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Learning to think about religion/religions in a multi-disciplinary way Understanding the concept of “sacred history” Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Interpretations of sacred history
On September 30, 2019 the Center for Arab-West Understanding applied to the SGP for a summer school between June 22 and July 2. Due to the coronavirus crisis this was changed in April into a summer webinar on June 22-24.
Building on a successful 2018 intercultural summer school with the SGP (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij) and the Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development, the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) partnered in July 2019 with the SGP and the Anglican/Episcopal Diocese of Egypt to...
It is important to realize that there is not one narrative about the position of Christians in Egypt. Depending on where you stand, each narrative can seem plausible. That is what makes understanding Egypt so difficult.
Selected photos and student testimonials from the 2019 SGP/CAWU summerschool. 
A Jordanian researcher, consultant, and activist, Dr. Dīmā al-Karādsheh earned a Ph.D. in Sociology and an M.A. in Women’s Studies from the University of Jordan. Her expertise spans social safeguards, women’s rights and empowerment, gender-based violence, feminist theory, and Christian personal...
Gavin D’Costa is emeritus professor of Catholic theology at the University of Bristol (UK) and currently teaches at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. A leading Catholic scholar in interreligious relations and the theology of religions, his many books include The Meeting of...
Dr. Samuel Nwokoro is a lecturer in Islamic studies at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria located in the city of Jos. Dr. Nwokoro’s education includes a Ph.D. in Christian-Muslim relations and an M.A. in European religion from the University of Copenhagen, as well as B.A. and M.Th. from...
Rachel M. Scott is Chair of the Department of Religion and Culture and Professor of Islamic Studies at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Her areas of research include Islamic political thought, modern Islamic law, constitutions, the role of religious scholars in Islam, personal status law,...
  Khalīl Ṣāyegh was born into a Christian family in Gaza in 1994 at the height of the Oslo peace process. In 2009, he moved to the West Bank where he studied at the Bethlehem Bible College, earning a B.A. in 2018. In 2022, he completed an M.A. in comparative politics at the American University in...

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