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Former name | The Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations |
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| Established | 1998 |
| Founder | Edward Kessler, Martin Forward |
Academic affiliation | University of Cambridge |
| President | Edward Kessler |
| Director | Dr. Esther-Miriam Wagner |
| Location | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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TheWoolf Institute is an academic institute inCambridge, England. Founded in 1998 byEdward Kessler MBE andMartin Forward, and now located in centralCambridge on theWestminster College Site,[1] it is dedicated to the study of interfaith relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims.[2] Using research and education to explore the relationship between religion and society, it aims to foster greater understanding andtolerance.
Beginning as theCentre for Jewish–Christian Relations, the institute expanded throughout its history to include theCentre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations and the Centre for Policy and Public Education. In 2010, these centers were combined and renamed as The Woolf Institute in honour of LordHarry Woolf, a patron of the institute and former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.[3]
The institute is an associate member of theCambridge Theological Federation which brings together eleven institutions through which people of different denominations, includingAnglican,Methodist,Eastern Orthodox,Reformed andRoman Catholic, train for various forms of Christian ministry and service.[4]
The Woolf Institute was established in 1998 as The Center for Jewish-Christian Relations to "provide an academic framework and space in which people could tackle issues of religious difference constructively." In 2010, it combined with The Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations and the Centre for Policy and Public Education, and the institute was renamed to The Woolf Institute.[5]
In 2019, the institute set out to explore how to tackle extremism in the United Kingdom, and to find a way to measure different levels of extremism.[6]
The Woolf Institute works together with theCambridge Commonwealth Trust and the Cambridge Overseas Trust to offer the Woolf Institute Cambridge Scholarship, a PhD scholarship for the study of relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims.[7] It also contributes to theMPhil in Middle East Studies at theUniversity of Cambridge,[8][9] and offers a Professional Doctorate in collaboration with theCambridge Theological Federation andAnglia Ruskin University.[10]
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