Islam in Plural. Thought, Faith and Society

An der Université Catholique findet vom 6.-9. September 2016 eine Konferenz zum Thema ‚Islam in Plural. Thought, Faith and Society‚ statt.

 

Das Programm:

OPENING
Tuesday 6 September 2016

  • 5:00 PM: Conference Opening Event
  • 5:45 PM: Inaugural Conference: “ISLAM , THE DEMOCRATIC STANDARD AND RELIGIOUS RADICALISM”

Speaker: Yadh Ben Achour – Tunisian lawyer specialised in Islamic political theory and public law, President of the High Authority for the achievement of the objectives of the revolution, political reform and democratic transition.

 

  • The Conference will be followed by a reception.

 

 

GEOPOLITICAL AREA
Wednesday 7 September 2016


Chairperson: Michaela Neulinger – Researcher at the Institute of Systematic Theology ; University of Innsbruck.

  • 9:00 – 10:30 AM: DENOUNCING RELIGIOUS MANIPULATIONS IN GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICTS

Speaker: Georges Corm – Professor at the Institute of Political Science; Saint Joseph University, Beirut.

Discussant: Ali Mostfa – Professor of Arab-Muslim World and Intercultural representations; Lyon Catholic University.

  • 11:00 – 11:30 AM: “EUROPE AND THE NEAR EAST CONFLICT”

Speaker: Jaume Flaquer – Jesuit, head of the theological section “Christianity and Justice”. Professor of interreligious dialogue at the Faculty of Theology of Catalunya.

  • 11:30 – 12:00 PM: “THE NEO-SALAFI GALAXY: AN APOLITICAL TROMPE L’OEIL”

Speaker: Haoues Seniguer – Professor of political science at Lyon Sciences Po.

  • 12:30-2:00 PM: Lunch

THEOLOGICAL AREA
Thursday 8 September 2016

Chairperson: Mehdi Azaiez – Professor of islamic studies ; Catholic University of Leuven.

  • 9:00 – 10:15 AM: “GOD OF MERCY AND VENGEANCE”

Speaker: Gabriel Said Reynolds – Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology; University Notre Dame, USA

Discussant: Emmanuel Pisani – Director of the Institute of Science and Theology of Religions; Paris Catholic Institute.

  • 10h45 – 11h15 AM: TOWARDS AN ISLAMIC DIALOGICAL AND A-CONTROVERSIAL THEOLOGY

Speaker: Adnane Mokrani – Tunisian Muslim theologian, associate professor at the Pontifical Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, Rome.

  • 11:15 – 11:45 PM: FROM APOLOGY TO DIALOGUE WITH THE OTHER IN ISLAMIC SHIITE STUDIES – THE CASE OF MUHAMMAD JAWAD AL-BALAGHI

Speaker: Mohammad Zaraket – Lebanese Shiite Muslim Theologian, Professor at Saint Joseph University, Beirut.

 

  • 11:45 – 12:15 PM: FOR A SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM DIALOGUE

Speaker: Michel Younès – Professor of Theology, Director of the Research Centre for Cultural and Religious Studies and PLURIEL coordinator; Lyon Catholic University.

 

  • 12:40 – 2:00 PM: Lunch

SOCIETAL AREA
Friday 9 September 2016


Chairperson: Roula Talhouk – Director of the „Centre de documentation et de recherches islamo-chrétiennes“ ; Saint Joseph University.

 

  • 9:00 – 10:30 AM: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN ISLAM , THE CASE OF BLASPHEMY

Speaker: Hamadi Redissi – Professor of political science; Tunis Al Manar University.

Discussant: Leïla Babès – Professor of sociology of religion and Islamic studies; Lille Catholic University.

  • 11:00 – 11:30 AM: “THE EUROPEAN LIBERAL ISLAM: PERSPECTIVE, DEAR AND FAILURE?

Speaker : Nasser Suleiman Gabryel – Lecturer at the School of Advanced Social Science Studies (EHESS), Paris.

  • 11:30 – 12:00 PM: ARE ISLAMS OF EUROPE BECOMING EUROPEAN? CHARACTERISTICS, PERCEPTIONS, TENDENCIES AND TRANSFORMATIONS

Intervenant : Stefano Allievi – Director of the master course on islam in Europe, professor of sociology; University of Padua.

  • 12:30 PM: Closing Speech