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Judaism

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg in his own words

Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism since 2008, and Rabbi of New North London Synagogue for over 35 years (now Rabbi Emeritus). Author of The Three Pillars of Judaism, The Hidden God and Listening for God in Torah & Creation; awarded an OBE in December 2023 for services to interfaith relationships and the Jewish community.

Rabbi Abraham Skorka in his own words

Argentine rabbi, formerly of the Benei Tikva community (Masorti Olami) in Buenos Aires and rector of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano; now senior research fellow at Georgetown University and its Berkley Center. He co-wrote On Heaven and Earth (Spanish 2010, English 2013) with Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, later Pope Francis.

Dr Edward Kessler in his own words

Founder President of the Woolf Institute, Cambridge (established 1998), and Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge; his work centres on Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations. He has written 12 books, and received an MBE in 2011 for services to interfaith relations; the Times Higher Education Supplement called him "probably the most prolific interfaith figure in British academia".

Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg in her own words

Born in London in 1944, raised in Cambridge and Glasgow; PhD in English literature from Cambridge, taught English at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has lived in Jerusalem since 1969. She has taught Torah to adult audiences since about 1980; her books include The Beginning of Desire (1995, National Jewish Book Award) and Moses: A Human Life (2016).

Dr Erica Brown in her own words

American Jewish educator and author; Vice Provost for Values and Leadership at Yeshiva University and founding director of its Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership. She studied at Stern College, took master's degrees at Harvard and the University of London and a doctorate in Jewish history at Baltimore Hebrew College; her books include The Book of Jonah (2017), The Book of Esther (2020), Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning (2023) and The Torah of Leadership (2024).

Christianity

Rowan Williams in his own words

Rowan Douglas Williams, born 14 June 1950 in Swansea, was Archbishop of Canterbury 2002-2012 (first in modern times chosen from outside the Church of England) and Archbishop of Wales 2000-2002; he is now a life peer, theologian and poet, formerly Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Interfaith work includes the Building Bridges Christian-Muslim seminars and the response to "A Common Word".

N. T. Wright in his own words

New Testament scholar and Anglican bishop: Bishop of Durham 2003-2010, then Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews; Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He gave the 2018 Gifford Lectures and has written over 80 books, publishing as Tom Wright and N. T. Wright.

Metropolitan Kallistos Ware in his own words

Timothy Ware (1934-2022), English Eastern Orthodox bishop and theologian; Spalding Lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Studies at Oxford from 1966, Bishop of Diokleia from 1982, Metropolitan from 2007; author of The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way, translator of the Philokalia. He co-chaired the Anglican-Orthodox International Theological Dialogue 2009-2016 and received the Lambeth Cross for Ecumenism in 2017.

Dr Jane Williams in her own words

English Anglican theologian, born 1957, who studied theology at Clare College, Cambridge; McDonald Professor in Christian Theology at St Mellitus College, London, which she helped found. Her books include Faces of Christ: Jesus in Art (2011), Why Did Jesus Have to Die? (2016), The Merciful Humility of God (2019) and Giver of Life (2025); married to Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury.

Dr Paula Gooder in her own words

British Anglican New Testament scholar, born 1969; first-class theology degree and DPhil from Oxford. She was Bible Society's Theologian in Residence (2013 to 2017), Director of Mission, Learning and Development in the Diocese of Birmingham, and became Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral in 2019; she is also Visiting Professor in Biblical Studies at King's College London. Books include Heaven (2011) and Body (2016).

Islam

Abdal Hakim Murad in his own words

Born Timothy John Winter in London in 1960; converted to Islam as a young man; Arabic degree at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and study at Al-Azhar. He is founder and Dean of Cambridge Muslim College (opened 2009), Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge, and was a signatory of "A Common Word Between Us and You" (2007). He founded the Cambridge Mosque Project, and the Cambridge Central Mosque opened on 24 April 2019.

Professor Mona Siddiqui in her own words

British academic, born in Karachi in 1963, with degrees from Leeds and Manchester; Professor of Religion and Society at King's College London since 2025, previously at Glasgow and then Edinburgh, where in 2011 she became the first holder of a chair in Islamic and Interreligious Studies. She gave the Gifford Lectures in 2016, received an OBE in 2011 for services to inter-faith relations, and is a regular voice on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day and The Moral Maze.

Dr Rania Awaad in her own words

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she directs the Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Lab and is an affiliate chaplain. She studied the classical Islamic sciences in Damascus before medical school, holds ijazas (teaching certifications) in Qur'an and Islamic law, was the first woman professor of Islamic law at Zaytuna College, and founded the Rahmah Foundation (2008).