Symposium "Christian Theology and the Dialogue with Islam", 3 November 2023 in Bern
Anyone with interest in recent developments concerning theological dialogue between Christianity and Islam is warmly invited to register for this symposium, whether in person or via Zoom. The symposium will address questions and challenges raised for Christian theology and practice by dialogue with Muslims, and examine issues about how Christian-Muslim dialogue is understood and practiced. Although primarily an intra-Christian conversation, the symposium will also include reflections by Muslim scholars about their experience of Christian-Muslim dialogue.
We hope you will be able to join us, whether in person or by Zoom link, indicating clearly the mode of your participation. For registration, and Zoom participation link, please contact by 20 Oktober 2023:
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International Conference series: "Interreligious Relations and Ecumenical
Issues"(IREI)
Internationale Konferenzen: „Interreligiöse Beziehungen und ökumenische Fragen“
In November 2011, a group of some 15 local and overseas scholars in the field of
ecumenical and interreligious dialogue met at the University of Bern for the first
Interreligious Relations and Ecumenical Issues (IREI) conference. The conference series is
an initiative of the Institute of
(formerly: Department for) Old Catholic Theology (Institut für Christkatholische
Theologie) in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Bern.
The aim of the conference series is to address contemporary questions of interreligious relations in
light of the ecumenical tradition of the Old Catholic movement, extending beyond the
classic conjunction of Old Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox communions. Whilst these three voices are
present at each conference, other Christian perspectives are also prominent and perspectives from
other religious traditions contribute as well.
Papers are presented from a variety of speakers representing international and ecumenical contexts
and a broad denominational diversity. As a consequence of the significance and success of these
conferences, select papers from them have been published as the “Bern Interreligious and
Oecumenical Studies” (IKZ-bios) series with the first two volumes published as a sub-series of
the Internationale Kirchliche Zeitschrift (IKZ) and the third, fourth and fifth volumes as
themed issues of the journal
Studies in Interreligious Dialogue (Louvain: Peeters).
IREI Conferences so far:
- Interreligious Relations and Theological Reflection: Ecumenical Overview and Issues
(2011)
- From Encounter to Commitment: Interreligious Experience (2012)
- Theological Reflection and Religious Minorities and Theological Challenges (2014)
- Belief Diversity and the Lived Experience of Religion: Narratives and Interpretations
(2016)
- Secular Society and Religious Presence: Religion-State Relations in Historical and
Contemporary Perspectives (2018)
Reports from these conferences have been published in IKZ as
follows:
IKZ 105 (2015) 151-156 [Conference 2014]
IKZ 107 (2017) 280-281 [Conference 2016]
IKZ 111 (2021) 98-110 [Conference 2018]