The Oxford Interfaith Forum is an interfaith, intercultural, and interdisciplinary academic hub connecting scholars and communities across the world to explore academic exchange in interfaith contexts with interdisciplinary lenses.
Overview The Oxford Interfaith Forum advances scholarship related to theology and comparative religions. It runs its signature Thematic International Interfaith Reading Groups, focused on a number of academic disciplines:
Eastern Christianity in Interfaith Contexts, chaired by Prof Sebastian Brock, FBA Psalms in Interfaith Contexts, chaired by Revd Prof John Goldingay, DD Science and Religion in Interfaith Contexts Art in Interfaith Contexts
International collaborations, and linguistic and cultural diversity The Oxford Interfaith Forum designs and hosts academic and community engagement events to promote cultural and linguistic diversity.
Sacred sounds 2023 - Awake, My Soul! An Interfaith Exploration of the Psalms Through Music, with Deus Ex-Musica 2024 - Celebrating Interfaith Harmony: Singing Together, Across Languages and Time, with Ashmolean Museum 2025 - Attuning the Mind to the Divine: The Pluriversal Archive of Sikh Liturgical Songs, with Hofstra University 2025 - Sacred Music and Sacred Poetry, with Ashmolean Museum
Sacred art 2025 - Sacred Scripts, with Ashmolean Museum 2025 - Rustaveli's Gift to Humanity, Multilingual Poetry Reading dedicated to the 65th Anniversary of the Recovery of Shota Rustaveli's Fresco in the Jerusalem Monastery of Holly Cross, held at All Souls College
Science and religion 2023 - Awakened Brain, with Prof Lisa Miller at the Spirituality Body Mind Institute, Columbia University 2025 - Death and Dying in Interfaith Contexts, with Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies (ICJS), USA 2025 - Decoding the Cosmos, with Cambridge Interfaith Programme, University of Cambridge
International recognition, awards, and impact The Oxford Interfaith Forum' s contribution to religious education and peace has been recognised by prestigious international prizes:
The 2024 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize, awarded by Hofstra University, New York, US The 2023 UN World Interfaith Harmony Week Award, awarded by HM King Abdullah II of Jordan
The Forum's activities have been featured in:
Oxford Mail The Universal News Network This is Oxfordshire The South Asian Times India West Journal The Indian Panorama News India Times New India Abroad A Lotus in the Mud Oxfordshire Guardian North America News Interpressnews Rustavi2
Endowed interfaith lectureships Edward K. Kaplan Interfaith Lectureship, endowed by Dr Jana Kaplan (Brandeis University) on behalf of her family.
Oxford Interfaith Forum connects communities A theology student at Durham University wrote about her experience with the Oxford Interfaith Forum.
References
External links Oxford Interfaith Forum Guru Nanak Prize 2024 will be awarded to global champions of interfaith unity Global champions of interfaith unity win Hofstra's prestigious $50K Guru Nanak Prize Global Champions of Interfaith Unity Win Hofstra University's Guru Nanak Prize Recipients of Hofstra University's 2024 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize Announced Oxford Scholar and Global Faith Network Awarded Hofstra's 2024 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize Guru Nanak Prize Honors Global Interfaith Leaders Hofstra Awards $50K Guru Nanak Prize to Global Interfaith Trailblazers Global Interfaith Champions Win Guru Nanak Prize Rustaveli’s Gift to Humanity: ‘Dressed in a Tiger’s Fur’ in World Languages — All Souls College, Oxford “ვეფხისტყაოსანი” 12 ენაზე – ოქსფორდის უნივერსიტეტში კონფერენცია “რუსთაველის საჩუქარი კაცობრიობას” გაიმართა — Rustavi2 (in Georgian) ოქსფორდში შოთა რუსთაველის ფრესკის აღმოჩენის 65-ე წლისთავისადმი მიძღვნილი საერთაშორისო კონფერენცია გაიმართა — Interpressnews (in Georgian)