PISAI – international conference “Raḥma. Muslim and Christian Studies in Mercy” (October 13-15, 2016)

The conference begins on Thursday 13th October at 17h00 with opening greetings from Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and the President of PISAI, Prof. Valentino Cottini. It will then proceed with the first major interventions, of Cardinal Walter Kasper and of Prof. Mouhanad Khorchide, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, on the topic: What is Mercy? A Christian and a Muslim Response. The evening will continue with a musical interlude from the Beyond Borders Ensemble, directed by Maestro Mehdi Elias Baba-Ameur, ‘Dialogo tra musiche ottomane, arabo-andaluse, sefardite e armene’ (Dialogue between Ottoman, Andalusian, Sephardic and Armenian music) and will conclude with an evening meal offered to all the participants.

Friday and Saturday will offer an intensive program of workshops, with the participation of professors and experts, Christians and Muslims, coming from European and American universities. Entrance to these workshops is reserved to registered participants.

For more information, please click:

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The conference begins on Thursday 13th October at 17h00 with opening greetings from Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and the President of PISAI, Prof. Valentino Cottini. It will then proceed with the first major interventions, of Cardinal Walter Kasper and of Prof. Mouhanad Khorchide, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, on the topic: What is Mercy? A Christian and a Muslim Response. The evening will continue with a musical interlude from the Beyond Borders Ensemble, directed by Maestro Mehdi Elias Baba-Ameur, ‘Dialogo tra musiche ottomane, arabo-andaluse, sefardite e armene’ (Dialogue between Ottoman, Andalusian, Sephardic and Armenian music) and will conclude with an evening meal offered to all the participants.

Friday and Saturday will offer an intensive program of workshops, with the participation of professors and experts, Christians and Muslims, coming from European and American universities. Entrance to these workshops is reserved to registered participants.

For more information, please click:

http://en.pisai.it/

Practical information

Logistics

List of hotels

programme

يبدأ المؤتمر يوم الخميس 13 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول الساعة 17:00 بكلمات افتتاحية من الكاردينال Giuseppe Versaldi، رئيس مجمع التربية الكاثوليكية، والكاردينال Jean-Louis Tauran، رئيس المجلس الحبري للحوار بين الأديان، ورئيس PISAI الأستاذ Valentino Cottini. ويتواصل مع المداخلات الكبرى الأولى للكاردينال Walter Kasper والأستاذ Mouhanad Khorchide، من Zentrum für Islamische Theologie في Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster، حول موضوع: «ما هي الرحمة؟ إجابة مسيحية وإجابة إسلامية». وتستمرّ الأمسية بفاصل موسيقي من فرقة Beyond Borders Ensemble، بقيادة المايسترو Mehdi Elias Baba-Ameur، بعنوان «Dialogo tra musiche ottomane, arabo-andaluse, sefardite e armene» (حوار بين الموسيقى العثمانية والعربية-الأندلسية والسفارديّة والأرمنيّة)، وتُختتم بعشاء لجميع المشاركين.

يُخصَّص يوما الجمعة والسبت لبرنامج مكثّف من ورش العمل بمشاركة أساتذة وخبراء، مسيحيين ومسلمين، من جامعات أوروبية وأمريكية. الدخول إلى هذه الورش مقصور على المشاركين المسجّلين.

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