Fellow
Muthuraj Swamy
Muthuraj researches in the fields of Religious Studies, Theology and World Christianity with the focus on religious pluralism, interfaith dialogue, ecumenism, contextual theologies, Christian public engagement, and science-faith relations. Muthuraj is currently the Director of the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (since 2018). As part of this role, he teaches and supervises in the University of Cambridge and in the Cambridge Theological Federation. He has also been working at the Anglican Communion Office since 2018 – as Project Manager for Theological Education until 2024, and currently as Theological Facilitator and Researcher for the Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science (ECLAS) through the Anglican Communion Science Commission.
Muthuraj is the author/editor of several works, including the books The Problem with Interreligious Dialogue: Plurality, Conflict and Elitism in Hindu-Christian-Muslim Relations (Bloomsbury, 2016) and Reconciliation: The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2019 (SPCK, London & Delhi). Together with Stephen Spencer, he has edited three Preparing for the Lambeth Conference 2022 books on Reconciliation, Evangelism & Witness, and Prayer – published as Walking Together (2019), Witnessing Together (2019) and Listening Together (2020). He is a contributing editor to the International Bulletin of Mission Research. His forthcoming books include Connecting Christianities: World Christianity and Mission in the Twenty-first Century, coedited with Jenny Leith (Brill, 2025); New Wine in New Wineskins: Theological Education in South and Southeast Asia after the Covid-19 Pandemic, co-edited with Israel David (ISPCK, 2025) and Poverty and the World Church, coedited with Philip Powell (CCCW, 2025).Muthuraj is an ordained priest in the Church of England and currently an Associate Priest at St John the Evangelist, Hills Road, Cambridge