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Synthesis of the second International Congrès of PLURIEL in Rome, by Laurent BASANÈSE, director of the Gregorian Center for Inter-religious Studies
Synthèse du deuxième congrès international de PLURIEL à Rome, juin 2018, par Laurent BASANÈSE, directeur du Centre d’études inter-religieuses de l’Université Pontificale Grégorienne
خلاصة المؤتمر الثاني لشبكة Pluriel الذي أجري في روما، في 28 حزيران 2018، بقلم لوران بازانير مدير المركز الغريغوري للدراسات بين الأديان في الجامعة البابوية الجريجورية.
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When Religions Contribute to Education for a more Fraternal Humanity
What resources are religions endowed with to educate for a more fraternal humanity? To respond to this question, a study day was organised on February 24th 2020 at the Pontifical Gregorian Universi...
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Islam and Belonging. Proceedings of the PLURIEL 2nd International Congress
After its first international congress in Lyon from 6 to 9 September 2016 on the theme “Islam in the Plural: Faith, Thought, Society”[1], the current study brings together the proceedin...
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Interreligious and Intercultural Investigations – N°10 – The challenge of religions
The publication of the Series Interreligious and Intercultural Investigations has been restarted. "The Series Interreligious and Intercultural Investigations" started in 1999. Its purpose is to ...
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The document on human fraternity: a new horizon for Islamic-Christian dialogue? (Italian)
Lecturers : Adnane Mokrani, P. Laurent Basanese S.J. Moderator: Valentino Cottini Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, April 8th, 2019 This conference marks the launch of the r...
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Retrospective: Congress 2018 “Islam and Belonging”
Retrospective on the Second International Congress of PLURIEL that has been held at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Roma, in June 2018, on the theme "Islam and Belonging". Excerpts of con...
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Congress “Islam and Belonging”: synthesis by the Jesuit theologian Laurent Basanèse
Synthesis of the second International Congrès of PLURIEL in Rome, by Laurent BASANÈSE, director of the Gregorian Center for Inter-religious Studies
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For a Christian Theology of Religions
Faced with contemporary religious diversity, how can Christian theology make sense of the place that other religions occupy in God’s design? Michel Younès examines the three traditional ̶...
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Intercultural Theology
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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The grammar of sacred violence: A critical discourse analysis of radical Islamist writings
This article offers a discursive analysis of two contemporary Islamist texts that present violence not as a deviation from religious normativity, but as its necessary, even redemptive expression. I...
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Islam and Muslims. Doctrines, Schools of Thought, and Current Trends
Publication date: April 16, 2026. Islam, as a historical, religious, and civilizational reality, is difficult to define. It can be perceived as a form of political governance, an expression of fait...
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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
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...
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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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God Is with Us: How Islam and Judaism Justify Violence
Long before October 7, 2023—and even more so since—certain politicized strands of Judaism and Islam have been creating conditions that legitimize, escalate, and sacralize violence in God’s na...