London Inter Faith Centre Courses

 

The Certificate in Inter Faith Relations is open to those of all faiths and none, while having been designed in the first instance to address issues arising for those of the majority culture, be they confessional Christians, cultural Christians or mainly secular (or indeed other).

 

The Certificate seeks to introduce religions and ideological stances and their presence and manner of functioning in the UK at the present time.

 

Terms One and Two 

The first (autumn/winter) long term is divided into two sections, and the second (spring) term is a single section. Across these three sections there is an introduction to Christian theology, history and mission; an introduction to other main world faiths; and an introduction to the theory and practice of inter-religious contact and cooperation. As in later parts of the syllabus the course is taught by those of different backgrounds.

 

Dates:

15/22/29 Sept, 6/13/20 Oct, 10/17/24 Nov, 1/8/15 Dec 2010 (break 27 Oct & 3 Nov)

12/19/26 Jan, 2/9/16/23 Feb, 2 Mar 2111.

 

The summer term of the first year begins by looking at ways in which ideas and faiths and ideologies are passed on – from explicit forms of faith nurture in the home and collectively within faith communities, to broader and more implicit means – from memes to music. The latter part of the summer term sees the preparation for a majory dialogue assignment with another faith community during the summer holiday break between years one and two.

 

Dates: 4/11/18/25 May, 8/15/22 June 2111 (break 1 June).

 

Year Two (Dates to be decided)

 

In the first term of the second year participant s p resent to the rest of the group, material from their dialogue assignment. Issues arising from thi s p rocess are later addressed by the group as a whole. The latter part of the term starts to look at issues around identity and social composition (the faiths and the secular).

 

Current discernible UK trends (and their wider perspective), together with government policy and practice and its outworking through local authorities, regarding faith issues and communities, together with a focus on particular issues (gender etc) are covered in the last part of the course – along with other issues that have arisen for the particular participants of the 2010-2011 course.

 

Course Director                             Fergus Capie

Course Tutor                                 Maggie Hindley

Course Administrator                     Joseph Voelker

 

For enquiries and further information about Fees, Course Assessment etc - please contact the Administrator