Revd Ray Gaston
- Position
- Inter Faith Studies Tutor and Enabler
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Ray an Anglican Priest and an Authorised Minister in the Methodist Church is Inter Faith Studies Tutor and Enabler at Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education and The Birmingham District of the Methodist Church. He has 12 years experience of inner City parish ministry, 9 years spent in multi faith contexts involving particularly grassroots engagement with Islam. He has a first degree in Theology and Religious Studies, a Master’s specialising in Interfaith Studies and Pastoral Theology and studied at postgraduate level at the former Centre for Islam and Christian – Muslim Relations at Birmingham University. He is author of A Heart Broken Open – Radical Faith in an Age of Fear (Wild Goose Publications 2009) and has published articles in Political Theology, Practical Theology, Epworth Review & Modern Believing. His current interests are in Christian Theologies of Dialogue, Christian – Muslim and Christian- Jewish Relations and exploring Christian responses to the Israeli – Palestinian conflict in dialogue with Muslims and Jews.
For more info on inter-faith matters, see Ray's blog: http://interfaithenabler.blogspot.com/