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Jews and Science. Daniel Langton, Reform Judaism and Darwin: How Engaging with Evolutionary Theory Shaped American Jewish Religion (De Gruyter, 2019). Further information. Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The...

Jewish music. Marton Ribary (Manchester University) is co-organising an international invitational conference entitled 'Jewish Music Between Oral and Written Traditions: The 19th Century in Context'. Clarendon Institute, Oxford, 14-15 July, with free attendance after...

Research in religion. ArtsResearch, the newsletter of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, reports this month on Hannah Barker's project on 'Faith in the Town: Lay Religion, Urbanisation and Industrialisation in England, 1740-1830', on Naomi Billingsley’s...

Black Theology in the History Dept. Kerry Pimblott, 'Black Theologies' in P Harvey & K Gin Lum (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018).  Further information. Related ...

Hebrew manuscripts. Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (Oxford) will give the next Sherman Community Lecture on 'How Jewish Books Survive' at 8pm on Tuesday 4 June.  Further information.  Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The...

Jewish music. Richard Faye and Dan Mawson present Amid the Mirk Over the Irk: When Irish Meets Klezmer. Traditional folk tunes, new compositions, intriguing fusions and spoken word evoke the confluence of cultures across the banks of the River Irk. Friday 12 July 2019...

Religion and Politics. Michael Hoelzl (Manchester) is giving a lecture on 'What is Wrong with Populism?' at Al-Maktoum College, Dundee, as part of their Open Lecture Series. 6 June 2019.Further information.  Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161...

Holocaust Studies. Ion Popa (Manchester) presented a paper on 'Conversion and Identity. Experiences of Jews who converted to Christianity before and during the Holocaust' at the Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations at the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust...

Holocaust Studies. Ion Popa (Manchester) presented his research on Jews' experiences of conversion to Christianity before and during the Holocaust at a symposium at Yale University. 3 May 2019. Further information.  Related Contact Us +44...

Cyborgs and Theology. Scott Midson (Manchester) joined colleagues to celebrate the publication of major work, Cyborg Theology: Humans, Technology and God (I.B. Tauris). May 28, 5pm, Old Abbey Taphouse. Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000...