University platform for research on Islam
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Catholic Theology in dialogue with Islam (Frankfurt)
Catholic theology in Europa is more and more confronted by questions and critic of Muslim intellectuals who, simultaneously and offensively, claim for commonalities of both religions. The research project is targeted to perceive this new context of theology, to analyze it diacritically, and to reformulate the potentials of Christian tradition.
Katholische Theologie in Europa sieht sich zunehmend Anfragen und Kritik seitens muslimischer Intellektueller, aber auch mit offensiv formulierten Gemeinsamkeiten beider Religionen konfrontiert. Das Forschungsprojekt will diesen neuen Kontext der Theologie wahrnehmen, unterscheidend analysieren und Potentiale der christlichen Tradition neu formulieren.
Method
Studies of literature and teaching.
Activities
- 2019, September, 23rd to 30th: Summer school in Granada: Convivencia 2.0. PTH Sankt Georgen/ Frankfurt and Forum interkultureller Dialo/ Frankfurt
- 2019, October, 23-24: Religion and self-critique. Philosophical and theological perspectives. Two evening events in Munich and Frankfurt to celebrate the 5th year of the “Eugen-Biser Stiftungslehrstuhl for philosophy of religion and philosophy of the subject” and the Stiftungslehrstuhl “Catholic theology in the light of Islam”. Contact : Tobias Specker : specker@sankt-georgen.de
- 2019, October, 25-26: “Faith/Unbelief in Christian-Islamic Perspective”, Conference held by the Phil.-Theol. Hochschule Sankt Georgen together with CIBEDO
Affiliation institution(s)
Group leader(s)
Group members
Dirk Ansorge
Professor in dogmatic theology - Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen.
Tobias Specker
Junior professor “Catholic Theology in the Light of Islam” - Hochschule für Philosophie und Theologie Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt.
Timo Güzelmansur
Professor of dialogue between christians and muslims, director of the "Christlich-islamische begegnungs - und dokumentationsstelle" (CIBEDO), Frankfurt am Main.
Christian Troll
Honorary Professor, Advisor at CIBEDO, Frankfurt am Main
Anja Middelbeck-Varwick
Professor of Theology of Religion and Religious Studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
