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Laurent Basanese

Born in Lyon (France), Laurent Basanese is an official of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and a member of the scientific committee of Pluriel. He joined the Jesuits in 1997 and holds a doctorate in Arabic and Islamic studies (Pontifical Institute for Arabic Studies and Islamology, Rome) and a doctorate in the sciences of religions and systems of thought (École pratique des hautes études, Paris). He founded and directed the Centre for Interreligious Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University (2015-2021). He also relaunched the Interreligious and Intercultural Investigations series, which he directed from 2018 to 2021. In February 2020, he was appointed consultant to the Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

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Pontificia Università Gregoriana - Italy

Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica - Italy

For a new Mediterranean. Space for dialogue and prophecies of peace

Following the research work on the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Common Coexistence signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmad al-Tayyeb in Abu Dhabi on 4 February 2019, the Roman group of Pluriel Pontifical Gregorian University – PISAI wishes to continue the reflection with an interdisciplinary approach to […]

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Pontificia Università Gregoriana - Italy

The document on Human Fraternity: theological, philosophical and social reflections and developments (Rome)

Study on the theme of fraternity from the Abu Dhabi Document on HUMAN FRATERNITY FOR WORLD PEACE AND LIVING TOGETHETR, signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar on February 4, 2019

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