Sheikh Mohammad Shomali

From Xenophobia & Fear to Collaboration & Friendship” 

Virtus lectures pique our learning in vital and risky issues for our society; oppression, bullying, abuse, privilege, rank, altered states.

Sheikh Shomali

Sheikh Shomali

Now rescheduled for a later date

Virtus Lectures 2017-2018 “Spirituality as Social Activism”

PUBLIC LECTURES AT EALING ABBEY

TUESDAY / FRIDAY EVENINGS AT 7.30pm

Dr Shomali’s Virtus lecture

How do we manage to shift from the present polarisation of religions in Britain? Is there a strategy to help us overcome the polarisation of religions and our current British post-modern and consumerism? Are there clues to creating a culture of respect, friendship and collaboration in order to create a better Britain and a better world?

Dr. Mohammad Ali Shomali

Dr. Mohammad Ali Shomali is a graduate of the Islamic Seminaries of Qum. He has also both a BA and an MA in Western Philosophy from the University of Tehran. He has earned his Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Manchester. His publications include: Self-Knowledge (1996 & 2006, also translated into Malay, Spanish and Kiswahili), Ethical Relativism: An Analysis of the Foundations of Morality (2001, also translated into Malay), Shi‘a Islam: Origins, Faith & Practices (2003 & 2010; also translated into Spanish & Swedish), Principles of Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Methodology of Fiqh (2006). He is a co-editor of Catholics & Shi’a in Dialogue: Studies in Theology & Spirituality (2004), Catholic-Shi’a Engagement: Reason & Faith in Theory and Practice (2006) and A Catholic-Shi‘a Dialogue: Ethics in Today’s Society (2008).

He is currently the resident Imam and director of Islamic Centre of England.

unemployed £0, employed £10, concessions £5

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Virtus lectures pique our learning in vital and risky issues for our society; oppression, bullying, abuse, privilege, rank, altered states.

The lectures take place on a monthly basis from October to June at 7.30pm in the Abbey Church.

published 25 October 2017 JL