
NEWS
Does the term “frérisme” clarify or obscure the public debate?
In an op-ed published on May 13, 2026, in the Quebec daily Le Devoir, Mounia Aït Kabboura, a sociologist of Islam, and sociologist Samir Amghar examine the growing use of the word “frérisme” (Brotherhood-is...
14/05/26
AGENDA
Conflicts of Knowledge: Four Pluriel Researchers at the 93rd Acfas Congress (Trois-Rivières, 14 May 2026)
Trois-Rivières, Canada, 14 May 2026. Four Pluriel member researchers will take part in the symposium “Conflicts of Knowledge: The Arab World in Academic Narrativities”, held within the 93rd Cong...
12/05/26
AGENDA
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...
to 08/06/26 to 09/06/26
AGENDA
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...
CALL FOR PAPER
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 ...
07/05/25
NEWS
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 ...
to 24/06/25 to 26/06/25
AGENDA
International Conference “Muslim Chaplaincy. Practice, Research and Recognition”
Switzerland. The Swiss Centre for Islam and Society is organizing an international conference titled “Muslim Chaplaincy: Practices, Research and Recognition” from June 24-26, 2025, at the Univer...
to 15/07/25 to 23/07/25
AGENDA
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...
NEWS
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...
to 19/11/21 to 20/11/21
AGENDA
Conference ‘Islam and Otherness. What Islamic theology of religious pluralism?’
Conference organised by the Institut Supérieur de Théologie des Religions – ISTR – of the Theologicum (Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences of the Institut Catholique de Paris). This confe...
DEADLINE : 15/09/21
CALL FOR PAPER
Religions and Freedom of speech
Conference organized by Lyon catholic University on May, 9th and 10th, 2022 Présentation Le 16 octobre 2020, Samuel Paty professeur de l’Éducation Nationale, perdait la vie sous les coups d’...
Yadh Ben Achour
Jurist, specialist in Islamic political theory and public law
Jean-Claude Angoula
Director of the St. Augustine College of Dakar, Senegal, Institute of Philosophy and Theology
Dirk Ansorge
Professeur en théologie dogmatique
Laurent Basanese
Membre officiel du Conseil pontifical pour le dialogue interreligieux, professeur à l’Université pontificale grégorienne de Rome
Ambrogio Bongiovanni
Director of the Gregorian Center for Interreligious Studies
Farid Bouchiba
Postdoctoral fellow at the EPHE in the GSRL (Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités, UMR 8582)
Patrice Brodeur
Expert en études islamiques et religions abrahamiques comparées
Josep Buades
Director of the Claver Association, Jesuit Service for Migrants in Spain
Pablo López Chaves
Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow, Contemporary History Department
Diego Sarrió Cucarella
José Luis Llaquet de Entrambasaguas
Doctor in law and associate professor
John L. Esposito
Professeur de religion et affaires internationales et d’islamologie
Jaume Flaquer Garcia
Professeur de dialogue interreligieux, théologie des religions et islamologie
Mohammed Hashas
Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, Luiss University of Rome
Renee Hattar
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Professor of Political Science and Crown Chair in Middle East Studies
Saria Khabsa
Doctorante en théologie fondamentale, Theologicum, ICP
Mariangela Laviano
Assistant Professor at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI, Rome) and Assistant Professor at the Pontifical Lateran University (PUL, Rome)
Adnane Mokrani
Professeur agrégé à l’Université pontificale grégorienne (Rome), chercheur membre de la Fondation Jean XXIII pour les études religieuses (FSCIRE)
Roberta Collu Moran
Anthropologist, documentary filmmaker
Jad Moufarrej
Jean-Jacques Pérennès
Emmanuel Pisani
Directeur de l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales (IDEO, Le Caire)
Mallory Schneuwly Purdie
Researcher in sociology of Muslim practices
Michaela Quast-Neulinger
Professeure de théologie fondamentale et d’études religieuses à la faculté de théologie catholique d’Innsbruck
Raja Sakrani
Jurist and Reserach coordinator
Almudena Soler Sánchez
Ph.D. candidate in Inter-Religious Dialogue at Loyola University’s Faculty of Theology in Granada
Guy-Raymond Sarkis
Enseignant-chercheur à l’Université Saint-Joseph et à l’Université La Sagesse au Liban
Leïla Tauil
Kerstin Wonisch
PhD Researcher at the Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research (Italy)
Zohra Aziadé Zemirli
Post-doctorante en droit, Centre Population et développement (CEPED ; IRD/Université de Paris).
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Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas and the Pluriel working group on AI-assisted interreligious dialogue
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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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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Islam and Fraternity: Impact and Prospects of the Abu Dhabi Declaration
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Dialogue for a More Livable World: Toward an Ethics of Encounter
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Inaugural Lecture for the Chair in Mediterranean Studies, Religions and Societies
Lecture given by Professor Dominique Avon on October 13, 2025, at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI).
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Religious minorities between the Mediterranean shores: a study of the status of religious minorities in the Mediterranean context (REMiMEsO) – Final Report
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Christian Thought, Muslim Thought and Societal Issues: Launch of the “Theologies in Dialogue” Chair
On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, this inaugural conference presents a new chair entitled “Theologies in Dialogue” at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Lyon. The speakers, Mi...
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The Abu Dhabi Document: A Potential Cornerstone for Islamic-Christian Dialogue in Italian Educational Contexts
In Italy, the migratory phenomenon has also had an impact on the school system, becoming an interesting potential field for intercultural and inter-religious encounters. As regards, for instance, the presen...
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Strangers with God. A Theology of Hospitality in the Three Abrahamic Religions
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Can Christians Learn from Qur’anic Christology? Leo Lefebure’s Theology of Judaism and Islam
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Cosmopolitanism and minority rights: going beyond the protection of ethnoreligious minorities in the Middle East
This communication challenges traditional approaches to ethnoreligious diversity in the Middle East, arguing that the focus on “protecting minority rights” is inadequate. It demonstrates how the...
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Religious Diversity, Interreligious Perspectives, and Islamic Religious Education in Switzerland: Current Situation and Room for Maneuver
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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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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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University degree ‘Religions and Medias’
The role of the media is not only to report the news, but rather to help form and direct public opinion, create issues, communicate and dialogue between individuals, groups and peoples. This training comes ...
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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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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...
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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...