Centre for Intercultural Ethics
A next edition of the Catholic tradition
At the global meeting of "Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church" (www.catholicethics.com) which brought about 600 moral theologians to Trento from July 24 until July 27, 2010, dr. Jan Jans participated with a poster presentation called 'A next edition of the Catholic tradition' - How the dynamics within moral theology can contribute to intercultural ethics. The poster was well received and will in the near future also be published at the website of CTEWC.
Master class on Islam and violence
From 8 to 18 June, Prof. Khaled Abou El Fadl from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) conducted an intensive master class for Master's students from Tilburg University and from other universities in the Netherlands. His master class was entitled:
Muslims and the authority crisis in Islam: how to deal with fundamentalism, radicalism, violence and terror
Read the opinion article by Khaled Abou El Fadl on the Cairo speech by President Obama (published in an abbreviated version in Dutch by the newspaper "Trouw"
, June
12, page 28).
Think again, interculturally
Master class on intercultural ethics
From 5 till 7 november 2008, the Centre for Intercultural Ethics organised a master class for ethicists on PhD or postdoc level. The aim of this master class, entitled 'Think again, interculturally', was to rethink some current ethical issues from a specific intercultural perspective.
Keynote speakers and masters were professor Gavin D'Costa (Bristol University, UK) and professor Walter Lesch (Louvain la Neuve, Belgium).
Information on the master class and publications will soon be available. In the programme, more details can be found.
Seminar Turkey and the European Union
On september 28, 2007 the Soeterbeeck Programme of Radboud University Nijmegen and the Centre for Intercultural Ethics organized an expert seminar:
Turkey and the European Union. The Value of Accession: Cultural-Religious, Concerning Human Rights, and Strategic.
This Dutch-language seminar was held at the Soeterbeeck Study Centre in Ravenstein. Click here for an extensive report.
The last apartheid!
A guest lecture with film and debate about the dalits, the casteless of today's India, with 'hands on' expert Lourdunathan Yesumarian: dalit, priest and lawyer. This lecture took place Friday, October 5th, 08.45am until 10.30am. Organisation: Centre for Intercultural Ethics.
For an impression, click here.
For further information, see the folder of Missio and the website of Katholiek Nederland.
Sharia in Europe
On May 3 the Centre for Intercultural Ethics, in association with Studium Generale, organised a study meeting Sharia in Europe in the Black Box, Esplanade Building.
Speakers were Maysam Al-Faruqi, Emilio Platti and Cees Maris.
Master class by Prof. Maysam Al-Faruqi
Maysam J. Al-Faruqi, professor of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., has been appointed as visiting professor to the chair for intercultural theology in the Department of Religious Studies in 2007. This spring, Prof. Al-Faruqi taught a MA-course (6 ECTS), entitled 'The Political Ethics of Islam'.
To learn more about the views of prof. Al-Faruqi, see the following interviews:
- Video-interview (To watch this interview, you must have installed Windows Media Player.)
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Interview in Fier Magazine
- Interview in a recent edition of Knack Magazine
See also
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