Book Launch Science and Religion in Interfaith Contexts

Decoding the Cosmos: God, Physics, and the Search for Deeper Explanation

26 November, 2025

The Oxford Interfaith Forum and
the Cambridge Interfaith Programme

Dr Emily Qureshi-Hurst and her new book,
Decoding the Cosmos: God, Physics, and the Search for Deeper Explanation

We are pleased to announce that the Oxford Interfaith Forum joins the Cambridge Interfaith Programme in the presentation of Dr Emily Quresh-Hurst’s book, Decoding the Cosmos.

Can Christian theology thrive in the modern scientific world?
Dr Emily Qureshi-Hurst explores five of Christianity’s most important ideas—creation, design, providence, incarnation, and salvation—and examines them in light of cutting-edge physics. Expertly compiling a decade of research into an accessible and engaging format, she takes readers on a journey through Big Bang cosmology, quantum mechanics, special and general relativity, chaos theory, astrobiology, and more.

About the author
Dr Qureshi-Hurst is a Teaching Associate in Theology and Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge (Faculty of Divinity) and a Research Associate at Fitzwilliam College. She was previously at the University of Oxford (until 2024), where she completed her MSt (2018) and DPhil (2021) in Science and Religion. Decoding the Cosmos is Dr Qureshi-Hurst’s third book—and the first written with a general audience in mind. Her previous publications include the ISSR award-winning Salvation in the Block Universe: Time, Tillich, and Transformation (2025), and God, Salvation, and the Problem of Spacetime (2022)

About the responders
Professor Mark Harris, Andreas Idreos Chair in Science and Religion, and Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre in Science and Religion at the University of Oxford.
Allan Furic, a DPhil candidate in Science and Religion at the University of Oxford

Date: Wednesday, 26 November, 2025

Time: 17:30-18:30 GMT | 12:30-13:30 EST | 9:30-10:30 PST

Venue: Online