We have links with a number of organizations, including:
Teaching in Schools and Colleges: we are sponsoring several programmes to help
enhance education about Judaism, Christianity and Islam in schools and
colleges. We are working with an educational multi-media company to
produce an internet-based distance learning project on “Understanding
Islam”, and are planning similar programmes on “Understanding
Christianity” and “Understanding Judaism”. We are
also supporting
eudaemonia
conferences, who provide in-service training for teachers, to deliver
a series of conferences on “Engaging with Islam today”.
Heythrop College, which is the specialist
Philosophy and Theology College of the University of London, founded in
1614. It is one of the United Kingdom’s key providers of religious
education materials and teachers for schools. It also provides undergraduate
and graduate courses in each of the three Abrahamic Faiths. We are sponsoring
its new BA course in
Abrahamic
Religions, which will cover the Jewish,
Christian and Muslim sacred texts, as well as key traditions, ethics, philosophy
and law, with language options including Greek, Hebrew and Arabic.
The
Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme, which was established
as part of the Divinity Faculty at the University of Cambridge in 2000.
It offers a distinctive scholarly approach to religious learning and understanding
across the three Abrahamic traditions. Through its commitment to academic
excellence and a long-term perspective, it plays an important role in the
development of future generations of scholars, teachers, citizens and leaders.
The Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme has been working on a detailed study
to look at ways of improving public understanding of Judaism, Christianity
and Islam through a wide range of education programmes.
The Gallup Organization, which is one of the world’s
longest-established and best-respected polling companies. Their World Poll,
launched in 2000, aims to assess trends in global opinion over the next
century. One part of this involves the largest, most detailed study of
Muslim opinion, covering more than ninety percent of the world’s
Muslim population. We have a ten year not-for-profit partnership with Gallup
to help disseminate the findings of this poll – on what Muslim’s
think, and what the world thinks of Muslims.
The
British Library which has one of the world’s finest
collections of books and manuscripts. Their “
Sacred” exhibition,
from April to September 2007, brings together for the first time exquisite
and very rare Jewish, Christian and Islamic texts, from their collection
and others, presenting them alongside one another to show the extraordinary
shared heritage of these Abrahamic faiths. We are a lead sponsor of this
exhibition, and hope to work with the British Library in future presentations
of their unique collection of religious manuscripts.
St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
which promotes understanding of the relationship between faith and conflict.
Based in the mediaeval church in the City of London which was largely destroyed
by an IRA bomb in 1993, St Ethelburga’s host public talks, workshops,
exhibitions and cultural events to bring together people of different faiths.
The Tent at St Ethelburga’s, supported by Coexist, is a traditional
bedouin, hand-crafted structure, which offers a unique meeting place in
the heart of the City of London, but away from its pressures and noise.
Abraham House which will be a new, landmark resource for
religious and secular society, where the public can learn about the Abrahamic
traditions in a unique shared environment. Through distinctive education
programmes it will work to deepen understanding of Judaism, Christianity
and Islam, and so help to address the misconceptions which today surround
this family of faiths. Coexist is working towards the creation of Abraham
House with the Cambridge Interfaith Programme, the British Library and
other partners.
The
Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, based in East
London, works to encourage an awareness of the rich artistic heritage
of the various faith communities, and how much they have gained from one another. Coexist is working
with the Prince’s School to promote public outreach programmes in
schools and colleges. These practical arts and crafts courses enable better
understanding of how sacred art and traditions are so central to all faiths
and all communities. In a lively, inspiring way, they enable the public
to discover what we share…
