On 8th – 9th December 2020, over twenty scholars from many different WCC member churches and ecumenical partners around the world met online for a webinar entitled ‘Christians Studying Other Religions: Surveying the Field, Encouraging the Vocation’.

Organised by the team for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation at the WCC working in partnership with the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, this event grew out of the network of interfaith officers launched by the WCC in 2019.

Click here to find out more.

The CCCW has launched a new YouTube channel so you can keep up with our webinar talks.  We will also be uploading audio files from past seminars and lectures.

You can check it out by clicking on the following link.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has announced an essay competition for youth who want to reflect on the theme “The Future of Interreligious Dialogue.” The contest marks the 50th anniversary of the WCC’s Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation.

The contest aims to encourage people under the age of 30 with interests in the field of interreligious relations and engagement to develop and share their ideas on different subjects such as: Christian theologies of interreligious engagement; some aspect of another religious tradition which is relevant to its relationship to Christianity; religious pluralism more widely; or the theory or

The deadline for the competition is 15 January 2021. For further information click here

Click here to read about CCCW Partnership with the World Council of Churches in Interreligious Dialogue Initiative which was held on 8-9th December 2020.

We are very pleased to announce our new Encounter Coordinator, Dr Jenny Leith, who actually started in September!

Although the Centre has been closed over these past several months, Jenny has been getting to know the new role, which is being adapted this year to work more closely with the CCCW Director,

To find out more about Jenny, visit our Staff web page.

The CCCW will reopen virtually from Mon 2 November.  This means staff will be working online and appointments to collect or return library books will be available.

To arrange an appointment re library books, please contact Ruth MacLean: library@cccw.cam.ac.uk

To discuss matters relating to the CCCW archive repository, please contact Dr Philip Saunders: archive@cccw.cam.ac.uk

To discuss matters relating to the Encounter Programme, please contact Dr Jenny Leith, encounter@cccw.cam.ac.uk

The actual Centre will remain closed until further notice, but we will bringing a new range of webinars and publications over the coming months which we are sure you will find interesting! Keep an eye on the website and our social media pages for updated information

Read here a review by our director on this important two volume Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South.

Editor: Mark A. Lamport

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, May 2018. 1122 pages. Hard cover. ISBN: 9781442271562

“In the study of World Christianity, literature focusing on the Global South is increasing. While there is plenty of literature studying Christianity in the non-Western parts of the world – many centuries of Western missionary writings as well as post-missionary writings – the current literature, largely set in the context of demographic shifts of Christians, comes with new and important focuses…”

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, applications for the encounter scheme bursaries are now closed until 1 January 2021. If you would like to register your interest in the scheme and receive updates on the scheme’s reopening, please contact Dr. Jenny Leith, CCCW’s intercultural encounter coordinator, at centre@cccw.cam.ac.uk.

Unfortunately, because of the Covid-19 virus we have had to close the Centre until further notice.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. You can still contact the director, librarian, archivist and encounter co-ordinator, who are now working remotely, if you have any inquiries.

May God bless you and give you His perfect peace in these difficult times.

We look forward to seeing you all again soon!

CCCW Staff

We are very happy to welcome Canon Sarah Snyder as our new Chairperson of the Henry Martyn Trust.

Sarah is a leader in peace and reconciliation. She was Special Advisor for Reconciliation
to Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and was Director of Partnerships with Religions for
Peace International, a UN-affiliated body, until 2016.
Sarah is the founding director of Rose Castle Foundation.