Pluriel

University platform for research on Islam

Initiated by
the Federation
of European
Catholic
Universities

Supported by
the International
Federation
of Catholic
Universities

Publisher : EOS Verlag -

German

2022

Not without others: recognition of others and unity in Christ – on the relationship between mission and dialogue

Article published in the missiology journal ZMR 106 (2022/1-4), double issue: “Evangelisation and Fraternity in the Plural World

Article publié dans la revue de missiologie ZMR 106 (2022/1-4), double édition : “Évangélisation et fraternité dans le monde pluriel”

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Not without others: recognition of others and unity in Christ – on the relationship between mission and dialogue

Article published in the missiology journal ZMR 106 (2022/1-4), double issue: “Evangelisation and Fraternity in the Plural World

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Is God a Lawgiver? Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Ius divinum

Law that invokes divine appointment or other religious justifications is repeatedly the focus of general attention in Germany. Beyond the concrete religious legal provisions, there is a reflection ...

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‘Inimitable’ Koran ?

Interview with Pr. Tobias Specker, professor of Catholic Theology in the light of Islam at Sankt Georgen Graduate school of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt, Germany, about his book : Gottes Wort...

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God’s Word and Human Language Christian theology of revelation and Islamic positions on the inimitability of the Koran

God’s Word is at the centre of both the Christian and Islamic faiths. Revelation and language are thus closely related in both religions. Tobias Specker brings Islamic and Christian theology,...

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The Question of Otherness in Classical Islam | Respondents

Following the lecture: "The question of Otherness in Classical Islam" given by Raja SAKRANI, three members of the scientific committee of the PLURIEL network give answers according to the three axe...

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What power does religion have? Questions for Christianity and Islam

Das Thema „Religion und Macht“ ist umfangreicher als die Frage nach dem Verhältnis der Religion zum Staat und zu demokratischen Strukturen. Im Namen Gottes wird in menschliches Leben eingegriffen, ...

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Is God a lawgiver? Christian and Muslim perspectives on Ius divinum

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Presentation of the congress “Islam and Belonging” of PLURIEL

With the voices of members of the Scientific Comittee  

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Le pape Léon XIV présente l'encyclique Magnifica Humanitas, Salle du Synode, Vatican, 25 mai 2026

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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 Human...

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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. ...

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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...

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Intercultural Theology

  • Jean Patrick Nkolo Fanga

Because every theology is culturally situated, Christian theology is inevitably multicultural. Yet one step remains to be taken: to become intercultural. Crossing languages, contexts, origins, ages...

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Maurice Borrmans and the Crisis of Muslim-Christian Dialogue. Islamology in Question?

  • Florence Javel

In 2025-2026, we mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and of the declaration Nostra aetate (28 October 1965). One century earlier, in October 1925, Maurice Borrmans was born ...

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Maurice Borrmans (1925-2017), an Islamologist Defending Muslim-Christian 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 Univer...

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Islam and Fraternity: Impact and Prospects of the Abu Dhabi Declaration

The volume dedicated to the conference “Islam and Fraternity”, held in Abu Dhabi from February 4 to 7, 2024, under the auspices of the PLURIEL network, in partnership with Trends, a research center...

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Dialogue for a More Livable World: Toward an Ethics of Encounter

  • Mohamed-Ali Mostfa

How can we live in a climate of mistrust, trapped in identity-based withdrawal, and paralyzed by an uncertain future? On what basis can we open new paths to ease suffering—perhaps even reenchant ou...