Hugh Goddard
Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World
- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World
- School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Contact details
Address
- Street
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19 George Square
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9LD
Background
Professor Goddard was an undergraduate in Oxford, where he studied Islamic History under Albert Hourani, and then took his doctorate from the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in Birmingham, where his supervisor was David Kerr.
He has worked and studied in the Middle East, in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, and has also undertaken a number of research visits to other regions of the Islamic World, including Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia and Central Asia.
Prior to moving to Edinburgh he worked in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies in the University of Nottingham, where he served as Professor of Christian-Muslim Relations from 2004.
He is the author of Christians and Muslims: From Double Standards to Mutual Understanding (London: Curzon, 1995), Muslim Perceptions of Christianity (London: Grey Seal, 1996), and A History of Christian-Muslim Relations (Edinburgh University Press and Chicago: New Amsterdam, 2000), as well as many articles on different aspects of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations.
Knowledge exchange
Breaking Barriers (November 2011 – present)
Based on Goddard’s research on the historical and contemporary collaborations and disputes between Christians and Muslims, the inaugural Breaking Barriers conference brought together 22 young Christians and Muslims for a weekend of lectures, discussions, and workshops exploring different aspects of Christian-Muslim relations, and mutual misperceptions. Goddard led 3 sessions, and in the weekend as a whole there was a detailed focus on the study of the Bible and the Qur’an as the scriptural foundations of the two traditions.
On the basis of the inaugural conference, there was an ongoing series of bimonthly meetings to allow group members to investigate different themes in the scriptures of the two traditions, and these addressed the real ignorance which members of each community had of the scripture of the other.
Given the mobility of the group, particularly its international student members, a follow-up day conference was held in November 2013, in order to re-invigorate the group, and a group of 16 young Christians and Muslims, from different parts of Scotland and the wider UK will once again be pursuing an ongoing programme of mutual scriptural investigation.The group has an active Facebook page, and members interact with each other on a regular basis through this format.
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Muslims and Christian beliefs
(8 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315745077
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published) -
Where does Islamic studies fit?
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published) -
The ebb and flow of religious tolerance in Christian and Muslim history
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Accepted/In press) -
Review of Courbage and Todd: A convergence of civilizations: The transformation of Muslim societies around the world
In:
International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 45, pp. 405-406
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743813000287
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published) -
A biographical approach to radicalisation: Ziauddin Sardar's "Desperately Seeking Paradise" and Ed Husain's "The Islamist"
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Review of John Renard's Islam and Christianity: Theological themes in comparative perspective
In:
International Journal of Middle East Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743813000299
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published) -
Review of Christian-Muslim Relations: a Bibliographical History
In:
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, vol. 75, pp. 158-159
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X11000929
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published) -
Review of Renard's Saint Francis and the Sultan: The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter
(3 pages)
In:
Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, vol. 86, pp. 560-562
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0038713411000686
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published) -
9/11 - 100 Years On
In:
Political Theology, vol. 12, pp. 678-684
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1558/poth.v12i5.678
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Review of Markham's Engaging with Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: a model of interfaith dialogue
In:
Journal of Contemporary Religion, pp. 516-517
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published)