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Welcome to our Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses

The research center Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses (KCID), whose goal was to reveal the theoretical roots of the three monotheistic world religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the interest of mutual understanding, is currently being expanded into the Bavarian Research Center for Interreligious Discourses (BaFID). Several years of previous research work by Prof. Dr. Georges Tamer, Dr. Katja Thörner and Fabian Schmidmeier, M.A. from Friedrich-Alexander-University and the project partners from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt around Prof. Dr. Christoph Böttigheimer and Dr. Wenzel Widenka were rewarded by the Bavarian State Government with additional funds in spring 2020. The new research center BaFID was opened in October 2020. Currently, the employees are structuring the work program for the next two years. New members of the team around founding director Prof. Dr. Georges Tamer and managing director Dr. Thörner are coordinator Gudrun Ferber-Robin, the research associates PD Dr. Christian Lange, PD Dr. Elke Morlok, Dr. Ghassan El Masri and Dr. des. Antonia Öksüzoglu. Kirsten Waltert, M.A. is currently rebuilding the BaFID homepage as the consultant for media and public relations.

KCID is provided by Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

Recently de Gruyter published another volume of the KCID book series titled "The Concept of Revelation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam" (see more on our past conference).
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The idea that God reveals himself to human beings is central in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but ... Continue
From February 12th– 14th 2020 the Chair for Oriental Philology and Islamic Studies at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg conducted the Conference “The Concept of Goodand the Concept of Evil in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”. The conference was supported by the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
1) The ... Continue
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1) The Concept of Violence in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
https://youtu.be/KznQUQMLXfw
2) The Concept of Just War in Judaism, Christianity and Islam Continue
It is our pleasure to introduce to you our first published volume "The Concept of Freedom in Judaism, Christianity and Islam" of the book series Key Concept in Interreligious Discourses (KCID) at de Gruyters.
This volume series investigates the roots of the concept of freedom in Judaism, Christia... Continue
1) The Concept of Body in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
1.1 The Concept of Body in Judaism
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Veltri
Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion;
Director of the Maimonides Centre for
Advanced Studies, University of Hamburg
No video, report will be published
1.2 The Concep... Continue
2019
June, We 26th – Fr 28th 2019: “The Concept of Body and the Concept of Soul in Judaism, Christianity and Islam” (in Eichstaett)
September, We 18th – Fr 20th 2019: Fachtagung “The Concept of Violence and the Concept of Just War in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”
2020
February, We 12th - F... Continue