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The Recognition of a Hummingbird. Essays on Interreligious Dialogue and Missionary Work (2007-2025)
Published in May 2026 by PISAI (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome), this collection brings together the essays of Rémi Caucanas on interreligious dialogue and missionary work, written between 2007 and 2025. Its French title, La reconnaissance d’un colibri, alludes to the well-known fable of the bird that carries its single drop of water to help put out a fire, setting the tone for an intellectual journey marked by a modest yet tenacious commitment to dialogue.
The volume spans more than fifteen years of reflection: historical approaches to mission, theological readings of dialogue, field testimonies, and analyses of the institutional dynamics of PISAI and of the Church in Muslim contexts. It joins the French-language corpus on Christian-Muslim dialogue and offers, in its overall coherence, both a personal testimony and a working tool for students and researchers.
Rémi Caucanas, a speaker at the 2026 Pluriel Congress in Cordoba, is a familiar figure in the network.
Publié en mai 2026 au PISAI (Rome), ce recueil rassemble les essais de Rémi Caucanas sur le dialogue interreligieux et l’œuvre missionnaire, écrits entre 2007 et 2025. Le titre La reconnaissance d’un colibri — référence à la fable bien connue de l’oiseau qui apporte sa goutte d’eau pour éteindre l’incendie — donne le ton d’un parcours intellectuel placé sous le signe de l’engagement modeste mais tenace en faveur du dialogue.
Le volume couvre plus de quinze années de réflexion : approches historiques de la mission, lectures théologiques du dialogue, témoignages de terrain, analyses des dynamiques institutionnelles du PISAI et de l’Église en contexte musulman. Il rejoint le corpus francophone sur le dialogue islamo-chrétien et offre, dans sa cohérence d’ensemble, un témoignage personnel doublé d’un instrument de travail pour les étudiants et les chercheurs.
Rémi Caucanas, intervenant au Congrès Pluriel de Cordoue 2026, est une figure familière du réseau.
صدر هذا الكتاب في أيار/مايو 2026 عن المعهد الحبري للدراسات العربية والإسلامية (PISAI) في روما، ويضمّ مقالات الباحث ريمي كوكاناس حول الحوار بين الأديان والعمل الإرسالي، المكتوبة بين عامَي 2007 و2025. ويستعير عنوانه، « اعترافُ طائرٍ طنّان »، من الحكاية الشهيرة عن الطائر الذي يحمل قطرة الماء الوحيدة إسهامًا في إطفاء الحريق، ليعطي نبرةَ مسارٍ فكري موسومٍ بالتزامٍ متواضعٍ لكنه دؤوب لصالح الحوار.
La reconnaissance d’un colibri. Essais sur le dialogue interreligieux et l’œuvre missionnaire (2007-2025) (PISAI, 2026)
يغطّي المجلَّد أكثر من خمسة عشر عامًا من التأمّل: مقارباتٌ تاريخية للإرسالية، وقراءاتٌ لاهوتية للحوار، وشهاداتٌ ميدانية، وتحليلاتٌ للديناميات المؤسسية لـ PISAI وللكنيسة في السياقات الإسلامية. وهو ينضمّ إلى المدوّنة الفرنكوفونية حول الحوار الإسلامي المسيحي، ويقدّم في تماسكه العام شهادةً شخصية وأداةَ عملٍ للطلبة والباحثين في آنٍ واحد.
شارك ريمي كوكاناس في مؤتمر « المنصة » في قرطبة عام 2026، وهو وجهٌ مألوفٌ في الشبكة.
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