Date: February-October 2023

Venue: Erlangen, Germany

Organized by: Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses (BaFID)

Similar to the previous works, Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses (BaFID) in Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, organizes conferences with internationally renowned scholars three times a year. Each conference consists of two parts that focus on two essential, related concepts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Selected reports and recordings of these conferences are published online.

These Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses (KCID) conferences are scheduled for 2023:

– February 15-17, 2023: “The Concept of Religion and the Concept of Rationality in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”

• Religion:

– Prof.  Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky/USA, on Judaism
– Dr. Gregor-Maria Hoff, University of Salzburg, on Christianity,
– Prof. Umar Ryad, University of Leuven/BEL, on Islam

• Rationality:

– Prof. Dr. Yitzhak Melamed, Johns Hopkins University/USA, on Judaism
– Dr. Martin Breul, University of Erfurt, on Christianity
– Prof. Dr. Nader El-Bizri, University of Sharjah/VAE, on Islam

– June 21-23, 2023: “The Concept of Authority and the Concept of Modernity in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”

• Authority:

– Prof. Dr. Lawrence Kaplan, McGill University/CA, on Judaism
– Prof. Dr. Christoph Seibert, University of Hamburg, on Christianity
– Prof. Dr. Vincent Cornell, Emory University/USA, on Islam

• Modernity:

– Prof. Dr. Allan Arkush, Binghamton University/USA, on Judaism
– Prof. Dr. Vasilios N. Makrides, University of Erfurt, on Christianity
– Prof. Dr. Armina Omerika, University of Frankfurt/Main, on Islam

– October 11-13, 2023: “The Concept of Suffering and the Concept of Happiness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”

• Suffering:

– Prof. Dr. Robert Gibbs, University of Toronto/CA, on Judaism
– Prof. Dr. Christopher Southgate, University of Exeter/UK, on Christianity
– Prof. Dr. Mohammed Ghaly, Hamad bin Khalifa University/QAT, on Islam

• Happiness:

– Prof. em. Dr. Kenneth Seeskin, Northwestern University/USA, on Judaism
– Prof. em. Dr. Paul J. Wadell, St. Norbert College/USA, on Christianity
– Dr. Raid al-Daghistani, University of Munster, on Islam

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