INVITATION TO THE OXFORD SYMPOSIUM ON RELIGIOUS STUDIES, 2013, AT THE OLD LIBRARY IN THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY CHURCH OF ST MARY.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies to be held and 2, 3 and 4 December, 2013.  The meeting will be held at The Old Library.  Constructed in 1320, The Old Library is the first university（as opposed to college）building in Oxford and therefore uniquely important; this is where the nascent University began.

The session will be hosted by Canon Brian Mountford, Vicar of St Mary’s. Dr. Mountford is a fellow and Chaplain of St Hilda’s College in the University of Oxford.

You are invited to present a paper on an aspect of religious studies, or you may wish to attend as an observer or panel member.

Notations for the meeting are:

*        Papers presented will be subsequently peer reviewed by external readers for inclusion in Symposium books or as sponsored journal articles.

• Religion, Politics, and Public Discourse
• Philosophy of Religion
• Religious Ethics
• Religion and Culture
• Religion & Sustainability

Major fields included are：Christianity, Islamic Studies, Asian Religions, Judaic Studies and Secularism. This listing is not intended to be exhaustive and participants are encouraged to present research subjects within the scope of these topics. See topics below.

For more information visit our website Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies