The Concept of Faith and the Concept of Truth

The workshop “The Concept of Faith and the Concept of Truth” was organized by the Chair of Oriental Philology and Islamic Studies of the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg and the Sheikh Nahyan Center of Arabic Studies and Intercultural Dialogue at the University of Balamand, Lebanon. The Workshop has been supported by the Staedtler Foundation.

 

Speakers

The Concept of Faith in Judaism

Prof. Dr. Susanne Talabardon

Chair of Jewish Studies

Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg, Germany

 

The Concept of Faith in Christianity

Prof. em. Dr. Walter Sparn

Professor for Systematic Theology

Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg

 

The Concept of Faith in Islam

Prof. Ovamir Anjum, Ph.D.

Imam Khattab Endowed Chair of Islamic Studies Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

University of Toledo, USA

 

The Concept of Truth in Judaism

Sen.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Schreiner

Professor for Jewish Studies at the Faculty for Religious and Jewish Studies

Eberhard Karls UniversityTübingen, Germany

 

The Concept of Truth in Christianity

Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schärtl-Trendel

Chair of Philosophical Fundamental Questions of Theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology

University Regensburg, Germany

 

The Concept of Truth in Islam

Prof. Dr. Nader el-Bizri

Professor of Civilization Studies and Philosophy Faculty of Arts and Sciences

American University Beirut, Lebanon