Facultad de Teologia de la Universidad LoyolaSpain

Almudena Soler Sánchez

PhD holder Member of Research groups

Almudena Soler Sánchez holds a doctorate in interreligious dialogue from the Faculty of Theology of Loyola University (Granada), where she defended a thesis entitled La ciudadanía en las tradiciones cristiana e islámica: una vía para el diálogo islamocristiano (Citizenship in the Christian and Islamic Traditions: A Path for Christian-Muslim Dialogue). She collaborates with the Andalusian Chair of Interreligious Dialogue.

In 2018 she obtained a degree in theology from the Faculty of Theology of Granada, and in 2021 a master’s degree in theology from the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), specialising in dialogue with contemporary cultures. She also holds a degree in business and management from the University of Murcia.

Her research focuses on religious freedom and diversity in the context of Christian-Muslim dialogue, with particular attention to the notions of human dignity and citizenship. Almudena Soler is a member of the international Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary.

Disciplines

Theology

Topics

Citizenship Freedom of Religion Muslim-Christian Dialogue Religious Pluralism

Research Group

Islam and society in contemporary Spain (Granada)

Because the presence of Muslim communities in Spain is relatively recent, and because there is not a long tradition of theological study of Islam, we want to start our dialogue with the Islamic tradition by understanding the characteristics of Islam of Spain and the way it interacts with the rest of the Spanish society. Our objective is to identify concrete points of conflicts regarding the understanding of social life that exists in the relationship between Islam and society in Spain. In a second moment, we would…

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