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Excavating common ground in Egyptian Christianity A postgraduate profile for Medhat Fayez Note: The Christian-Muslim Studies Network aims to advance academic scholarship and improve public engagement with the scriptural, theological, political, and sociological aspects of Christian-Muslim relations. This post is one of a series that illustrates how postgraduate students are engaging with Christian-Muslim Studies and related fields in Edinburgh.  Medhat Fayez has left a seminary in Cairo for the School of Divinity in Edinburgh, where he searches for common ground not…

Ataul Khabir has ten years of experience with risk evaluation on the trading floor of some of the world’s biggest financial institutions. His recent career shift from investment banking to postgraduate study of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations was not made without extensive risk evaluation. He had been looking for a university with an Islamic Studies emphasis, but the idea of doing so from a theological angle – that is, at a School of Divinity – had not yet crossed…

Note: The Christian-Muslim Studies Network aims to advance academic scholarship and improve public engagement with the scriptural, theological, political, and sociological aspects of Christian-Muslim relations. This post is one of a series that illustrates the various ways that postgraduate students study and expand upon Christian-Muslim Studies and related fields.  Emmanuel Tettey has completed postgraduate studies with the Christian-Muslim Studies Network in Edinburgh and returned to Ghana for a research post in Christian-Muslim Studies on the ground. After working with an Interfaith…

Note: The Christian-Muslim Studies Network aims to advance academic scholarship and improve public engagement with the scriptural, theological, political, and sociological aspects of Christian-Muslim relations. This post is one of a series that illustrates how postgraduate students engage with Christian-Muslim Studies and related fields in Edinburgh.  In the work of Elizabeth Marteijn, the critical study of Christian-Muslim relations includes not only intellectual depth, but also lived practice. Ms Marteijn’s doctoral studies, like her masters degree, are in World Christianity at the…

Dr Omar Anchassi is part of the growing influx of students and staff pursuing Christian-Muslim Studies at Edinburgh. He joined the Christian-Muslim Studies Network beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year and brings to New College additional expertise in Islamic Studies. Having cultivated interdisciplinary interests within Islamic Studies, and teaching courses titled ‘Islam Past and Present: Issues of Gender and Ethics’, and ‘Literary Classics of the Islamic World’, Dr Anchassi seems like an obvious addition to the field of Christian-Muslim Studies. His…