Cambridge Inter-faith Programme Summer School 2012

http://www.interfaith.cam.ac.uk/en/education/summerschool This July, the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme will bring together an international group of students from Islamic, Christian and Jewish backgrounds in Madingley Hall, Cambridge University, UK, for a three-week programme of immersion in inter-faith education and encounter. Students will benefit from a series of lectures delivered by specialist academics and peacemakers from around the world; they will be given training in the practice of inter-faith scriptural reasoning, and will be facilitated through a process of teaching one another about aspects of their traditions. The Summer School will also include visits to religious communities around the UK. Most importantly, participants will benefit from opportunities to get to know, and learn from their fellow participants, who will have come from a wide variety of countries. It is hoped that these relationships will last well beyond the Summer School itself. The CIP Summer School will run from the 2nd to the 20th July 2012. All the costs of tuition, accommodation, meals, activities and visits will be covered by the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme. Students will be asked to pay a deposit of 250, refundable at the end of the Summer School and will need to source alternative funds to cover their travel to and from Cambridge. The Summer School is intended for people who are working towards a position of leadership, particularly in a religious context. This could mean that you are a student, or are in training for religious leadership or ministry of any kind. It could mean that you already have a formal or informal leadership position in your community. Or it could mean that you hope to have a position of leadership in your community in the future. The Summer School will be particularly appropriate for students at the later stages of undergraduate-level study, or the early stages of graduate-level study, or in the early stages of active leadership or ministry. Applicants should have an interest in inter-faith engagement, but they do not need any prior inter-faith experience. Applicants wishing to know more about CIP's approach to inter-faith matters can visit www.interfaith.cam.ac.uk/en/about/approach. Applicants should send: A complete application form (below) An up to date Curriculum Vitae Either by e-mail to team@interfaith.cam.ac.uk with 'Application for CIP Summer School' in the subject header of the email or by fax to +44 (1)223 763014 or. The deadline for applications is Thursday 15th February.

Buddy group leaders We are hoping that as an addition to the programme, applicants with skills in Arabic will consider taking on a role as a buddy group leader. The Summer School will be conducted in English but the role of buddy group leader would be to help ensure that students and in particular Arabic-speaking students are not feeling too lost or left behind, and that any concerns they have about their classes are communicated effectively back to the teachers. Buddy group leaders will be supported in the role by the faculty and the team at the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme.

Application Form 1. NAME AS PER PASSPORT (Print Last, First, Middle): 2. CURRENT ADDRESS PHONE: FAX:

E-MAIL:

MOBILE: 3. CITIZENSHIP: 4.GENDER: 5. WILL YOU REQUIRE A VISA TO UNDERTAKE A PERIOD OF STUDY IN THE U.K?

6. LANGUAGES (Indicate your proficiency: fair, good, excellent): Language 1. 2. 3. Speak Read Write Language 4. 5. 6. Speak Read Write

7. PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR CURRENT INVOLVEMENT IN RELIGIOUS LIFE(No more than 200 words.)

8. PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR EXPERIENCES OF INTER-FAITH ENGAGEMENT (IF ANY): (No more than 200 words.)

10. PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE SUMMER SCHOOL AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO GAIN FROM THE EXPERIENCE. (No more than AND/OR ANY 9. EXPLAIN ANY CURRENT LEADERSHIP ROLES 400 words). FUTURE LEADERSHIP YOU ENVISAGE UNDERTAKING. (No more than 200 words)

11. REFERENCES GIVE THE NAMES, POSITIONS, AND ADDRESSES OF THREE REFERENCES WHOM WE MAY CONTACT BEFORE 18TH MARCH 2012.

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