Involved in the Muslim world since its foundation by Bishop Charles Lavigerie in 1868, the Society of Missionaries of Africa, whose members are known as the White Fathers, has contributed to the emergence of Christian-Muslim dialogue. And the White Fathers are still today in many places actors in these practices of dialogue and meetings with Muslims.<\/p>\n
What does this external, Christian, often friendly view of Islam say about it? What does it say in particular about this other Muslim and about these other Muslims? For in the course of their long-term commitments in various contexts, the White Fathers have often developed a nuanced approach to Islam which has also taken into account the otherness within Islam.<\/p>\n
Starting from individual trajectories but also from documents issued by the Society of Missionaries of Africa, this paper will therefore aim to shed light on the White Fathers’ approach to Islam, what it tells us about otherness in Islam, how it supports efforts at dialogue and what forms of response it has been able to find or elicit among Muslims.<\/p>\n
Lecture given at the 3rd International Congress of the PLURIEL network, 23-27 May 2022 in Beirut.
\nIn partnership with Saint Joseph University of Beirut and La Sagesse University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24229,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"date_tournage":"","lieu":"","nature_evenement":"","vt_type":"Conf\u00e9rence","vt_yt_views":223},"video_collection":[860],"class_list":["post-24233","videos","type-videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","video_collection-congres-de-beyrouth-2021"],"date_tournage":"","yoast_head":"\n