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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Laurent Basanese
Originally from Lyon and an engineer by training, Father Basanese joined the Jesuits in 1997. He holds a doctorate in Arabic and Islamic studies (PISAI) and a doctorate in the sciences of religions and systems of thought (EPHE). Since 2018 he has been a professor at the Faculty of Missiology of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he founded and directed the Centre for Interreligious Studies (2015-2021). He also re-launched the Interreligious and Intercultural Investigations Series which he directed between 2018 and 2021.
He was appointed in February 2020 as Consultor of the Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and since September 2021 he is an official of the same Dicastery.
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Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica - Italy
Pontificia Università Gregoriana - Italy
The document on Human Fraternity: theological, philosophical and social reflections and developments (Rome)
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When Religions Contribute to Education for a more Fraternal Humanity
- Laurent Basanese
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Proceedings of the Second Congress “Islam and Belonging” of Pluriel
- Michel Younès
- Anna Hager
- Laurent Basanese
- Diego Sarrió Cucarella
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Interreligious and Intercultural Investigations – N°10 – The challenge of religions
- Laurent Basanese
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The document on human fraternity: a new horizon for Islamic-Christian dialogue? (Italian)
- Valentino Cottini
- Adnane Mokrani
- Laurent Basanese
Lecturers : Adnane Mokrani, P. Laurent Basanese S.J. Moderator: Valentino Cottini Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, April 8th, 2019 This conference marks the launch of the research group co-dire...
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