Comparative Approaches to Abrahamic Religions Video Lecture Series

Rector’s Lecture Series

Comparative Approaches to Abrahamic Religions
May 2012 – May 2013

The Rector’s Lecture Series Comparative Approaches to Abrahamic Religions May 2012 – May 2013 is a five-lecture series providing a vibrant dialogue on the overarching theme of Comparative Approaches to Abrahamic Religions. It is a fascinating exchange of ideas that exhibits how a highly challenged and charged notion such as Abrahamic Religion can be approached critically and productively. These lectures offer approaches from Judaism, Christianity and Islam as well as show-casing different theoretical and conceptual approaches

May 23, 2012
Comparative Approaches to Abrahamic Religions: Lecture 1
Susannah Heschel (Dartmouth College)
Why This New Fascination: The Islamic Imaginary of Modern Jewish Thought 

February 7, 2013
Comparative Approaches to Abrahamic Religions: Lecture 2
Abdelmajid Charfii (University of Mannouba, Tunis)
L’abrahamisme entre mythes courants et enjeux actuels

March 21, 2013
Comparative Approaches to Abrahamic Religions: Lecture 3
Hans Kippenberg (Jacobs University Bremen)
In a World Globalising: The Commnuities of Abraham's Heirs

May 14, 2013
Comparative Approaches to Abrahamic Religions: Lecture
Angelika Neuwirth (Freie Universität Berlin)
Relocating the Qur’an in Abrahamic Religions: Straight Tragectories or Dead Alleys? 

May 22, 2013
Comparative Approaches to Abrahamic Religions: Lecture 5
Hubert Cancik (Basel)
Hellenization, Romanization, Humanization: The Formation of an Abrahamic Religion in the Framework of West European culture.