Building Respect, Seeking Truth
The Center for Muslim & Christian Studies, Houston
Building Respect Seeking Truth
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IN PERSON
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Fridays 7.30-9.30 p.m. from Sept 13th
Our regular online Qur'an and Bible 1: Torah course with a difference - an in-person group in Houston will be joined by online students in other locations.
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Every second Thursday 6.30 p.m. from Sept 12th
Meet for a cup of tea before an informal study of topics from the Qur'an and the Bible, and then dinner.
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ONLINE
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Coming next semester:​
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Mondays 0800-1000 OR Fridays 1930-2130, Jan 6th - Mar 28th 2025
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Christian Responses to Islam (new course)
Wednesdays 0800-1000 Jan 8th - Mar 26th 2025
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Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (new course)
Tuesdays and Thursdays 0800-1000 Jan 7th - Mar 27th 2025
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Start-any-time:
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​Research and Writing for Muslim-Christian Studies
You can do this start-any-time course at your own pace. It is free of charge and includes the compulsory pre-requisite for students who wish to gain CMCS Houston credit for other courses.
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CMCS Houston Certificate in Muslim & Christian Studies
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Students who have satisfactorily completed at least one of our online classes for credit are eligible to enroll for our 'Certificate in Muslim & Christian Studies'. This is a graduate-level certificate which requires at least 15 credit hours from CMCS Houston or from our collaborating institutions.
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Library news
CMCS Houston is very thankful that its students are able to have access to Houston Christian University's online library facilities.
HCU's Moody Library has extensive resources, data bases and research guides, and we have a special space to help our students (and others) access material relevant to our courses. This space is open access - you can see some of the resources available there; but, of course, you cannot access them without signing up for a course and getting your user name and password.
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As part of this collaboration, we have enabled HCU to purchase extra resources, including full access to the Brill Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an and, most recently, books by our CMCS Oxford colleagues, Dr Martin Whittingham and Dr Richard McCallum.
Dr Whittingham taught a course for us based on his History of Muslim Views of the Bible in Spring 2024. Dr McCallum will teach a new course based on his Evangelical Christian Responses to Islam in Spring 2025.
What's New?
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Drs Motaz al-Thaher, David Coffey and Ida Glaser visiting online students in Kaduna, Nigeria, February 2024.
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Religious studies should be dialogues not monologues. You need to enroll with others in discussions and dialogue, and the CMCS courses provide this. They include a very special combination of people from different religious backgrounds and cultures, who enrich the discussion and help [in] gaining knowledge and opening eyes to new perspectives. Moreover, the follow-up from the lecturers gives you the chance to develop your skills personally.
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Motaz Al-Thaher, CMCS online course coordinator
Now more than ever our world needs understanding among peoples and nations that is grounded in honesty, transparency, and communication.
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President Robert Sloan, Houston Christian University