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First International Congress of the University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon (PLURIEL): theological area
Speaker: Michel Younès, coordinator of PLURIEL, professor of theology, director of the Centre d’Études des Cultures et des Religions, Université catholique de Lyon, France.
Premier congrès international de la Plateforme universitaire de recherche sur l’Islam en Europe et au Liban (PLURIEL) : axe théologique
Intervenant : Michel Younès, coordinateur de PLURIEL, professeur de théologie, directeur du Centre d’Études des Cultures et des Religions, Université catholique de Lyon, France.
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Islam and Christianity: mutual views and challenges of otherness
In his book Soi-même comme un autre (Seuil 1990), the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) builds his reflection on this 'as' which, according to him, allows us to escape from two harmful te...
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In brief: the PLURIEL congress in Lebanon
3rd international congress of the PLURIEL network, on the theme "Islam and Otherness", from 23 to 27 May 2022 in Beirut. In partnership with Saint Joseph University of Beirut and La Sagesse Univers...
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Al-Ash’arî, what place does still hold the authority of the theologians?
Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2...
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Fundamental and applied Islamology
Lecture given on 14 October 2021 at the Catholic University of Lyon during the conference « Radicalisation leading to violence in the name of Islam, Epistemological, methodological and ethical appr...
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Christian approaches to Islam: tensions, displacement, issues
More and more Christians are questioning the reality of Islam and the place of a religion that appeared after the advent of Christ, confessed as the ultimate manifestation of God to the world. But ...
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Who is an authority in Islam in Switzerland and France?
Elements of answers to a question studied by the research group on the theme "Authority and regulation in Islam" of the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions (CECR, UCLy) The question i...
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Christianity and Islam: theologians in dialogue
Cahiers de la Revue théologique de Louvain N°45 co-edited by Michel Younès and André Wénin. This book initiates a dialogue between Christian and Muslim theologians on how the former view Islam and ...
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Authority and Regulation in Islam – Research group in Lyon
Presentation of the research group on "Authority and Regulation in Islam" of the Centre for Cultural and Religious Studies (CECR, UCLy) with Michel Younès, Erwin Tanner and Haoues Seniguer. The gr...
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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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Being yourself through the other. How I grew up in a context of diversity
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“This book retraces the itinerary of Michel Younès in which he shows that otherness is part of identity. In a context where cultural and religious diversity is no longer an option, he seeks t...
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Not without others: recognition of others and unity in Christ – on the relationship between mission and dialogue
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Article published in the missiology journal ZMR 106 (2022/1-4), double issue: “Evangelisation and Fraternity in the Plural World
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Normativity of Holy Scriptures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
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In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the orientation towards “holy texts” is central. While in the past it was undisputed that these texts could be understood as directly given by God an...
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Religious Alterities and Cultural Alterities: Issues of Debate in Islam
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Conference given in Beirut on Tuesday 24 May 2022 during the Pluriel congress on the theme "Islam and Otherness".
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Heterodox and non-Muslim in the thought of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ġazālī
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This study addresses the question of how to view and understand religious otherness from a Muslim perspective, in the light of one of its greatest thinkers. Starting from a questioning of the statu...
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Islam and the Salvation of non- Muslims: The Qur’anic Perspective
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"At the Pluriel conference on “Islam and Otherness” I will argue the Qur’an’s emphasis on divine freedom provides an opening for inclusivism. The Qur’an emphasizes God’s mercy, using al-Raḥmān as a...
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‘Inimitable’ Koran ?
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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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Christian approaches to Islam: tensions, displacement, issues
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More and more Christians are questioning the reality of Islam and the place of a religion that appeared after the advent of Christ, confessed as the ultimate manifestation of God to the world. But ...
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‘On how to discern the truth of religion’, by Hunayn b. Isḥāq. The impersonal recension
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Abstract This article contributes to the study of Christian Arabic literature by providing an introduction and English translation of the treatise entitled Kayfiyyat idrāk ḥaqīqat al-diyāna, ‘On...
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Christianity and Islam: theologians in dialogue
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Cahiers de la Revue théologique de Louvain N°45 co-edited by Michel Younès and André Wénin. This book initiates a dialogue between Christian and Muslim theologians on how the former view Islam and ...