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TORCH Network: The Impact of Islam on Christian Political Theology (622-1453)
This network will run from April 2025 to September 2026.
From the earliest known encounters in the medieval period, Christians engaged with Muslims about matters of political theology (i.e. discourses about the relationship between faith and government, law, and related concepts such as kingship, authority, loyalty, justice, violence etc.). Until now, there has been no coordinated attempt to study Christian political theology which was occasioned or influenced by contact with Muslims, or to understand the impact which Islam had on the development of medieval Christian political theology across time and space.
Students and scholars interested in joining the research network as contributors should email mailto:iicptnetwork@torch.ox.ac.uk
To sign up to the mailing list, simply send a blank email to: mailto:iicptnetwork-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk
This network brings together an international body of scholars and students through a variety of activities, which will include reading groups, seminar series, research workshops, an online blog and bibliography, and a research conference. These activities will aim to generate research momentum in support of a larger grant application to sustain a long-term research focus on this area, both in and beyond Oxford.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Mike Humphreys,
Christian C Sahner,
Joshua Hordern
Web Address:
https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/impact-of-islam-on-christian-political-theology
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Talks:
Thursday 19 February 2025
Day 1: Workshop - Christian Arabic Manuscripts: Research Skills for a New Generation
Date: 19 February 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Habib G Ibrahim (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: and Schwarzman Centre, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 20 February 2025
Day 2: Workshop - Christian Arabic Manuscripts: Research Skills for a New Generation
Date: 20 February 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Habib G Ibrahim (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: and Schwarzman Centre, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG
Organisers:
Joshua Hordern,
Christian C Sahner,
Mike Humphreys,
Steven Firmin
Hosts:
TBA
Editor:
Belinda Clark
