‘Curating an Interfaith Pilgrimage' - Research Webinar with Dr Aaron Rosen

Catalysing inter-religious inquiry since 2002, Cambridge Interfaith Programme is an academic research centre based in the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Divinity. Outside the University, we share and develop our work in partnership with communities of faith and to the benefit of society, seeking to promote deep and informed conversation within and between the three Abrahamic faiths and with persons of all faiths and none.

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‘Curating an Interfaith Pilgrimage: Visual Strategies for Interreligious Studies’ - a CIP Research Webinar with Professor Aaron Rosen

About this EventFor Lent term 2021, we are continuing the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme (CIP) Research Seminar series online. Chaired by Dr Giles Waller, these 40 minute talks will explore a wide range of inter-faith topics from from multi-disciplinary perspectives. There will be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions after each talk.Join us by registering your interest and we will send you a Zoom webinar link the day before the event.‘Curating an Interfaith Pilgrimage: Visual Strategies for Interreligious Studies’“Why have you forsaken me?” The words spoken by Jesus from the cross resonate with the anguish felt by many people today. This feeling is especially acute in a time of upheaval as the world deals with a global health crisis and the open wounds of systemic racism. The Stations of the Cross, a public arts project staged around the world annually since 2016, seeks to use the story of the Passion to prompt reflection and action in response to challenges of social justice. While it draws upon the traditional Christian practice of walking and praying the fourteen stations—iconic moments in Jesus’ final hours—it is designed to engage people of all faiths and none. Professor Aaron Rosen co-founded Statons with the Rev. Dr. Catriona Laing, with whom he read theology at Cambridge. Rosen will speak about the challenges and possibilities of using a Christian practice to spur interreligious dialogue and actionOur speakerDr Aaron Rosen, Professor of Religion and Visual Culture, Director, Henry Luce III Center for the Arts &amp; Religion, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DCDr Aaron Rosen is Professor of Religion &amp; Visual Culture and Director of the Henry Luce III Center for the Arts &amp; Religion at Wesley Theological Seminary. As director of the Luce Center, he overseas research, teaching, and outreach, as well as exhibitions at the seminary&#x27;s Dadian Gallery. He is also Visiting Professor at King’s College London, where he was previously Senior Lecturer in Sacred Traditions &amp; the Arts and Deputy Director of the Center for the Arts and the Sacred. Dr Rosen began his career at Yale, Oxford, and Columbia Universities, after receiving his doctorate from the University of Cambridge. He has lectured widely around the world, and held various honorary posts, including visiting professor at University College Utrecht, The Netherlands.Dr Rosen is the author of several books: Brushes with Faith (Cascade, 2019); Art and Religion in the 21st Century (Thames &amp; Hudson, 2015; pbk 2016), named one of the best books of the year by The Times; and Imagining Jewish Art (Legenda, 2009). His edited books include: Religion and Sight (Equinox, 2020); Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue (Brepols, 2018); Visualising a Sacred City: London, Art and Religion (I.B. Tauris, 2016); and Religion and Art in the Heart of Modern Manhattan (Ashgate/Routledge, 2015; pbk 2018). He is currently working on a monograph entitled The Hospitality of Images: Modern Art and Interfaith Dialogue for Cambridge University Press. For further details, please check out Dr Rosen&#x27;s academic profile: https://www.luceartsandreligion.org/aaron-rosenOur chairDr Giles Waller, Teaching Associate in Christian Theology &amp; Research Associate in Inter-Faith Relations, University of CambridgeDr Giles Waller joined the CIP team in 2014. Formerly assisting CIP’s former Director Professor David Ford, he is now Teaching Associate in Christian Theology. Giles read Theology and Religious Studies at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he also completed an MPhil. His doctoral research, also at Peterhouse, focused on the borderlands of Christian doctrine, literature, and philosophy, looking at the theological reception of Greek tragedy, with a particular comparative interest in Martin Luther’s theology of the cross. In 2011, along with Kevin Taylor, Giles edited a collection that brought together theologians and literary scholars, Christian Theology and Tragedy: Theologians, Tragic Literature and Tragic Theory (Ashgate), to which he contributed an essay on the role of tragedy in the work of Donald MacKinnon.Important noteThis webinar is a free event and we have the capacity for a large number of attendees. If you see that that this event has sold out, please sign up to our waiting list and we will make sure you can attend.

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