Claudio Monge
Born in 1968 in Italy, Claudio Monge, o.p., is director of the Dominican Study Institute in Istanbul (DoSt-İ), where he has lived since 2004. A member of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) since 1993, he holds a doctorate in fundamental theology (theology of religions) from the University of Strasbourg.
He teaches theology of religions at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and at the Theological Faculty of Emilia-Romagna (Bologna), and lectures at the Saint Bernardino Ecumenical Institute in Venice. Since September 2025 he has been Regent of Studies of the Dominican Province of Italy. He has been a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue since 2014.
His research focuses on sacred hospitality, otherness, religious pluralism, and Turkish Islam. A committed figure in Christian-Muslim dialogue, he seeks to deepen mutual understanding between religions in the light of the paradigm of hospitality.
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Strangers with God. A Theology of Hospitality in the Three Abrahamic Religions
- Claudio Monge
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Strangers with God. A Theology of Hospitality in the Three Abrahamic Religions
- Claudio Monge
Published as Strangers with God. A Theology of Hospitality in the Three Abrahamic Religions (ATF Press, Adelaide, 2024, with a preface by Timothy Radcliffe), this book by Claudio Monge, o.p., offer...
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Islamic Visions of Jesus: Revelation, Prophecy, and Eschatology
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Islamic Lessons for Christians
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Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas and the Pluriel working group on AI-assisted interreligious dialogue
- Wael Saleh
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The Recognition of a Hummingbird. Essays on Interreligious Dialogue and Missionary Work (2007-2025)
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