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10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, One of the things that distinguishes the Woolf Institute from other researchinstitutes is our strive to translate all our research into public education.Academic work sometimes has the reputation of being conducted in an

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

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. When the news of the British conquest of MountEverest came through on the same day as QueenElizabeth’s coronation, it seemed too good to betrue. But the story of how that piece of news wasmanaged and gathered is less well known

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

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, From research to social good, from Cambridge to the wider world, the WoolfInstitute is increasing the impact of its work this year, especially within politicaland policymaking circles. With this goal in mind, we have further

12 Jul 2024: The Handbook will be used as a tool during training sessions and also for continued learning and development on the wards and in public health spaces where…

9 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, This year we have the rare occasion that majorfestivals of the three Abrahamic faiths align:Easter, Passover and Ramadan. Such aconcurrence last happened in 1991 and is broughtabout by the different calendar systems

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Few men have the privilege and good fortune to seetheir life’s vision take shape in front of them. Ed. Kessler, whose 60th birthday we were celebratingthis week, is that rare man. But fortune played only a small part. Ed

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. Trust is the basis of all successful societies: law, economic activity, democracyas a whole, all are based on trusting strangers. Building trust between the religious communities of Britain is essential for thecreation of a

10 Feb 2022: Transmission and Trust: The Impact of Covid-19 on British Jewish and British Muslim Communities. About the Woolf InstituteThe Woolf Institute was founded by Dr Edward Kessler MBE and Revd Professor Martin Forward in 1998. Their aim was to provide an

25 Sep 2017: Sheikh Michael Mumisa and Dr Edward Kessler Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, Cambridge. www.woolfinstitute.cam.ac.uk Executive Summary There is a growing consensus among those involved in Jewish, Christian and Islamic seminary education in the

7 Dec 2015: REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON RELIGION AND BELIEF IN BRITISH PUBLIC LIFE. L I V I N G W ITH D I F F E R E N C E. community, diversity and the common good. Chair: The Rt Hon Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss GBE. Published by The Woolf Institute,

9 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, In this special week of celebration of Easter,Passover and Ramadan it seems a good momentto remind ourselves of the foundation of theInstitute and to look forward to our 25th. anniversary next year. Back in 1998 when DrEdward

15 Dec 2015: RE-framing education about beliefs and practices in schools. a lens and tools (concept based) approach. University of Cambridge/Woolf Institute. 2 University of Cambridge (Faculty of Education) / Woolf Institute. I want to express my profound

26 Jan 2024: Madingley Road I Cambridge I CB3 0UB. Tel 44 (0)1223 761984 Email enquiries@woolf.cam.ac.uk. Charity No 1069589 Company No 3540878. Secular Societies, Religious Followers; Opportunities? Challenges? From Majority to Minority – Being Muslim in

25 Sep 2017: 1. Keeping Faith in Development:The significance of interfaith relations in the work of humanitarian aid and international development organisations. Edward KesslerMiriam Arkush. 2 3. Increasing recognition has been given in recent years to the role

7 Nov 2022: Every year millions of Muslims travel to Makkah during the last month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hajj,to perform a pilgrimage known as Hajj. The pilgrimage lasts around five days, from the 8th to the 13th ofDhul Hajj (this year coinciding with 7th

4 Aug 2017: 1. Near Neighbours Report. Dr Shana Cohen, Sughra Ahmed, Alice Sandham. Woolf Institute. October 2013. Contact: sc736@cam.ac.uk. 2. Contents. Executive Summary 3. Introduction 4. Methodology 5. Themes from Research 6. Recommendations 12. Appendices

25 Sep 2017: Jews and Christians: Perspectives on MissionThe Lambeth-Jewish Forum. Reuven Silverman, Patrick Morrow and Daniel Langton. 1. Both Christianity and Judaism have a vocation to mission. In the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, God’s people are spoken of

8 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, Last month, I had the opportunity to return to Belfastfor the first time in nearly 10 years. Having done myMA there, it is a city I once knew well; our WoolfInstitute Forgiveness and Future-building projectoffered an opportunity