Educating for an in-depth understanding of the Theology of Christian-Muslim Dialogue: Successful launching of the joint Graduate Online Course 

Eighteen graduate students from the Kircher member institutions are enrolled in this new Course offered by the Loyola University Andalusia (Spain), Innsbruck University-Faculty of Catholic Theology (Austria), and Sankt Georgen Jesuit College of Philosophy and Theology (Germany).

The Course is the first formation experience of "HEST Teaching", a new phase of the HEST Programme (Higher Education for Social Transformation) seeking to develop joint courses on strategic academic themes. The coordinators of the HEST cluster on Christian-Muslim Relations, Prof. Dr Gonzalo Villagrán, SJ., Prof. Dr Michaela Quast-Neulinger and Prof. Dr Tobias Specker, SJ., and Prof Dr Fermín Rodríguez CMF, comprised the organization team of the Course. They will be teaching it with invited lecturers from the Kircher universities (Innsbruck University, Sankt Georgen Jesuit College of Philosophy and Theology, Saint Joseph University), and prestigious universities in Europe (Humboldt University, University of Freiburg, University of Warsaw, and the Katholische Hochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen).

Through a collaborative methodology and pedagogical use of E-Learning, this Course will take advantage of the academic experience of the different faculties of theology, philosophy, and religious studies of the Kircher Network and their partner universities in Europe. The interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives will undoubtedly enrich the theological discussion and the formation of the graduate students.

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