An OCIS-TORCH Joint Seminar: Political Authority: Reflections from Arabic-speaking Christians in the Middle Ages

Political Authority: Reflections from Arabic-speaking Christians in the Middle Ages

Tuesday November 24 Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Ground floor room 00.063, 5 – 6.15 pm

This event is open to all but registration is encouraged

This event, held jointly with the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, will be led by Dr Steven Firmin (Theology) in conversation with Dr Tareq Moqbel (OCIS) and chaired by Dr Afifi Al-Akiti (OCIS). Dr Firmin is the co-convenor of the current TORCH Network, The Impact of Islam on Christian Political Theology (622–1453) (https://torch.web.ox.ac.uk/impact-of-islam-on-christian-political-theology). He will introduce his research on how Christians thought about matters of political authority under Islamic rule, drawing from apologetic literature, exegetical literature, and philosophical literature.

Dr Steven Firmin is the McDonald Departmental Lecturer in Christian Ethics

Dr Tareq Moqbel is the Emir Abdelkader Al-Jazairi Fellow in Quranic Studies

Dr Afifi Al-Akiti is the Kuwait Fellow in Islamic Studies

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