Building Bridges Seminar

Rt. Revd. Dr. Toby Howarth is bishop of Bradford in the Church of England's Diocese of Leeds. He has also served parishes in Derby and St. Christopher's, Springfield. Howarth previously was secretary for inter religious affairs to the archbishop of Canterbury and national inter religious affairs advisor for the Church of England. He worked as a research assistant for the Revd. Dr. John Stott for two years before undergoing ordination training for the Church of England in Oxford, Birmingham, and Uganda, combining Christian theology with an M.A. in Islamic studies at the University of Birmingham. During five years in India Howarth researched Islamic preaching for a Ph.D. from the Free University of Amsterdam. Returning to Europe, he worked in interfaith relations in Rotterdam before moving to Birmingham, where he taught Islamic studies and served as vice principal at Crowther Hall in Selly Oak. Howarth was the bishop of Birmingham's advisor on interfaith relations from 2004 to 2011.