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David Marshall

Research director or fellow Independant

Born in 1963 in the United Kingdom, David Marshall studied theology at Oxford University and gained a doctorate in Islamic studies at Birmingham University. He has since worked in a variety of contexts, including as Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury from 2000 to 2005, where he had responsibility for interfaith relations. In 2002 he helped launch the Building Bridges Seminar, one of the world’s leading projects in theological dialogue between Muslim and Christian scholars, and has been involved in this project ever since. Since 2012, Building Bridges has been directed from Georgetown University, where Marshall is now its academic director and a research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Much of his work has been in the field of theological education. He has taught at St Paul’s University (Limuru, Kenya), Edinburgh University, Duke Divinity School, and Georgetown University.

From 2018-2021 he served as programme executive in interreligious dialogue and co-operation at the World Council of Churches in Geneva, with particular responsibility for Christian-Jewish and Christian-Muslim relations.

Currently, he teaches at the Institut für Christkatholische Theologie, Theology Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland; and he is guest editor of the journal Islamochristiana (PISAI, Rome).

Disciplines

Islam Studies Quranic Studies

Topics

Muslim-Christian Dialogue

Resources of this researcher

Resources related toQuranic Studies

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Questions on Islamic Soteriology in Early Islam

Jaume Flaquer Garcia

Abstract Published under the original title "Cuestiones sobre la soteriología islámica en el islam primitivo" in the collective volume Riesgos y fidelidades. Miradas teológicas para un mundo plu...

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The Uncreated Muslim Qur’an and the Eternally Begotten Christian Logos

Jaume Flaquer Garcia

Abstract Published under the original title "El Corán musulmán increado y el Logos cristiano eternamente engendrado" in the monographic section Logos, Agape, Sarx. Una dialógica cristiana of iss...

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A Fragrant Spiritual Heritage. Some Considerations on Perfumes in Islam

Ida Zilio-Grandi

Abstract Published in volume 20 (2025) of Quaderni di Studi Arabi, this article by Ida Zilio-Grandi (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) revisits a constant of Islamic history that has attracted r...

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The Virtues of the Good Muslim

Ida Zilio-Grandi

Published in 2025 by Edizioni Ca’ Foscari in Venice, this monograph by Ida Zilio-Grandi (Ca’ Foscari University) is the augmented English translation of Le virtù del buon Musulmano, fir...

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Without Judaism, No Islam. The Denied Source

Mouhanad Khorchide

Published under the original title Ohne Judentum kein Islam. Die verleugnete Quelle, with the subtitle Die Wurzeln des muslimischen Antisemitismus. Eine aktuelle Analyse (“The Roots of Muslim...

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Literary, Semiotic and Hermeneutical Approaches to the Qur’an in the Modern Period

Wasim Salman

Abstract In this contribution to issue 51 (Mélanges) of the journal Islamochristiana, published in Italian as Approcci letterari, semiotici ed ermeneutici al Corano nel periodo moderno, Wasim Sa...

Couverture de la Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques, t. 110, 2026/1

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The Word of God and the Qur’an: On the Reflections of Claude Geffré

Tobias Specker

Published in the Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques (vol. 110, 2026/1, pp. 197-213), this article by Tobias Specker examines the Christian theology of Islam developed by the Dominica...

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Islam and Muslims. Doctrines, Schools of Thought, and Current Trends

Michel Younès

Publication date: April 16, 2026. Islam, as a historical, religious, and civilizational reality, is difficult to define. It can be perceived as a form of political governance, an expression of fait...