De Koran herontdekt
Emilio Platti, De Koran herontdekt, Averbode: Uitgeverij Averbode|Erasme N.V, 2020, 96 pages. De afgelopen jaren is het wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar het ontstaan van de Koran en de vroege Islam in een stroomversnelling geraakt. Islamoloog en dominicaan Emilio Platti behandelt in dit boekje twee nieuwe belangrijke inzichten. Hij beschrijft de invloed van jodendom en christendom op […]
Mysticism Comes to School
Notes on a Work in Progress, by Simon Conrad PhD student at Princeton University icon-calen Tuesday October 20ᵗʰ, 2020 When he returned from Cambridge in 1930 with his doctorate in his pocket after nine years of study, Abū al-ʿIlā ʿAfīfī (1897‒1966) was determined to introduce Sufi studies at the Egyptian University. This idea was considered […]
Reciting in the Early Islamic Empire (7ᵗʰ‒9ᵗʰ centuries)
Third IDEO Conference in Cairo (and on Zoom) icon-calendar October 16ᵗʰ‒18ᵗʰ, 2020 Keynote Speaker: Prof. Devin J. Stewart, Emory University (Atlanta) Scientific coordination: Anne-Sylvie Boisliveau (IDEO, Strasbourg) & Asma Hilali (Lille) The questions raised by the topic of recitation are many and sometimes difficult to define, as Devin Stewart summed up perfectly in his concluding […]
Newsletter — September 2020
Dear friends, We hope that the developments of the health crisis do not disrupt your activities too much. Circumstances force us to organize our next conference online. Dedicated to recitation (among Copts, Syriacs and Muslims), it will take place on October 16ᵗʰ, 17ᵗʰ and 18ᵗʰ. Please contact us to register and receive the links for […]
Review of The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions
Dennis Halft, Review of Adam J. Silverstein and Guy G. Stroumsa (eds); Moshe Blidstein (associate ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, Medieval Encounters 26 (2020), pages 328‒330.
Hospitalidad y reciprocidad en Egipto
Jean Druel, «Hospitalidad y reciprocidad en Egipto», Concilium, Revista internacional de teología 387 (2020/4), pages 117‒124 (573‒580).
And Yet It Moves: Reflection on an Essay by Nicolai Sinai
Michel Cuypers, “And Yet It Moves: Reflection on an Essay by Nicolai Sinai” in Journal of Qur’anic Studies 22.2 (2020), 86‒104.
Seeking Fullness of Life in an ‘Oasis of Peace’
Dennis Halft, “Seeking Fullness of Life in an ‘Oasis of Peace’ Bruno Hussar’s Vision of a Shared Jewish-Palestinian Community,” in E. Van Stichel, Th. Eggensperger, M. Kalsky, and U. Engel (eds), Fullness of Life and Justice for All: Dominican Perspectives, Adelaide: ATF Theology, 2020, 33‒43.
Newsletter — August 2020
Dear friends, For many of us, the new academic year may be further disrupted by the Covid-19 epidemic. However, I hope you had a good summer, in Dahab (photo) or elsewhere. Here is a quick overview of the latest news of the IDEO, for those who may have missed some episodes: Emmanuel Pisani, OP was […]
Newsletter — March 2020
Dear friends, this epidemic that has so much overturned our lives in recent weeks is unfortunately an indicator that much more work remains to be done to better integrate religion and human sciences. Many believers, Christians and Muslims alike, continue to oppose science and faith, as if they were talking of the same thing. Or […]