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2021

Blessed Ramon Llull: the character and his relationship with Islam

The PISAI is pleased to announce the publication of the book Il beato Raimondo Lullo: il personaggio e il suo rapporto con l’Islam (Roma 2021), edited by Professor Diego Sarrió Cucarella, MAfr, and prefaced by Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, MCCJ, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

Published in the series “Studi arabo-islamici del PISAI“, this work brings together contributions from ten international scholars who present the figure of the Majorcan Ramon Llull – the christianus arabicus, as he liked to name himself – in his many aspects, particularly in his relations with Islam. In his numerous works in Latin, Arabic and Catalan, there emerges the common thread of his desire to make known to all the message of the Creator’s love in all the lands that could be seen from his native Majorca: a Mediterranean which he knew and described as ‘the sea of the one God and of the many communities of believers’. As Cardinal Ayuso notes in his preface, “Llull is a complex character, with modern intuitions, a very fertile author and the bearer of seeds of dialogue to which we should look today”.

The book includes essays by Óscar de la Cruz Palma, Alexander Fidora, Annemarie C. Mayer, Marta M. Romano, Fatiha Benlabbah, Simone Sari, Maribel Ripoll Perelló, Jordi Gayà Estelrich, Xavier Calpe Melendres, O.F.M., and Hans Daiber.

In addition to the aforementioned preface by Cardinal Ayuso, the book includes two prologues by Sebastià Taltavull i Anglada, Bishop of Majorca, and Armand Puig i Tàrrech, Rector of the University Athenaeum ‘Sant Pacià’ of Barcelona, as well as an introduction by the editor of the publication.

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Titre original : Il beato Raimondo Lullo : il personaggio e il suo rapporto con l’Islam

Publié dans la collection « Studi arabo-islamici del PISAI », cet ouvrage rassemble les contributions de dix chercheurs internationaux qui présentent la figure du Majorquin Raymond Lulle – le christianus arabicus, comme il aimait à s’appeler lui-même – sous ses multiples aspects, notamment dans ses relations avec l’Islam. Ses nombreuses œuvres en latin, arabe et catalan ont pour fil conducteur la volonté de faire connaître à tous le message d’amour du Créateur, dans toutes les terres visibles depuis sa terre natale de Majorque : une Méditerranée qu’il connaissait et décrivait comme « la mer du Dieu unique et des nombreuses communautés de croyants ». Comme le remarque le cardinal Ayuso dans la préface, « Lulle est un personnage complexe, aux idées modernes, un auteur très fécond et le porteur de graines de dialogue sur lesquelles nous pouvons encore nous pencher aujourd’hui ».

L’ouvrage comprend des essais d’Óscar de la Cruz Palma, Alexander Fidora, Annemarie C. Mayer, Marta M. M. Romano, Fatiha Benlabbah, Simone Sari, Maribel Ripoll Perelló, Jordi Gayà Estelrich, Xavier Calpe Melendres, O.F.M., et Hans Daiber. Préface par le cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., président du Conseil pontificale pour le dialogue interreligieux.

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يجمع هذا الكتاب، الذي نُشر في مجموعة “Studi arabo-islamici del PISAI”، مساهمات عشرة باحثين دوليّين قدّموا صورة رامون لول المايوركي، المسيحي العربي، كما أحبّ أن يُسمّى، بجوانبها المتعدّدة، لا سيّما في علاقاته مع الإسلام. وتظهر من خلال أعماله في كلّ من اللّغة العربيّة واللاتينية والكتلانيّة رغبته في التعريف على جميع رسائل الحب المتعلّقة بالخالق، في جميع الأراضي التي يمكن رؤيتها من أرضه الأم مايوركا: البحر الأبيض المتوسّط الذي يعرفه ويصفه بـ”بحر الربّ الأوحد والطوائف الدينيّة المختلفة”. وكما يشير الكاردينال أيوسو في التمهيد “لول شخصية معقّدة، تمتلك أفكارًا حديثة، وهو مؤلّف مثمر، وهو حامل بذور الحوار الذي يمكننا التركيز عليه اليوم”.

Il PISAI è lieto di annunciare la pubblicazione del libro Il beato Raimondo Lullo: il personaggio e il suo rapporto con l’Islam (Roma 2021), curato dal professor Diego Sarrió Cucarella, M.Afr., e prefato dal cardinale Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per il Dialogo Interreligioso.

Pubblicato nella collana «Studi arabo-islamici del PISAI», questa opera riunisce i contributi di dieci studiosi internazionali che presentano la figura del maiorchino Raimondo Lullo – il christianus arabicus, come egli stesso amava definirsi – nei suoi molteplici aspetti, in particolare nei suoi rapporti con l’Islam. Nelle sue numerosissime opere in latino, in arabo e in catalano, emerge il filo conduttore del desiderio di far conoscere a tutti il messaggio d’amore del Creatore in tutte le terre che si potevano scorgere dalla sua nativa Maiorca: un Mediterraneo che egli conobbe e descrisse come «il mare dell’unico Dio e delle molte comunità di credenti». Come nota il cardinale Ayuso nella prefazione, «Lullo è un personaggio complesso, dalle intuizioni moderne, autore fecondissimo e portatore di semi di dialogo ai quali guardare oggi».

Il libro comprende saggi di Óscar de la Cruz Palma, Alexander Fidora, Annemarie C. Mayer, Marta M. M. Romano, Fatiha Benlabbah, Simone Sari, Maribel Ripoll Perelló, Jordi Gayà Estelrich, Xavier Calpe Melendres, O.F.M., e Hans Daiber.

Oltre alla già citata prefazione del cardinale Ayuso, il libro include due prologhi di Sebastià Taltavull i Anglada, vescovo di Maiorca, e di Armand Puig i Tàrrech, rettore dell’Ateneo Universitario “Sant Pacià” di Barcellona, oltre a un’introduzione del curatore della pubblicazione.

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