Klaus von Stosch
Since 1 October 2021, Klaus Von Stosch has been a professor at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Bonn, where he holds the “Schlegel” Chair of Excellence for “systematic theology with a special focus on societal challenges”.
Stosch studied Catholic theology from 1991 to 1997 at the University of Bonn and the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. In 2001, he completed his doctorate in dogmatics with Karl-Heinz Menke. In 2005, he completed his habilitation with Jürgen Werbick at the University of Münster for fundamental theology. Since the winter semester 2008/2009 Stosch has been professor for systematic theology and didactics at the University of Paderborn. Stosch played a central role in founding the Centre for Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies at the University of Paderborn, which he has been directing from 2009 to 2021.
Research stays have taken von Stosch to the Center for the Study of World Religions at the US Harvard Divinity School and the University of Religions and Denominations in Qom, Iran .
In 2009, he was awarded the Research Prize of the University of Paderborn for his project “Islam in Germany – Intercultural and Interreligious Discourse in Literature” (with Prof. Dr. Michael Hofman).
Resources of this researcher
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Theology of Prophecy in Dialogue: A Jewish-Christian-Muslim Encounter
- Klaus von Stosch
- Zishan Ahmad Ghaffar
Edited by Zishan Ghaffar (University of Paderborn) and Klaus von Stosch, professor of systematic theology at the University of Bonn and member of the coordination committee of Pluriel, this collect...
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Can Christians Learn from Qur’anic Christology? Leo Lefebure’s Theology of Judaism and Islam
- Klaus von Stosch
Published in Publié dans Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter “Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter” underscores the urgency of int...
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Syriac Theology: Past and Present
- Klaus von Stosch
“This volume takes us back to the roots of Christianity and exemplifies the significance of Syriac Theology for our time. Bringing together articles by scholars from diverse disciplines, this...
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Normativity of Holy Scriptures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
- Klaus von Stosch
- Zishan Ahmad Ghaffar
In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the orientation towards “holy texts” is central. While in the past it was undisputed that these texts could be understood as directly given by God an...
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Prophetess – Virgin – Mother. Mary in the Koran
- Muna Tatari
- Klaus von Stosch
Mary – Bridge Figure between Christianity and Islam An entire sura bears her name. She is the only woman the Koran mentions by name – more often than Muhammad or Jesus. Until today, the...
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Christianity and Islam: theologians in dialogue
- Michel Younès
- Adnane Mokrani
- Maurice Borrmans
- Klaus von Stosch
Cahiers de la Revue théologique de Louvain N°45 co-edited by Michel Younès and André Wénin. This book initiates a dialogue between Christian and Muslim theologians on how the former view Islam and ...
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The other prophet: Jesus in the Quran
- Klaus von Stosch
- Mouhanad Khorchide
Jesus is considered in Islam as one of the most important prophets, and in the Koran as a divine sign. Yet his place in Islam is not the same as in Christianity. In their unique book, Mouhanad Khor...
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Trinity
- Klaus von Stosch
Klaus von Stosch offers, among other things, an overview of the biblical, dogmatic and theological-historical foundations of the central question of the triune God. At the same time, he introduces ...
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The Challenge of Islam. Christian Approaches
- Klaus von Stosch
Does Islam belong to Europe? How should the West relate to Islam? Not only the West, but also Christian theology has difficulties with Islam. It wavers between a purely religious view from the outs...
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Violence in the Holy Scriptures of Islam and Christianity
- Hamideh Mohagheghi
- Klaus von Stosch
Dans les débats sociaux et politiques, il est souvent question d’une relation directe entre la religion et la violence, qui vise à désigner la religion comme cause de la violence. Les sources des r...
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The Foundations of Arabic Grammatical Theory
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Revival and Dynamics of Islamic Studies in Europe
- Michel Younès
- Emmanuel Pisani
- Cédric Baylocq
- Zohra Aziadé Zemirli
- Michele Brignone
- Haoues Seniguer
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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
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In search of a comparative Christian social thought. A methodological proposal
- Gonzalo Villagrán
The article "In search of a comparative Christian social thought" aims to propose a methodology for developing a comparative Christian social thought. To do this, it explores two sources of inspira...
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What does the reformation of religion mean?
Lecture given by Mohamed El Haddad as part of the Anawati Chair at the Dominican Institute of Oriental Studies in Cairo. Summary Plural Mohamed El Haddad presents his conception of religious re...
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Can Christians Learn from Qur’anic Christology? Leo Lefebure’s Theology of Judaism and Islam
- Klaus von Stosch
Published in Publié dans Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter “Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter” underscores the urgency of int...
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Jesus in Recent Qur’an Translations | The Jesus of the Qur’an vs. the Jesus of the New Testament
- Gabriel Said Reynolds
In this video, Gabriel Said Reynolds discusses the presentation of Jesus in the Qur'an and how it is interpreted and rendered in English by recent translations of the Qur'an. I show that recent tra...
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From the Declaration “Nostra Aetate” to the Document of Abu Dhabi: Reexamining a Historical and Theological Trajectory in the Catholic Approach to Islamic-Christian Dialogue
- Jean-Jacques Pérennès
Jean Jacques Pérennès, former director of the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, proposes a re-examination of the Catholic approach to Islamic-Christian dialogue, from the Nost...