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In Memoriam: John L. Esposito (1940-2026)
The scholar of Islam John L. Esposito passed away on 15 July 2026 in Philadelphia, at the age of 86. A leading figure in the study of Islam and in the relationship between religion and international affairs...
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“Dialogue between Islam and Christianity”: Michel Younès in conversation with Chems-eddine Hafiz
On 4 July 2026, the Great Mosque of Paris released a new episode of “The Rector’s Podcast”: Chems-eddine Hafiz welcomes Michel Younès, General Coordinator of Pluriel and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at t...
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30/05/26
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Marseille: ICM Inaugurates the Chair of Theology in Dialogue with Islam under the Patronage of Christian de Chergé
On Saturday 30 May 2026, the Catholic Institute of the Mediterranean (ICM, Marseille) inaugurated the Chair of Theology in Dialogue with Islam, placed under the patronage of Christian de Chergé. The opening...
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22/06/26
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The dialogue between the Islam of the brotherhoods and Catholicism as a contribution to stability in Senegal, by Pierre-Marie Niang OP
The Kircher Network (Jesuit Higher Education in Europe and the Near East) is organising a webinar with Father Pierre-Marie Niang, a Senegalese Dominican, on the role of the dialogue between the Islam of the...
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Special issue “Islam and Interreligious Dialogue” in Laval théologique et philosophique
The journal Laval théologique et philosophique has just released, in its volume 82, issue 1 (2026), a special issue devoted to Islam and interreligious dialogue, coordinated by Guy-Raymond Sarkis (Saint Jos...
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12/05/26
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World religions: understanding, dialogue, action (online webinar, May 12, 2026)
Webinar organized by the Institute of Science and Theology of Religions (ISTR) of the Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP) and Theologicum Online, on Tuesday May 12, 2026, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM (Paris time), o...
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Conference “New proposals in interreligious studies” (Lyon, 22 April 2026)
On Wednesday 22 April 2026, from 5 to 6 p.m., the Faculty of Theology at UCLy (Catholic University of Lyon) will host a session devoted to new proposals in interreligious studies. The meeting will feature t...
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Michel Younès: “Shedding academic light on societal issues is one of Pluriel’s core missions”
Interview. On the occasion of the publication of L’islam et les musulmans. Doctrines, écoles et tendances actuelles (Cerf, 2026), Michel Younès, Professor of Theology at the Université catholique de Lyon an...
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to 08/06/26 to 09/06/26
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Conference “The Theology of Religions Reinventing and Transforming Itself” (Paris, 8–9 June 2026)
Faced with growing religious diversity and the transformations of the contemporary world, how should we rethink the theology of religions today? On 8 and 9 June 2026, the Faculty of Theology of the Institut...
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Christian–Muslim Dialogue in Focus: symposium of the Higher Education for Social Transformation research group in Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria. From October 29–31, 2024, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Innsbruck hosted the Kircher Network’s Higher Education for Social Transformation (HEST) workshop on Christia...
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100 Years of the PISAI: Call for Papers for the International Congress in Rome, 11–12 December 2026
PISAI, Rome. The year 2026 marks the centenary of the foundation of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI), a training, study, and research institute dedicated to religious dialogue...
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Call for Papers: The Abu Dhabi Declaration and New Forms of Citizenship
Call for Papers. The Research Center on Religions, Law and Economies in the Mediterranean Area (REDESM) at the University of Insubria, in collaboration with the Pluriel network and the Anawati Chair at the ...
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Call for Papers — “Of Priests and Sufis: Revisiting Catholic Scholarship on Islamic Mysticism” (IDEO, Cairo, 6–7 June 2026)
International conference at the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO), Cairo, 6–7 June 2026, within the MSCA Horizon Europe project SEMENSUF – Seminal Sufism in Motion. Coordinated by the Catholic...
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07/05/25
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Webinar. An Anglican Perspective on Interfaith Marriages in England
As part of the Kircher Online Lectures, a public webinar will be held on Tuesday, May 7th at 4 PM (Central European Time). Entitled “Intimate Diversity: An Anglican perspective on interfaith marriage ...
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01/04/25
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The Abu Dhabi Declaration on Human Fraternity: A Counter-Model for Interreligious Dialogue?
Lyon, France. On Tuesday, April 1st 2025 at 6:30 PM, the Catholic University of Lyon welcomes Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers, for a conference entitled “The Abu Dhabi Declaration on H...
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14/02/25
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Marian devotion in Christianity and Islam
On Friday, February 14, 2025, from 10 AM to 6 PM, the Catholic Institute of Paris is hosting a study day dedicated to Mary, a figure shared between Christians and Muslims. In a world where interfaith dialog...
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Diego Sarrió Cucarella, member of Pluriel and specialist in Islamic-Christian dialogue, appointed bishop in Algeria
Saturday, January 25, 2025. Pope Francis has appointed Father Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella as the new bishop of the Diocese of Laghouat-Ghardaïa in Algeria on January 25, 2025. President of the Pontifical I...
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Three contributions by Laurent Basanese in Pro Dialogo 2024/3
The latest issue of Pro Dialogo, the annual journal of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (Holy See), features three contributions signed Laurent Basanese, Head of Office at the Dicastery and profess...
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NEWS
Relations with Islam: Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot has passed away
Official. Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, passed away on November 25, 2024, at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome at the age of 72, the Dicastery announce...
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13/11/24
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Online seminar “Religions and prostitution. The voices of women”
Seminar presented and moderated by Alessandro Ferrari, University of Insubria, Wednesday 13 November 2024, 11 am, Sant’Abbondio Cloister (room S.2.6) in Como and via videoconference. Speakers GRAZIA V...
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25/09/24
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Conference “Christian Thought, Muslim Thought, and Societal Issues” with Michel Younès and Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Launch event for the “Theologies in Dialogue” chair on the theme “Christian thought, Muslim thought and societal issues” on Wednesday, September 25 at 6:30 PM at the Carnot campus of...
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to 15/07/25 to 23/07/25
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Cairo: Registration Open for 2025 Summer School “Citizenship and Religious Pluralism”
As part of the Anawati Chair “Combating Religious Extremism through Interfaith Dialogue”, the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo, in partnership with the University of Insubria (V...
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30/06/24
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European Student Study Week on Islamic-Christian Relations “Bridging Intercultural Societies for Peace in Turbulent Times”
From June 30 to July 6, 2024 in Granada, Spain. Registration form: https://tinyurl.com/499znx4n Information : Maryam Ballout (assistanthest1.k...
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03/05/24
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Study day “The emergence of Islam in a Christian context” in Lyon
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10/01/24
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Panel: 5 years of the “Document on the Fraternity of All People”: Opportunities, limits and perspectives for a religiously plural world
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Michel Younès: “An absolutist reading of the Koran sometimes reflects on the Christian way of understanding Muslims”.
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26/10/23
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Christian Theological Engagement with Islam: a Study Day at PISAI
This hybrid event seeks to promote Christian theological reflection on Islam by offering opportunity for discussion of some of the many essays in this field recently published in the 2022 volume of PISAI’s ...
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Abu Dhabi Congress: cultural visits
Cultural visits are included in the congress programme. Al Ain Also called “The Spring” or the “Garden City” thanks to the oases that refresh it, Al Ain is the fourth largest city in...
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4-7 February 2024: “Islam and Fraternity” Congress in Abu Dhabi
The entire congress is simultaneously translated into French, English and Arabic.
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27/10/23
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27 October 2023 at 3pm: “The challenges of universal fraternity” webinar
The webinar, designed as an introduction to the conference theme, can be accessed via Zoom with simultaneous translation in French, English and Arabic.
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Rome / Opening of the Forum of the Center for interreligious studies
The Centre for Interreligious Studies of the Pontifical Gregorian University, directed by Ambrogio Bongiovanni, is offering a programme of public lectures organised along two lines: Christianity and As...
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to 02/02/24 to 06/02/24
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Islam & fraternity – 4th PLURIEL international congress
From February 2nd to 6th, in Abu Dhabi. In partnership with TRENDS Research and Advisory. The congress theme will be : Islam et fraternité : impact et perspectives du Document sur la fraternité humaine Intr...
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Photo report: exploring the Lebanese religious diversity
Muslim diversity, Christian diversity: the program of the PLURIEL congress in Beirut from May 23 to 28 included many meetings to discover the religious plurality of Lebanon. Raphaël Georgy/Pluriel
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DEADLINE : 23/01/23
CALL FOR PAPER
Islam and Fraternity – Call for paper for the 4th PLURIEL congress
Scheduled to take place from 2 to 6 February 2024 in Abu Dhabi, in partnership with TRENDS Research and Advisory, PLURIEL’s 4th International Congress will focus on : Islam and fraternity: impact and ...
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Se Comprendre (1956-2013) available online
PISAI is pleased to announce the online publication of the complete collection of Se Comprendre, a bulletin launched by the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) in France in 1956. The bulletin had the ini...
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Andrea Mandonico awarded for his book on Charles de Foucauld
The book ““Mio Dio, come sei buono. La vita e il messaggio di Charles de Foucauld” by Father Andrea Mandonico wins the Ambassadors to the Holy See Literary Award 2021 This literary prize, born in 2019...
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to 02/12/21 to 03/12/21
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International conference “Religion, State, and Law”
Les 2 et 3 décembre 2021, l’Université de Graz accueille le colloque international “Religion, État et droit : Défis nationaux, transnationaux et internationaux”. Il est organisée par la Fa...
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DEADLINE : 01/11/21
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[Postponed] IFCU Symposium / Preparing for the COVID-19 World
Postponed to an unspecified date Symposium organized by the International federation of catholic Universities.–> Postponed to an unspecified date. The covid 19 pandemic has been a major crisis of w...
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06/05/21
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REPLAY / The Visit of Pope Francis to Iraq : Its Significance for Religious Relations
Videoconference organised by the Berkeley Center for Religions, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University. May 6, from 12pm to 1.30pm EST (6pm to 7.30 pm Paris Time) Watch replay : https://berkleycente...
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Conversaciones transformadoras. Una metodología para el diálogo islamo-cristiano en el campo del pensamiento social religioso
Inaugural Speech of the Academic year at the Faculty of Theology of Granada, Spain
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For a new Mediterranean. Space for dialogue and prophecies of peace
Following the research work on the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Common Coexistence signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmad al-Tayyeb in Abu Dhabi on 4 February 2019, ...
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HIWAR – Building bridges with Islam (Madrid)
Project HIWAR was conceived on the grounds of a group of researchers from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas that had the committed dedication to converse, get closer to and build bridges with Islam. Makin...
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The document on Human Fraternity: theological, philosophical and social reflections and developments (Rome)
Study on the theme of fraternity from the Abu Dhabi Document on HUMAN FRATERNITY FOR WORLD PEACE AND LIVING TOGETHETR, signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar on February 4, 2019
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HEST Cluster: Christian-Muslim Relations (Europe)
Higher Education for Social Transformation (HEST) programme aims to bring Higher Education institutions and Social Centres of the Society of Jesus in Europe together so that they can contribute to the real ...
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Islam and society in contemporary Spain (Granada)
Because the presence of Muslim communities in Spain is relatively recent, and because there is not a long tradition of theological study of Islam, we want to start our dialogue with the Islamic tradition by...
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Dirk Ansorge
Professeur en théologie dogmatique
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Charbel Attallah
Docteur en sciences des religions (EPHE), directeur de l’axe « Islam » à l’ISTR de l’Institut catholique de Paris
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Jean-Marc Balhan
Guest lecturer at the Centre Sèvres, Priest in Ankara
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Laurent Basanese
Chef de bureau au Dicastère pour le Dialogue Interreligieux (Saint-Siège) et professeur à l’Université pontificale grégorienne de Rome
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Jean-Claude Basset
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Beate Bengard
Professeure associée en théologie systématique à la Faculté de théologie autonome de l’Université de Genève
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Pascale Blua
Doctorante en Théologie à Domuni Universitas
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Ambrogio Bongiovanni
Directeur du Centre d’études interreligieuses de l’Université pontificale grégorienne
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Anna Canton
Docteure en études islamiques, arabes et iraniennes (Université Sapienza et PISAI, Rome)
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Antonio Navarro Carmona
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Rémi Caucanas
Chercheur associé à l’IREMAM, enseignant en histoire des relations islamo-chrétiennes à l’Université Saint-Paul, Ottawa,
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Bénédicte Du Chaffaut
Chercheur au Centre d’Études des Cultures et des Religions de l’Université catholique de Lyon
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Valentino Cottini
Islamologue, ancien doyen et professeur du PISAI (Rome), ancien directeur de la revue Islamochristiana ; chanoine de la cathédrale de Vérone
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Diego Sarrió Cucarella
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Salim Daccache
Recteur de l’Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth, Docteur en lettres et philosophie et en sciences de l’éducation.
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José Luis Llaquet de Entrambasaguas
Professeur titulaire de droit ecclésiastique de l’État, Université Loyola Andalousie
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John L. Esposito
Professeur de religion et affaires internationales et d’islamologie
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Jean Patrick Nkolo Fanga
Théologien pratique, directeur de l’Institut œcuménique de théologie Al Mowafaqa (Rabat), spécialiste du ministère pastoral, de l’homilétique et de la gouvernance ecclésiale en Afrique
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Jaume Flaquer Garcia
Professeur de dialogue interreligieux, théologie des religions et islamologie
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Hicham Abdel Gawad
Docteur en sciences des religions, écrivain et formateur aux faits religieux en société
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Nour Farra Haddad
Chargée de cours en anthropologie religieuse et chercheuse à l’Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
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Anna Hager
Chercheuse à l’Institut d’études orientales de l’université de Vienne.
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Renee Hattar
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Damian Howard
Prêtre jésuite, spécialiste des relations islamo-chrétiennes ; Honorary Fellow, Campion Hall (Oxford)
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Florence Javel
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Rafael Vázquez Jiménez
Professeur de théologie dogmatique, œcuménisme et dialogue interreligieux
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Pierre Lacoste
Pastor of the Free Church of Pessac (Bordeaux)
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Benjamin Latouche
Prêtre catholique et chercheur, membre du laboratoire d’islamologie du Centre d’études des cultures et des religions (CECR) de l’Université catholique de Lyon
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Pierre-Olivier Léchot
Professeur d’histoire du christianisme à l’époque moderne à la Faculté protestante de théologie à Paris
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Romain Louge
Prêtre du diocèse de Marseille, docteur en théologie de l’Université catholique de Lyon
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Stefano Luca
Professeur invité en islamologie et missiologie au Studio Teologico Interprovinciale Laurentianum à Venise
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Ignace Ndongala Maduku
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Andrea Mandonico
Professeur invité au Centre d’études inter-religieuses de l’Université pontificale grégorienne
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Carmen Marquez
Professeure de théologie (dogmatique et fondamentale), Universidad Pontificia Comillas ; experte en œcuménisme et dialogue interreligieux
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David Marshall
Chercheur en études coraniques, éditeur invité de la revue Islamochristiana (PISAI)
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Anja Middelbeck-Varwick
Professeure de théologie des religions et de sciences des religions, Département de théologie catholique, Université Goethe de Francfort-sur-le-Main
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Adnane Mokrani
Professeur agrégé à l’Université pontificale grégorienne (Rome), chercheur membre de la Fondation Jean XXIII pour les études religieuses (FSCIRE)
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Claudio Monge
Directeur du DoStI, Centre d’Etudes Dominicains d’Istanbul
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Jad Moufarrej
Doctorant en théologie comparative à l’Université catholique de Lyon, chargé de mission au CECR
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François Ndzana
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Jean-Jacques Pérennès
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Emmanuel Pisani
Directeur de l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales (IDEO, Le Caire)
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Michaela Quast-Neulinger
Professeure de théologie fondamentale et d’études religieuses à la faculté de théologie catholique d’Innsbruck
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Hélène Rey
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Gabriel Said Reynolds
Professeur en théologie et islamologie
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Raja Sakrani
Jurist and Reserach coordinator
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Almudena Soler Sánchez
Docteure en dialogue interreligieux, faculté de théologie de l’Université Loyola (Grenade)
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Guy-Raymond Sarkis
Enseignant-chercheur à l’Université Saint-Joseph et à l’Université La Sagesse au Liban
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Hansjörg Schmid
Directeur du Centre suisse “Islam et société”
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Piotr Sękowski
Chercheur en études arabes et islamiques à l’Institut pontifical d’études arabes et d’islamologie (PISAI) de Rome
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Virgilio Sottana
Professeur de théologie systématique et théologie des religions
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Tobias Specker
Professeur adjoint pour la “Théologie catholique à la lumière de l’Islam” à Francfort
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Federico Stella
Chercheur en philosophie islamique et en histoire des relations islamo-chrétiennes (Université de Naples L’Orientale ; Université pontificale grégorienne)
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Nayla Tabbara
Présidente de la Fondation Adyan, professeur en Sciences des Religions et Etudes Islamiques
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Davide Tacchini
Chercheur au Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Iéna) ; professeur adjoint de langue et littérature arabes (Université de Parme)
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Roula Talhouk
Directrice de l’Institut d’études islamo-chrétiennes, Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth. Professeur en théologie et anthropologie religieuse.
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Erwin Tanner
Director of Missio Switzerland (Director of the Pontifical Missionary Works in Switzerland)
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Leïla Tauil
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Gonzalo Villagrán
Professeur d’éthique sociale chrétienne à l’Universidad Loyola ; adjoint du président de la Conférence des provinciaux jésuites d’Europe (Bruxelles)
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Anne-Sophie Vivier-Muresan
Doyenne du Theologicum (Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses), Institut catholique de Paris ; théologienne et anthropologue
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Jason Welle
Professeur assistant de théologie comparée à Boston College.
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Michel Younès
Professeur en théologie et islamologie
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Kenneth Cragg and the Event of the Qur’an
- Timo Güzelmansur
Article by Timo Güzelmansur published under the title Kenneth Cragg und das Ereignis des Koran on the theological portal feinschwarz.net (12 June 2026, open access). Timo Güzelmansur presents the Anglican t...
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Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas and the Pluriel working group on AI-assisted interreligious dialogue
- Wael Saleh
Text by Wael Saleh, researcher at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and member of the Pluriel coordination committee. The simultaneous appearance of Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, ...
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The Recognition of a Hummingbird. Essays on Interreligious Dialogue and Missionary Work (2007-2025)
- Rémi Caucanas
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From Lavigerie to PISAI: The Institutional History of the Missionaries of Africa’s Engagement with Islam
Delivered on 21 May 2026 at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome, this lecture opens the series of conferences marking the institute’s centenary (1926-2026). Fr. Mou...
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Interreligious Dialogue and Ethnic Nationalisms in the Balkans
At the invitation of PISAI (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome) and Georgetown University, Ahmet Alibašić, professor of Islamic civilization at the Faculty of Islamic Studies in Saraj...
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For a Christian Theology of Religions
- Michel Younès
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Intercultural Theology
- Jean Patrick Nkolo Fanga
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Bells and Muezzin in Harmony: Dialogue with Islam as a Spiritual Responsibility
- Timo Güzelmansur
Article by Timo Güzelmansur published under the title Glocken und Muezzin im Einklang. Der Dialog mit dem Islam als geistliche Verantwortung in Herder Korrespondenz (special issue devoted to Pope Leo XIV, 1...
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Maurice Borrmans and the Crisis of Christian-Muslim Dialogue. Islamic studies in Question?
- Florence Javel
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Opening address of the Cordoba congress
- Michel Younès
On Tuesday 10 February 2026 in Cordoba, Michel Younès, general coordinator of Pluriel and dean of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), delivered the opening address of the plat...
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Maurice Borrmans (1925-2017), an Islamologist Defending Christian-Muslim Dialogue
- Florence Javel
On 19 February 2026, in the Maurice Borrmans Library of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome, Florence Javel, who holds a PhD in theology from the Catholic University of L...
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Hospitality, power and interreligious dialogue in Naguib Mahfouz’s “Children of the Alley”
- Gabriel Khairallah
Paper presented at the fifth international congress of the University Platform for Research on Islam (Pluriel), held in Cordoba from 10 to 14 February 2026 on the theme “Ethics and Aesthetics in Islam...
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Diploma in Interreligious Studies
The Gregorian Center for Interreligious Studies offers, for the 2020/2021 academic year, a path in two semesters for the achievement of the Diploma in Interreligious Studies. It will be possible to deepen t...
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Study program “Islam and Christian-Muslim Encounters”
The Sankt Georgen University of Applied Sciences offers students of Catholic theology and philosophy as well as guest and second students an introduction to Islam with a view to Christian-Muslim encounters....
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Licenciate in Arabic Studies and Islamic Studies
The conviction which motivates PISAI is that the Christian task to meet face to face with Muslims should be based not solely on subjective good will but also on an objective, scientifically grounded knowled...
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Diploma in Arabic and Islamic Studies
Diploma obtained at the end of the first year of the Licence It offers students an in-depth study of the Arabic language, Islam Studies and data relating to Islamic-Christian dialogue. https://fr.pisai.it/f...
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University Certificate in Islamic-Christian Initial Culture
This course aims to identify the basic principles of Christian and Islamic beliefs and the means of expressing them, as well as the historical aspects and developments that these two religions have undergon...
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Bachelor in Islamic-Christian Studies
Given the growing importance of interfaith dialogue as an entry point for achieving peace and promoting the values of coexistence in many societies, particularly in Lebanon and the Arab world, the Institute...
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Certificate in Christian-Muslim Dialogue
People who have completed this training will be able to work in organisations that work for interreligious dialogue. They will be able to assist in the organisation of interreligious activities in cultural,...
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Master in Christian-Muslim relations
In September 2007, the Institute of Islamic-Christian Studies at Saint Joseph University in Beirut opened a “Master in Islamic-Christian Relations” in Arabic. In September 2011, this course is d...