Romain Louge
Born in 1985 in France, Romain Louge is a French Catholic priest, administrator of the Saint-Eugène d’Endoume parish in Marseille and holder of a doctorate in theology from the Catholic University of Lyon. A specialist in Christian-Muslim relations and Arabic theology, his research examines the influence of Christian theology on the development of the concept of tawḥīd in nascent kalām.
After training as an engineer at the ENSEA in Cergy, Romain Louge entered the seminary in 2008. He earned a canonical bachelor’s degree from the Catholic University of Lyon in 2014, then specialised in Arabic and Islamic studies. He studied Arabic at the POLIS Institute in Jerusalem (2014-2015) before obtaining a canonical licentiate from the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome in 2017.
Ordained a priest in 2015, he has carried out various ministries in the Archdiocese of Marseille while pursuing his research. On 17 March 2025, he defended his doctoral thesis at the Catholic University of Lyon, “L’apologétique arabe chrétienne à l’épreuve du kalām naissant” (Christian Arabic apologetics tested by nascent kalām), a study of the emergence of the concept of the Logos in early Arabic theology and of the influence of Christian theology on the development of tawḥīd in early kalām.
Romain Louge has presented his work at several international conferences, including the Symposium Syriacum in Paris (2022), the International Quranic Studies Association congress in San Antonio (2023), the Pluriel congress “Islam and Fraternity” in Abu Dhabi (2024) and the study day “The Emergence of Islam in a Christian Context” in Lyon (2024). He has also published translations and analyses of contemporary Arabic works on authority in Islam and takfīr.
Alongside his research, he teaches an introduction to Islam at the Catholic University of Lyon and lectures on Islam at the Catholic Institute of the Mediterranean in Marseille.
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The Influence of Christian Theology on the Development of Tawḥīd in Early Kalām
- Romain Louge
Abstract How did Christian theology, in turn, help shape the Muslim doctrine of divine oneness? Fr Romain Louge shows how the first Muslim theologians, the Muʿtazila in particular, developed their ...
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For a dialogical theological fraternity: a rereading of the Document on Human Fraternity in light of the earliest Arabic theological writings
- Romain Louge
From the 8th century onwards, the first theological writings were composed in Arabic, either in Christian communities or in Muslim communities. This communication aims, through the study of these e...
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The Apparition of the Concept of Person in the Beginning of Arabic Theology
- Romain Louge
Abstract How did the concept of “person”, central to Trinitarian theology, find its words in the emerging Arabic language? In this chapter, Fr Romain Louge studies the appearance of thi...
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