Theology of Religions
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to 19/10/26 to 21/10/26
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Interreligious Dialogue “Assisted by” and “in Dialogue with” Artificial Intelligence: Concepts, Approaches and Challenges
From Monday 19 to Wednesday 21 October 2026, the Pluriel research group “Interreligious Dialogue Assisted by Artificial Intelligence” and TRENDS Global, together with the Université de Montréal ...
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17/02/27
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“The Pride of the Demiurge and the Column of Light”: Two Gnostic-Manichaean Themes in Ismaili Shi’ism, by Daniel de Smet
As part of the “Theologies in Dialogue” chair (2026-2027 programme) at the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), co-directed by Michel Younès and Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Daniel de Smet, research...
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01/09/26
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“Christianity, Islam, and Gnosis”
As part of its “Theologies in Dialogue” chair (2026-2027 programme), the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy) offers the seminar “Christianity, Islam, and Gnosis”, led by Michel Younès...
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01/09/26
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“The World and Its Salvation”: Christian and Muslim approaches in dialogue
As part of its “Theologies in Dialogue” chair (2026-2027 programme), the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy) offers the course “The World and Its Salvation: Christian and Muslim approaches ...
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CALL FOR PAPER
Mediterranean, Religions and Societies Chair: call for applications for 2026-2027
The Mediterranean, Religions and Societies Chair, jointly established by the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome and the Institut français Centre Saint-Louis (IFCSL), has ope...
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to 11/12/26 to 12/12/26
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100 Years of PISAI: A Century Between Mission and Formation
On 11-12 December 2026, the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome hosts the international conference marking the centenary of PISAI (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies). Under the title &...
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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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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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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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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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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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Comparative Theology Europe (CTE) Conference on “The Special Relationships of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as a Challenge for Comparative Theology”
In the American context, most comparative theologians developed their field of research out of the encounter of Christianity and the Eastern religions. In centers of comparative theology in Europe, for exam...
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International Meeting on Comparative Theology “Religion and Temporality” 2024
From August 29 to 30, 2024, the next IMoC conference will be held in Bonn on the theme “Religion and Temporality”. The call for papers is open until April 30 and is addressed to both doctoral st...
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07/07/24
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Tenth anniversary of the chair “Catholic Theology in the face of Islam” at the Sankt Georgen PTH College (Frankfurt)
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Emmanuel Pisani: “The thought of al-Ghazali provides a basis for freedom of conscience”
Interview. On the occasion of the publication of his thesis about Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, which won the Mohamed Arkoun Prize in 2016, Emmanuel Pisani, director of the Dominican Institute of Oriental Studies i...
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An HDR on “Christian approaches to Islam
On 16 September, Mr Michel Younès defended his Habilitation to direct research at the École pratique des hautes études. The title of his work was: "Christian approaches to Islam".
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Interreligious Dialogue Assisted by Artificial Intelligence
This group aims to build a lasting scholarly dynamic, bringing together researchers in the humanities and social sciences, AI specialists, theologians and actors engaged in interreligious dialogue. Its purp...
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Theological perception of the other and cross-views in a plural religious context (Beirut) [closed]
Comparative study of university curricula on religious pluralism and dialogue in Lebanon
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Eissa Ali AlMannaei
Researcher in Artificial Intelligence at TRENDS Research & Advisory (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
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Alberto Fabio Ambrosio
Théologien et historien des religions, spécialiste du soufisme
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Jean-Claude Angoula
Prêtre spiritain ; enseignant au Theologicum (Institut catholique de Paris) ; directeur de la revue Spiritus
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Dirk Ansorge
Professeur en théologie dogmatique
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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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Antonio Navarro Carmona
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Malek Chaïeb
Chercheur associé au CECR
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Thierry-Marie Courau
Professeur et doyen honoraire du Theologicum, Institut catholique de Paris
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Issa Diab
Professeur en études sémitiques
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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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Raphaël Georgy
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Florence Javel
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Toni Kahwaji
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Ahmed Kaza
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Gabriel Khairallah
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Mariangela Laviano
Professeur adjoint à l’Institut pontifical d’études arabes et islamiques (PISAI, Rome) et professeur adjoint à l’Université pontificale du Latran (PUL, Rome)
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Ignace Ndongala Maduku
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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
Director of the Dominican Study Institute in Istanbul (DoSt-İ)
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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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Zeyyad Saleh
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Wasim Salman
Professeur de pensée arabo-islamique contemporaine à l’Institut pontifical d’études arabes et islamiques (PISAI)
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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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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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Nayla Tabbara
Présidente de la Fondation Adyan, professeur en Sciences des Religions et Etudes Islamiques
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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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Christian Troll
Professeur de théologie honoraire
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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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Michel Younès
Professeur en théologie et islamologie
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Islamic Visions of Jesus: Revelation, Prophecy, and Eschatology
- Antonio Cuciniello
Abstract Published in the collective volume Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of the Past and Future of Jerusalem, edited by Emma O’Donnell Polyakov (Bloomsbur...
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Questions on Islamic Soteriology in Early Islam
- Jaume Flaquer Garcia
Abstract Published under the original title “Cuestiones sobre la soteriología islámica en el islam primitivo” in the collective volume Riesgos y fidelidades. Miradas teológicas para un mundo plu...
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The Uncreated Muslim Qur’an and the Eternally Begotten Christian Logos
- Jaume Flaquer Garcia
Abstract Published under the original title “El Corán musulmán increado y el Logos cristiano eternamente engendrado” in the monographic section Logos, Agape, Sarx. Una dialógica cristiana of iss...
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The First Council of Nicaea (325) and the Christian-Muslim Dialogue on God’s Unity and Trinity
- Dirk Ansorge
Abstract Published under the original title “Das erste Konzil von Nizäa (325) und der christlich-muslimische Dialog über Gottes Einheit und Dreifaltigkeit” in issue 2/2025 of CIBEDO-Beiträge, th...
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Christian-Muslim Relations Today: Some Reflections
- David Marshall
Abstract Published as “Christian-Muslim Relations Today: Some Reflections” in a special issue of The Muslim World marking the 50th anniversary of the Duncan Black Macdonald Center (Hartford), th...
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Islamic Lessons for Christians
- Gabriel Said Reynolds
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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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The Word of God and the Qur’an: On the Reflections of Claude Geffré
- Tobias Specker
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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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Bachelor in comparative theology of religions
Dealing with religions and their claims to truth is more urgent today than ever. A peaceful coexistence of the religions will only become a reality if the religions are taken seriously in their validity cla...
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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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Canonical Licence in Theology, specialising in Religions, Dialogue and Mission
This course of study aims to provide the basis for applied theological research, the foundations and tools for theological reflection on mission, religions and dialogue, with a first experience of the encou...