Emmanuel Pisani
Institut dominicain d’Etudes orientales Institut dominicain d’Etudes orientalesEgypt Institut Catholique de Paris Institut Catholique de ParisFrance
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Emmanuel Pisani

Associate professor Member of Research groups Scientific Committee

Born in 1972 in France, Emmanuel Pisani is deputy coordinator of Pluriel, director of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO) in Cairo since 2020, and associate professor at the Vice-Rectorate for Research of the Catholic Institute of Paris (ICP). Since October 2023 he also holds the Anawati Chair “Fight against religious extremism by interfaith dialogue” at IDEO.

His research focuses on Islamic studies, Muslim theology of religions, and the relationship between Islam and otherness. He holds doctorates in philosophy (Jean-Moulin University, Lyon III) and theology (Catholic University of Lyon, UCLy), and has devoted particular attention to the thought of al-Ghazali. His dissertation on heterodox and non-Muslim believers in the work of this medieval theologian earned him the Muhammad Arkoun Prize in 2014. It was published by Vrin in 2022 under the title Hétérodoxes et non musulmans dans la pensée d’al-Ġazālī.

Emmanuel Pisani teaches Islamic studies and interreligious dialogue at several institutions. He directed the Institute for Science and Theology of Religions (ISTR) at ICP from 2013 to 2021 and has served on several occasions as editor of the scholarly journal MIDÉO (2014-2021; 2024). He has convened numerous international conferences, including “The religious Other in tafsīr” (2023) and “Islam and otherness” (2021). A polyglot, he is notably fluent in German, English, Italian and Arabic.

His recent publications include edited volumes such as Théologies musulmanes des religions (Cerf, 2024) and Dynamiques de l’islamologie en Europe (Cerf, 2023), as well as articles on Islam and Islamism, authority in Islam, and theologies of religions. He regularly contributes to media outlets and advises public institutions on these issues.

Disciplines

Islam Studies Philosophy Theology

Topics

Comparative Studies Contemporary Islam Islamic Theology Muslim-Christian Dialogue Religious Pluralism Theology of Religions

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Interreligious Dialogue Assisted by Artificial Intelligence

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