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24 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

23 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

24 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

23 Jul 2024: Both Islam and Christianity have a long history of trying to convert others; Judaism less so. Both Islam and Christianity have a long history of trying to convert others. Judaism less so. This activity has been the cause of conflict and violence in

24 Jul 2024: Modern slavery is going on all around us. Brothels, nail bars, car wash outlets and some wealthy households all need victims who they can exploit, and people traffickers happily supply them.

24 Jul 2024: Woolf Institute staff and students acknowledge and thank our Friends.

24 Jul 2024: Many people look to their family trees for exciting and surprising discoveries about their ancestors, or to clear up long-standing questions about family history.

24 Jul 2024: Synagogue of Brussels) and Le Musée Juif de Belgique (the Jewish Museum), where just over a year ago, a gunman shot and killed four people.

23 Jul 2024: A light- hearted discussion about positive thinking in bad times. Can positive thinking create its own momentum, or to put it another way, does negativity reap its own bad harvest? Esther-Miriam Wagner and Robert Tombs read the runes. Woolf

23 Jul 2024: Genocides, and why we as a species are capable of such things. The twentieth century was littered with genocides. Those in Armenia, Nazi Germany, Rwanda and Bosnia are the most notorious … Meryem Kalayci and James Smith discuss this most

24 Jul 2024: Could space be where the next arms race plays out? The night sky has been a source of wonder for humanity. We may still look at the stars with awe but we also think of space as a potential military asset. And we are filling it with junk. Gerry

24 Jul 2024: So why is it that so many people, in America and elsewhere, find it so difficult to accept the idea of evolution?

23 Jul 2024: Blog. 9th Jun 2024. Blog. 12th May 2024. Blog. 5th May 2024. Blog. 4th Apr 2024. God is dead, yet a divine shadow still looms. What makes religious ritual so irresistible? If I am right - must you be wrong? Do we understand ourselves better by

23 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

24 Jul 2024: peoples’ attitudes towards diversity, to see what was actually going on.

24 Jul 2024: Blog:. As places of worship across the world are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people of faith need to either offer prayers within the restricted walls of their homes

23 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

23 Jul 2024: Even with just family, there are over twenty people, and a dining table will not suffice. ... In Gaza, people fast past Iftar because they have no food or water.

24 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

24 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

24 Jul 2024: On prejudice (II). On prejudice (II). How prevalent is Islamophobia in Britain? In what ways does it permeate our society? And what can we do to tackle it? First, the Woolf Institute's Julian Hargreaves talks definitions and common misconceptions.

24 Jul 2024: Is there a science of forgiveness? "Without forgiveness there is no future." So said the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. But do we have it in us to forgive the most egregious sins? Some think that is in God's realm. Kitty O'Lone and

24 Jul 2024: Sometimes even atheists are tempted to believe. Sometimes even atheists are tempted to believe. The Woolf Institute podcast 'An A-Z of Believing' was published by The Independent as a weekly short essay. Read G for GodWoolf Institute. Madingley

24 Jul 2024: Sex is glorious, sex is sinful, sex is necessary. Opinions differ. Sex is glorious, sex is sinful, sex is necessary. Opinions differ. The Woolf Institute podcast 'An A-Z of Believing' was published by The Independent as a weekly short essay. Read S

24 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

24 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

23 Jul 2024: The central idea around which I have been working in my engagement with Muslim-Jewish relations is to make people understand each other's perspective and work together on issues that

23 Jul 2024: How do people from different faiths have constructive conversation? Join Ed as he explains a new letter each week.

24 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

24 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

24 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

24 Jul 2024: How does religious practice carry on when people are so far apart?

24 Jul 2024: Magic Thinking

23 Jul 2024: 'Wisdom cries...'

23 Jul 2024: The Woolf Institute provides an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively.

24 Jul 2024: Can Zion prove to itself and to the world that it is capable of being a holy site to all? Woolf Institute. Madingley Road. Cambridge. CB3 0UB - Find us on Google Maps. Tel: 44 (0)1223 761971. General: enquiries@woolf.cam.ac.uk. Media: media@woolf.cam

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24 Jul 2024: Blog:. In these trying times, people often seek ways to come together and faith is one of the ways that individuals and communities can connect with one another.

24 Jul 2024: It may seem obvious to begin an A-Z of the Holy Land with 'A' for Arab but the term is more confusing than it may seem at first glance. Woolf Institute. Madingley Road. Cambridge. CB3 0UB - Find us on Google Maps. Tel: 44 (0)1223 761971. General:

23 Jul 2024: It would be a grave mistake to think that fundamentalists, the strictly observant, are focused solely on the afterlife or reaching for perfection. It would be a grave mistake to think that fundamentalists, the strictly observant, are focused solely

23 Jul 2024: Andrea Musumeci. How are religious communities evolving in Europe? In what way have historical events influenced the way people profess their faiths? ... However, the course did not only focus on events, but also on the role of people and their effect on

24 Jul 2024: 'X' for X-ray Archaeology

23 Jul 2024: Betrayal is a harsh, even melodramatic word. And yet most people feel that they’ve experienced it at some point in their lives or worry that they might have been guilty

24 Jul 2024: Can we really forgive and forget? What benefits are there to forgiving others? Forgiving others is a serious matter but can it come from nowhere? Or is an apology needed first from the perpetrator of the misdeed in question? And when does an apology

23 Jul 2024: How do people from different faiths have constructive conversation? Join Ed as he explains a new letter each week.

24 Jul 2024: Some people fear that organ transplantation is just such a step too far.

23 Jul 2024: Thus, Kessler concluded, if Europeans seek to understand world affairs, they must pay attention to how religious beliefs continue to influence how people think about themselves, group belonging, and the production

24 Jul 2024: Do elections still belong to the people?'.

23 Jul 2024: Are we reaching a tipping point in our attitudes towards racial inequality? When George Floyd’s brutal killing was captured on video, Black Lives Matter protests quickly spread across the world. In England, the statue of the 17th century slave