Valentino Cottini
Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’IslamisticaItaly
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Valentino Cottini

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Born in Italy in 1951, Valentino Cottini is a diocesan priest of Verona (since 1975) and a canon of Verona Cathedral. An Islamologist, he was full professor, director of the journal Islamochristiana and, from 2012 to 2018, dean of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome, from which he has now retired (since 2021).

He obtained his licentiate and doctorate in theology with a biblical specialisation at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem (1982), and subsequently the licentiate in Arabic and Islamic studies at PISAI (1997). He was also a visiting professor of Islamic studies at the Pontifical Urbaniana University and at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome.

His research interests focus on the study of the Bible, the Qur’an and Christian-Muslim relations.

Disciplines

Islam Studies Quranic Studies Theology

Topics

Islamic Theology Muslim-Christian Dialogue

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For a new Mediterranean. Space for dialogue and prophecies of peace

Following the research work on the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Common Coexistence signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmad al-Tayyeb in Abu Dhabi on 4 February 2019, the Roman group of Pluriel Pontifical Gregorian University - PISAI wishes to continue the reflection with an interdisciplinary approach to the theme of the Mediterranean: "For a new Mediterranean. Space for dialogue and prophecies of peace". This transversal theme, necessary also because of the diversity of our …

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