La misura mediterranea dell’umano A new book by Claudio Monge and Giuseppina De Simone The Mediterranean, for centuries the meeting point of peoples, traditions and ideals, is the heart from which the unified culture, history and identity that we still recognize as a founding part of us were born. Is the memory of its ancient …
Christian Women in Turkey Book Presentation In the book “Christian Women in Turkey” are told the lives of more than fifty Christian women who lived in the territory of today’s Turkey over the centuries. It is a thought-provoking and highly informative book, but also full of some sad experiences. Each chapter offers insights into the lives …
Sharing Abraham Do Muslims and Christians truly share Abraham? Is Abraham a starting point for dialogue among monotheistic faith communities? These questions have seldom been examined as thoroughly or as sensitively as they are here. Bristow rigorously analyzes biblical and qur’anic Abraham narratives and builds on the tight connection between narrative and worldview to lay …
Les mots pour dire Dieu A new book by Claudio Monge and Denis Gril Within the framework of the group “Théologie en dialogue” which brings together Christian and Muslim theologians, Father Claudio Monge, director of the Dominican Istanbul study center (Dost-I), and Denis Gril, member of the institute of research on the Arab and Muslim …
On the Incarnation “On the Incarnation of the Word“, the theological essay written by the great father of the Church Athanasius bishop of Alexandria (296-373 a.D.), has been translated in Turkish by Onur Yöş and published by Kitab-ı Mukkades Şirketi Yayınları in 2020. Onur Yöş will introduce us into the life of Athanasius and present …
Gregory of Nazianzus and the question of the divinity of the Holy Spirit Elif Tokay teaches History of Religions at University of İstanbul. İn 2013 she gained her Phd. at the University of Cardiff with a thesis on arab translations of Gregory of Nazianzus’s homilies. İn 2021 she published the first book in Turkish on Gregory, …
Latin Catholicism in Ottoman Istanbul Property, People and Missions Vanessa R. de Obaldía (University of Mainz, DoSt-I) and Claudio Monge (DoSt-I) have edited the book “Latin Catholicism in Ottoman Istanbul – Property, People and Missions“- The volume aims at being a contribution on a topic not widely covered yet by the academic community. İt focuses …
