Faith & Belief Celebration Month
Throughout November, we are celebrating different faiths and worldviews in our community and their contributions to campus life. We will be hearing from members of our community about their experiences, and celebrating with different events and socials.
This month is an initiative from our Faith & Worldview Equality Group and centres around the national Inter Faith Week, which falls in mid-November. We hope to give students and staff with faiths and worldviews an increased sense of belonging as part of the diverse university community, and increase awareness of different practices and traditions.
Events, resources and support
Multifaith Chaplaincy Event: Movies & Meanings
Thursday 14th November, 6pm, Streatham and Penryn Campuses
Join the chaplaincies on either the Streatham or Penryn Campuses for a simultaneous Movies & Meanings night. Eat snacks, watch a film, and have a friendly discussion about what it meant to you! Visit the chaplaincy webpages for more information.
Dr Brandon Thomas Crowley - Queering Black Churches: Dismantling Heteronormativity in Congregations
Thursday 7th November, 2.30pm, Streatham Campus
Dr Crowley is an honorary research fellow of our department, one of Exeter's Societies and Cultures Institute's visiting professors for 2024-25, a Lecturer in Ministry Studies at Harvard Divinity School, and Senior Pastor of the Historic Myrtle Baptist Church in Newton, Massachusetts, one of America's oldest Black congregations founded by formerly enslaved persons at the end of Reconstruction and one of the USA's few open and affirming historically Black churches.
Dr Crowley will be giving a lecture on the afternoon of Thursday 7 November in Knightley (building 55), on the subject of his recent Oxford University Press book Queering Black Churches: Dismantling Heteronormativity in African American Congregations: please do join us for refreshments from 2.30pm with a welcome from Prof Rajani Naidoo and the main lecture at 3pm followed by response and questions. This event will finish by 5pm. You can book tickets for the lecture here.
Multifaith Chaplaincy (Devon)
Do you want to find about more about your about connecting with your faith community on Devon campuses? You can reach out to the Multifaith Chaplaincy and the Student faith groups. The Chaplaincy serves the whole University community and is there to listen to students and staff of all faiths and none. Chaplains provide a safe space to talk and offer discreet and confidential listening. In addition, they can also provide details on faith activities and worship both at the University and in the wider community.
Multifaith Chaplaincy (Cornwall)
Do you want to find about more about your about connecting with your faith community on Cornwall campuses? You can reach out to the Multifaith Chaplaincy and the student faith groups on the SU website. If you have a faith, the team can support you to practice your religion or spirituality on and off campus. They also provide pastoral care for everyone (whether or not you have a faith) and manage spaces on our campuses for you to enjoy.
Exeter Students’ Guild (Devon)
The Guild’s Community Empowerment Team works with Exeter’s diverse student community groups through projects, advocacy, and support so that students of all backgrounds and beliefs Love Exeter. We support our Student faith groups to host religious festivals and cultural celebrations, as well as advocating with them so that Students of Faith have everything they need to study and practice their faith at Exeter. Do you have an idea for a project or celebration? Get in touch with the team, they’d love to help.
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