Comparative study of university curricula on religious pluralism and dialogue in Lebanon
Roula started her studies in architecture at Saint Esprit-Kaslik University, after which she turned to religious sciences where she was strongly interested in the accompaniment of young people and then the accompaniment of the dying, then she finished her studies with a doctorate in practical theology from Saint Joseph University in Beirut . At the same time, she studied anthropology at the Lebanese University, crowned by a doctorate in anthropology of religions from the University Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3, in the field of culture and religions of the Arab and Muslim world. She is strongly interested in the anthropology of the body, pain and the different religious anthropologies, impregnated by a long human experience of physical suffering due to her illness.
She teaches courses in anthropology, practical theology and methodology in the the Faculty of Religious Sciences of the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.
Until 2022, she held the position of coordinator of the masters courses of the faculty which include a master’s degree in Islamic-Christian relations and directed the Centre for Documentation and Islamic-Christian Studies.
From September 2022, she is the director of the Institute for the study of Muslim–Christian relations at Saint Joseph University.
Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth - Lebanon
Comparative study of university curricula on religious pluralism and dialogue in Lebanon
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Women, Agency and Religion: Social and Legal Issues in the Mediterranean Public Space
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Strangers with God. A Theology of Hospitality in the Three Abrahamic Religions
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Proceedings of the Congress : Islam at plural, thought, faith, society
Publication of the proceedings of the first congress of PLURIEL held from 6 to 9 September 2016 at the Catholic University of Lyon. Edited by Ali Mostfa and Michel Younès. The theme of the co...
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Female figures of holiness, Muslim and Christian, in the MENA region
Actes du colloque du centre d’études et d’interprétation du fait religieux, Université Saint Joseph, 20-21 février 2015. Sommaire Afrique du Nord : Nelly Amri : Entre Orient et Occciden...
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Judging in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian Legal Traditions: A Comparison of Theory and Practice.
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Being Human in Islam: The Impact of the Evolutionary Worldview.
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Religious Spaces in Lebanon
Extracts from the foreword by Louis Boisset s.j., Holder of the Unesco Chair of Comparative Studies of Religions, Mediation and Dialogue, USJ and Honorary Dean of the Faculty of Religious Sciences ...