François Ndzana
Born in 1982 in Efoulan (Yaoundé), François Ndzana is a senior lecturer and dean of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Central Africa (UCAC), in Yaoundé. A priest of the diocese of Ebolowa, he holds a canonical bachelor’s degree in philosophy (2005), a bachelor’s in theology (2010), a master’s in moral theology (2012), a master’s in social enterprise management obtained in Rome (2015) and a doctorate in moral theology focused on economic ethics, defended at the Angelicum in Rome (2016).
His work addresses economic ethics, business ethics, consumer responsibility and theology in the African context. He is notably the author of Théologie et développement: pour une dynamique africaine.
Appointed dean of the UCAC Faculty of Theology in December 2023, he is rapporteur of the “Christian Theology and Dialogues” group of the Master’s programme of the Al Mowafaqa Ecumenical Institute of Theology (IOTAM, Rabat).
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MIDÉO No. 41: The Literal Meaning between Christian Worlds and Muslim Worlds
- Jean Druel
- Emmanuel Pisani
Entitled after its thematic dossier The Literal Meaning between Christian Worlds and Muslim Worlds, issue 41 of the Mélanges de l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales (MIDÉO) address...
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Christian-Muslim Dialogue, an Opportunity for Africa
- Emmanuel Pisani
At a time when sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing profound socio-political change and the rise of religious radicalism, Christian-Muslim dialogue emerges as an essential requirement and a condition f...
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Islam Seen through the Work of Aziz al-Azmeh
- Wasim Salman
Abstract Published in Arabic in issue 50 (2024) of Islamochristiana (PISAI, released in April 2025), this essay by Wasim Salman, president of PISAI and director of the journal, examines the rela...
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Islamic Visions of Jesus: Revelation, Prophecy, and Eschatology
- Antonio Cuciniello
Abstract Published in the collective volume Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of the Past and Future of Jerusalem, edited by Emma O'Donnell Polyakov (Blo...
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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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The First Council of Nicaea (325) and the Christian-Muslim Dialogue on God’s Unity and Trinity
- Dirk Ansorge
Abstract Published under the original title "Das erste Konzil von Nizäa (325) und der christlich-muslimische Dialog über Gottes Einheit und Dreifaltigkeit" in issue 2/2025 of CIBEDO-Beiträge, th...
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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...