{"id":34787,"date":"2026-06-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/rethinking-ecotheology-abrahamic-traditions-decentering-human\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:00:00","slug":"rethinking-ecotheology-abrahamic-traditions-decentering-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/en\/rethinking-ecotheology-abrahamic-traditions-decentering-human\/","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking Ecotheology in the Abrahamic Traditions: Decentering the Human"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Institut romand de syst\u00e9matique et d&#8217;\u00e9thique<\/em> (IRSE) of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Geneva is hosting a study day entitled <em>Decentering the Human: Rethinking Ecotheology in the Abrahamic Traditions<\/em>. Three papers bring the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions into conversation around the concepts of <em>\u1e2bal\u012bfa<\/em> and <em>taskh\u012br<\/em>, and put human exceptionalism to the test of contemporary ecotheology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>9:30 am \u2013 11:00 am: <strong>Saida Mirsadri<\/strong> (Geneva), &#8220;Broken Webs, Waning Bees: Destabilizing Human-Centrism in Keller and Jasarevi\u0107&#8221;<\/li><li>11:30 am \u2013 1:00 pm: <strong>Benjamin Kamine<\/strong> (New York), &#8220;The Language of Birds: Solomon&#8217;s Wisdom and the Challenge to Human Exceptionalism&#8221;<\/li><li>2:00 pm \u2013 3:30 pm: <strong>Christian Schlenker<\/strong> (Geneva), &#8220;Christ the Worm. A Dissimilar Way of Seeing Nature&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Date:<\/strong> Wednesday 8 July 2026, 9:30 am \u2013 3:30 pm<\/li><li><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Uni Bastions, Jura Wing, Room AJ1, University of Geneva<\/li><li><strong>Format:<\/strong> In person and hybrid (registration required)<\/li><li><strong>Organiser:<\/strong> <em>Institut romand de syst\u00e9matique et d&#8217;\u00e9thique<\/em> (IRSE), Faculty of Theology, University of Geneva<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To register for hybrid attendance, please write to <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;S&#97;&#x65;i&#100;&#x65;&#x68;&#46;&#77;&#x69;r&#115;&#x61;&#x64;r&#105;&#x40;&#x75;&#110;&#x69;&#x67;e&#46;&#x63;&#x68;\"><strong>&#x53;&#97;&#101;&#x69;&#x64;&#101;&#104;&#x2e;&#x4d;&#105;&#114;&#x73;&#x61;&#100;&#114;&#x69;&#x40;&#117;&#110;&#x69;&#x67;&#101;&#46;&#x63;&#x68;<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;o:&#67;&#104;&#x72;&#x69;st&#105;&#97;&#x6e;&#x2e;Sc&#104;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x6e;k&#101;&#114;&#x40;&#x75;&#x6e;i&#103;&#101;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x68;\"><strong>&#x43;&#x68;&#114;i&#x73;&#x74;&#105;an&#x2e;&#x53;&#99;h&#x6c;&#x65;&#110;&#107;e&#x72;&#x40;&#117;n&#x69;&#x67;&#101;&#46;c&#x68;<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/chercheur\/beate-bengard\/?lang=en\"><strong>Beate Bengard<\/strong><\/a>, a member of <em>Pluriel<\/em>&#8216;s coordination committee, is affiliated with IRSE. For further details, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unige.ch\/theologie\/irse\/actualites\/decentering-human-0807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>event page on the IRSE website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institut romand de syst\u00e9matique et d&#8217;\u00e9thique (IRSE) of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Geneva is hosting a study day entitled Decentering the Human: Rethinking Ecotheology in the Abrahamic Traditions. 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