Centre for Interreligious Dialogue

19/03/2026

Congratulations to Dr Peter Admirand, on his most recent peer-reviewed, open-access article:

"The Transformation of Christology (And the Church) Through Interfaith Dialogue"

This article explores how interfaith dialogue, especially involving non-Christian views and interpretations of Jesus, has transformed contemporary understandings of Christology. It also contends how and why such challenges and developments can further reform and expand what is meant by the Church an...

09/03/2026

For our next Theology, Religious Studies, and Philosophy Research Seminar (this Thursday, March 12th at 3 PM), we are happy to be led by one of the global leaders in Comparative Theology, Professor Michelle Voss (Emmanuel College, University of Toronto), whose talk is titled:



"Toward an Intersectional Christian Theology of Religious Diversity."



Professor Voss will join us via ZOOM (details below) though a group of us will also meet in person in the Drumcondra Board Room, as usual. All welcome! Email [email protected] for ZOOM details.

27/02/2026

For those attending the European Academy of Religion conference in Rome this year, there are a few more spots open for our panels on:

"INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND COMBATTING INEQUALITY"

Feel free to message [email protected] and send abstract through the EuARe site by March 13th!

https://secure.onlinecongress.it/onlinecongress/scent/default.aspx?guid=1997208256990597002202207&language=1

Panel description:

Inequalities within religious institutions and societies are often paralleled or perpetuated through interfaith dialogues where certain groups, themes, priorities, or identities are marginalized, silenced, or under-represented. Think, for example, of the still marginal role of many women at the institutional levels of interfaith dialogues; the failure to include atheists; or the lack of ethnic and class diversity in many interfaith groups. Most glaringly, many interfaith dialogues are dominated by the most liberal representatives of faith and ideological systems, often skewing its focus, representation, aims, and effectiveness. Sometimes, these issues are unaddressed or not even seen as issues. But there are also brave and creative initiatives, trailblazers, public events, and texts that demand deeper inclusivity or seek to address these inequalities. Interfaith dialogues of life initiatives may also focus on working for greater equity, fairness, and justice through societal, cultural, legal, creative, and economic actions. In this panel, organized by Dublin City University's Centre for Interreligious Dialogue, abstracts are invited on the following interrelated topics:

• Inequalities unaddressed or maintained through interfaith dialogues, including but not limited to:
•racial, economic, class, gender, social, and educational identities
• Examples of interfaith dialogue initiatives and trailblazers who address societal and other types of inequalities
• Sub topics can include (but is not limited to!) the following:
a. Women and Interfaith Dialogue
b. The Working Class and Interfaith Dialogue
c. Disability and Interfaith Dialogue
d. Race and Interfaith Dialogue
e. Interfaith Dialogue and Youth
f. Interfaith Dialogue and Traditional/Evangelical/Conservative Believers
g. Interfaith Dialogue and Atheists
h. Interfaith Dialogue and Indigenous Faiths

31/10/2025

This Thursday at 3 PM, Professor Sérgio Dias Branco will give a seminar titled:

“Film and the Aesthetics of Incarnation: An Interreligious Perspective.”

More details here:

Sérgio Dias Branco is an Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Coimbra and a researcher at CEIS20 – the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at the same institution, where he coordinates FID: Film and Interreligious Dialogue (https://filminterreligiousdialogue.blogspot.com). He...

22/09/2025

Join us this Thursday, September 25th at 3 PM (Dublin time) as Edmund Kee-Fook Chia will give a talk on ZOOM titled:

"Interfaith Dialogue: Reflections from Asia.”

More details here:

10/09/2025

Dr Ibrahim Aslandur will give a talk titled: "From Congregations to Classrooms: Muslims’ Own Understandings of Islam in Germany."

The talk will be in-person in Drumcondra House on the DCU All Hallows Campus--and by ZOOM (details below).


All welcome!

Sep 11, 2025 03:00 PM Dublin

ZOOM Details:

Meeting ID: 860 4910 7252

Passcode352584

19/08/2025

Article Submissions open for our Special Issue in Religions-- "Interfaith Dialogue and Transformation." Details below: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/441Z1Y1000, European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies, EASR, European Association for the Study of Religions, DCU School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music

Special Issue in journal Religions: Interfaith Dialogue and Transformation

06/03/2025

All are welcome to attend the following ZOOM Seminar with Professor Carol Rittner and Professor John Roth Wednesday, March 12th at 7 PM Dublin time. The seminar is sponsored by the Irish Council of Christians and Jews and the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue at Dublin City University. More details here about the speakers. The ZOOM details are below.

Professor Carol Rittner and Professor John Roth will discuss their recently edited book:



Stress Test: The Israel-Hamas War and Christian-Jewish Relations





When: Wednesday, March 12th at 7 PM (Dublin time)



The Seminar is sponsored by the Irish Council of Christians and Jews and is part of Dublin City University’s Theology, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Research Seminar series.





This talk will be delivered via ZOOM. Here are the details:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://dcu-ie.zoom.us/j/98801820755?pwd=Zch8Wi2qyIapMlLDTHT3keJf7ocHTO…



Meeting ID: 988 0182 0755

Passcode: 846149

27/02/2025

Reminder: Call for our EuARe panel in Vienna is due April 4th. Details here:
https://www.dcu.ie/cird/news/2025/feb/call-papers-2025-euare-panel

05/02/2025

On February 6th at 3 PM Dublin time, Professor Michael D. Driessen (John Cabot University) will speak on:



“Revisiting A Revolutionary Faith: On Tradition, Innovation, and New Forms of Spirituality”


Via Zoom (Meeting ID: 968 4206 0587 Passcode: 718041)

Michael Driessen is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and the inaugural Director of the MA program in International Affairs at John Cabot University. He also directs the Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics. Michael received his doctorate from the University .....

12/12/2024

Peter Admirand's recently published article, "Confessions of a Catholic Theologian: On Silence, the Shoah, and the War in Israel-Palestine" is now available to read in the open-access, peer reviewed journal, Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations.

Confessions of a Catholic Theologian: On Silence, the Shoah, and the War in Israel-Palestine Authors Peter Admirand https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6169-9263 DOI: https://doi.org/10.6017/scjr.v19i1.18675 Keywords: October 7th, Israel, Gaza, Netanyahu, Hamas, Shoah, humility, silence Abstract This is a p...

08/10/2024

You are welcome to join a ZOOM discussion based on the book God, Evil, and Suffering in Islam (2023) with its author Salih Sayligan and Catholic theologian Peter Admirand, author of Amidst Mass Atrocity and the Rubble of Theology: Searching for a Viable Theodicy (2012). The event is October 9th at 1 PM EST.

9 October, 2024 About the book: Professor Salih Sayilgan explores the problem of evil and …