
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...
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...
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...
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...
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".
Alberto Fabio Ambrosio
Théologien et historien des religions, spécialiste du soufisme
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
Beate Bengard
Professeure associée en théologie systématique à la Faculté de théologie autonome de l’Université de Genève
Antonio Navarro Carmona
Malek Chaïeb
Research fellow at CECR
Thierry-Marie Courau
Professeur et doyen honoraire du Theologicum, Institut catholique de Paris
Issa Diab
Professor of Semitic Studies
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
Jaume Flaquer Garcia
Professeur de dialogue interreligieux, théologie des religions et islamologie
Toni Kahwaji
Ahmed Kaza
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)
Anja Middelbeck-Varwick
Professor of Religious Theology and Religious Studies
Adnane Mokrani
Professeur agrégé à l’Université pontificale grégorienne (Rome), chercheur membre de la Fondation Jean XXIII pour les études religieuses (FSCIRE)
Claudio Monge
Directeur du DoStI, Centre d’Etudes Dominicains d’Istanbul
Jad Moufarrej
Jean-Jacques Pérennès
Emmanuel Pisani
Directeur de l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales (IDEO, Le Caire)
Wasim Salman
Professeur de pensée arabo-islamique contemporaine à l’Institut pontifical d’études arabes et islamiques (PISAI)
Guy-Raymond Sarkis
Enseignant-chercheur à l’Université Saint-Joseph et à l’Université La Sagesse au Liban
Roman Siebenrock
Professor of Systematic Theology
Virgilio Sottana
Professor of Systematic Theology and Theology of Religions
Tobias Specker
Professeur adjoint pour la “Théologie catholique à la lumière de l’Islam” à Francfort
Nayla Tabbara
President of the Adyan Foundation, Professor of Religious Sciences and Islamic Studies
Roula Talhouk
Directrice de l’Institut d’études islamo-chrétiennes, Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth. Professeur en théologie et anthropologie religieuse.
Christian Troll
Honorary Professor of theology
Anne-Sophie Vivier-Muresan
Doctor in theology and anthropology, director of the ISEO
Michel Younès
Professeur en théologie et islamologie
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For a Christian Theology of Religions
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Intercultural Theology
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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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Can Christians Learn from Qur’anic Christology? Leo Lefebure’s Theology of Judaism and Islam
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In search of a comparative Christian social thought. A methodological proposal
The article “In search of a comparative Christian social thought” aims to propose a methodology for developing a comparative Christian social thought. To do this, it explores two sources of insp...
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Muslim Theologies of Religious Pluralism. Proceedings of the Colloquium Held on November 20 and 21, 2021
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Islamochristiana Journal 49 (2024): “Maurice Borrmans and Mohamed Talbi: From Friendship to Rupture”
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Online Symposium: Islamic Origins & Christian Theological Engagement with Islam
Panelists David Marshall, University of Bern (Moderator), Guest Editor of Islamochristiana Martin Accad, Arab Baptist Theological Seminary Daniel Brown, ISRME Diego Sarrio Cucarella, PISAI Sandra Keating, P...
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Azharis, Representations of Christianity, and the Vagaries of Islamic-Christian Dialogue (1930s-2020s)
Dominique Avon, Director of Studies at the École pratique des hautes études, traces the evolution of the discourse of the ulama of al-Azhar on Christianity since the 1930s. Confronted with the colonial Euro...
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Islam & Otherness. Proceedings of the Pluriel congress in Beirut
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A reading of Ibn Arabi in light of the theology of religions
Abstract: “A Reading of Ibn ‘Arabī in the Light of the Theology of Religions”. Ibn ‘Arabī proposes a universal religion which encompasses all religions but which is theophanised synthetically in the reveale...
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Being yourself through the other. How I grew up in a context of diversity
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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...