„The Concept of Body and the Concept of Soul in Judaism, Christianity and Islam“

From July 26th till 28th the Chair for Fundamental Theology of the Catholic Universität Eichstaett-Ingolstadt conducted the Conference “The Concept of Body and the Concept of Soul in Judaism, Christianity and Islam”. The Conference was supported by ProFor, the Cassianeum-Foundation, the Maximilian-Bickhoff-University-Foundation, the Karpos-Foundation fo the Bistum Eichstaett and by the Erzbistum München-Freising.

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

 

1.2 The Concept of Body in Christianity

Prof. Dr. Gregor Etzelmüller
Professor of Systematical Theology,
University of Osnabrück

 

1.3 The Concept of Body in Islam

PD Dr. Abbas Poya
Department of Islamic Religious Studies,
FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

 

2) The Concept of Soul in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

2.1 The Concept of Soul in Judaism

Prof. Dr. Alan Avery-Peck
Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies,
Religious Studies Department,
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

 

2.2 The Concept of Soul in Christianity

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Schockenhoff
Catholic-Theological Faculty, Field of Moral
Theology, University of Freiburg

 

2.3 The Concept of Soul in Islam

Prof. Dr. Dr. Bernhard Uhde
Freiburg

 

3) Public Panel Discussion (German): “Der geschundene Leib: Ebenbild Gottes?
– Konzepte des Judentums, Christentums und des Islams zu Krankheit und Behinderung”

Participants:

Dinah Zenker
Saul-Eisenberg Seniorenzentrum
München

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schlögl-Flierl
University of Augsburg

Prof. Dr. Georges Tamer
FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

Moderation: Dr. Wenzel M. Widenka