology as Counter-Political Theology in Syriac & Coercive Force in Early Arabic True Religion Apologies
Date: 10 November 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Bert Jacobs (UC Louvain)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 17 November 2025
The Bishop’s Sulṭān and the Priest’s Wilāya: The Rule of Clerics in the Arabic Canons of al-Andalus
Date: 17 November 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Dr Francisco Cintrón Mattei (University of Notre Dame)
Venue Details: Room 56 (hybrid seminar) Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 24 November 2025
Christian Juridical Traditions Under Islamic Rule in al-Andalus: Legal Theory and Social Practice
Date: 24 November 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Helen Flatley (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Tuesday 2 December 2025
The Miaphysite Abu Qurrah: Transmitting Christian-Muslim Polemic across Confessional Lines
Date: 2 December 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Shane Patrick (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room 63 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Editor:
Richard McCallum
