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2021

‘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 und menschliche Sprache. Christliche Offenbarungstheologie und islamische Positionen zur Unnachahmlichkeit des Koran (God’s Word and Human Language Christian theology of revelation and Islamic positions on the inimitability of the Koran)

Journalist : Raphaël Georgy (Paris)
In collaboration with Antoine Meyer and Lorraine Guitton (Lyon, France)
Scientific advisors : Michel Younès, Ali Mostfa

Entretien avec le professeur de théologie dogmatique Tobias Specker s.j. à l’occasion de la parution le 1er juillet 2021 de son livre en allemand : Gottes Wort und menschliche Sprache. Christliche Offenbarungstheologie und islamische Positionen zur Unnachahmlichkeit des Koran (Parole de Dieu et langage humain. Théologie chrétienne de la Révélation et points de vue musulmans sur l’inimitabilité du Coran).

Journaliste : Raphaël Georgy (Paris)
Avec la collaboration d’Antoine Meyer et Lorraine Guitton (Lyon)
Coordination scientifique : Michel Younès et Ali Mostfa (Lyon)

مقابلة مع الأستاذ في اللاهوت العقائدي، طوبياس سبيكير اليسوعي، بمناسبة إصدار كتابه باللغة الألمانية في الأول من تموز/ يوليو 2021 :
Gottes Wort und menschliche Sprache. Christliche Offenbarungstheologie und islamische Positionen zur Unnachahmlichkeit des Koran

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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

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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

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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

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