to 08/06/22 to 10/06/22

AGENDA

Session “Reading the Qur’an Today”

Training session organised by the Institute of Science and Theology of Religions (ISTR), Institut catholique de Paris, from 8 to 10 June 2022. The publication of Le Coran des historiens is a major editorial...

to 16/09/21 to 18/09/21

AGENDA

International conference “The itinerant prophets. Rewritings, appropriations and metamorphoses of prophetic figures in Islamic sources”

At Institut du Monde Arabe and Sorbonne Université, Paris Bringing together scholars of Islam studies, literature and history, ‘The Itinerant Prophets’ aims to shed new light on the place prophe...

DEADLINE : 26/03/21

CALL FOR PAPER

Itinerant Prophets

The International Colloquium « Itinerant Prophets – Rewritings, Appropriations and Metamorphoses of Prophetic Figures in the Religious, Literary and Historiographical Texts of Pre-modern Islam » will take p...

Religion and temporality (Bonn, Germany)

Religion and temporality intersect in profound ways, shaping individuals, societies, and the course of history. From the cyclical rhythms of ritual and sacred time to the eschatological visions of the futur...

Religion – Violence – Communication – World Order (Innsbruck)

RGKW (Religion-Gewalt-Kommunikation-Weltordnung) is an interdisciplinary centre of research based at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (Innsbruck). It conducts fundamental research in the field of religion-c...

Theology of Prophecy in Dialogue (Bonn) (closed)

Research group of the University of Paderborn. The Qur’anic approach to prophecy challenges Jewish and Christian perspectives for a variety of reasons. The Qur’an seems to have some concrete features of pr...

article

The Genre of the Mawlid Narrative in the mid-12th h./18th Century as Exemplified by al-Barzanjī

• Antonio Cuciniello

Among the works of Arabic literature concerning the genre of Mawlid, certainly al-Barzanjī’s Mawlid is a text that has achieved great popularity and spread to large parts of the Islamic world. Indeed, empha...

videos

The History of the Quran according to Muslim Sources

• Gabriel Said Reynolds

Professors Shady Nasser from Harvard and Gabriel Reynolds from the University of Notre Dame explore the history of the revelation and compilation of the Quran according to traditional Muslim sources. They d...

publication

The sealing of prophethood in Islam

• Youssouf Sangare

publication

Prophetess – Virgin – Mother. Mary in the Koran

• Muna Tatari
• Klaus von Stosch

article

The Khatim an-Nabiyyin (The Seal of the Prophets) and Its Inclusive Abrahamic Perspective: Muhammad and ‘Isa ibn Maryam in Dialogue

• Marco Demichelis

Abstract “Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men; he is God’s messenger and the Seal of the Prophets: God knows everything.” (33:40). The deconstruction of the concept of “the Seal of the Prophet...

article

Joseph in the Qur’ān, a prophetic narrative. Incidents and specific language

• Antonio Cuciniello

Abstract The object of the essay is prophecy in the Qur’ān, through the stories of the prophets and the language they use. Specifically, the Qur’ānic narrative and Joseph’s speeches have been systematically...

publication

Is God a Lawgiver? Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Ius divinum

• Timo Güzelmansur
• Tobias Specker

article

The birth of the prophet Muhammad : thematic and literary approach to traditional texts

• Samir Arbache

Original title : “La naissance du prophète Muhammad – Approche thématique et littéraire des textes traditionnels” Abstract Our approach of the texts surrounding the birth and childhood of ...

publication

The other prophet: Jesus in the Quran

• Klaus von Stosch
• Mouhanad Khorchide

article

Ashura in sunnite mirrors, confused borders between joy and sadness

• Adnane Mokrani

SUMMARY: This article analyzes the Sunnite views of ‘Āshūrā’ and the assassination/martyrdom of al–Ḥusayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muḥammad. It is not an exhaustive work; it is rather selective, searchi...

publication

Did Jesus announce the coming of Muhammad?

• Timo Güzelmansur