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2022

Religious Alterities and Cultural Alterities: Issues of Debate in Islam

Conference given in Beirut on Tuesday 24 May 2022 during the Pluriel congress on the theme “Islam and Otherness”.

Conférence donnée à l’Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth le mardi 24 mai 2022 lors du congrès de “Pluriel” sur le thème “Islam et altérité”.

قُدمت المحاضرة في بيروت يوم الثلاثاء 24 أيار/مايو 2022 في مؤتمر حول موضوع “الإسلام والغيرية”

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The authority of the Ulemas, Glory and misery according to Abdel Jawad Yassin

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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In Islam, why do certain people occupy the center of the scene more than others?

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 group brin...

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In Islam, why is it difficult to identify legitimate sources of authority?

Elements of answers to a question studied by the research group on the subject "Authority and regulation in Islam" of the Center for the study of cultures and religions (CECR, UCLy). with Emmanuel...

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The birth of the prophet Muhammad : thematic and literary approach to traditional texts

Original title : "La naissance du prophète Muhammad - Approche thématique et littéraire des textes traditionnels" Abstract Our approach of the texts surrounding the birth and childhood of the...

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The use of the word kitab in the Qur’an and in an ancient Arabic version of the Gospels

Original title : "Le terme kitab dans le Coran et dans une ancienne version arabe des Évangiles" According to A. T. Welch, the Koranic term kitab (Scripture) is one of the most difficult to inte...

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Salafist Islam, despotism and modernity according to Abdel-Jawâd Yassine

Original title : "Islam salafiste, despotisme et modernité d'après Abdel-Jawâd Yassine" The societies of the Middle East remain more marked than elsewhere by the omnipresence of the religious fa...

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Islam & Otherness. Proceedings of the Pluriel congress in Beirut

    Auteur(s) :

  • Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
  • Michel Younès
  • Roula Talhouk

Edited by Michel Younès, Ali Mostfa and Roula Talhouk “In a contemporary context marked by a growing tendency to lock oneself into oppositional logics, reflection on otherness in Islam opens ...

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A reading of Ibn Arabi in light of the theology of religions

    Auteur(s) :

  • Jaime Flaquer Garcia

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 th...

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Being yourself through the other. How I grew up in a context of diversity

    Auteur(s) :

  • Michel Younès

“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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  • Tobias Specker

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

    Auteur(s) :

  • Klaus von Stosch
  • Zishan Ahmad Ghaffar

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

    Auteur(s) :

  • Samir Arbache

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

    Auteur(s) :

  • Emmanuel Pisani

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

    Auteur(s) :

  • Gabriel Said Reynolds

"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 ?

    Auteur(s) :

  • Tobias Specker

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

    Auteur(s) :

  • Michel Younès

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 ...