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Date of source: Saturday, February 10, 2018
In an address to the General Synod of the Church of England, the Archbishop of the Anglican Episcopal Church, Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, expressed that same-sex marriage conflicts with the teachings of Christianity. He drew attention to resolution 10:1 from the 1998 Lambeth conference, which expressed the...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 14, 2022
The Bible House of Egypt organized an exhibition of the Bible which was inaugurated by Pope Tawāḍrūs on 14 December. The Pope commended the Bible House's important role in spreading the word of God to people of all groups and ages, and called for the Bible to be presented as a gift between people....
Date of source: Saturday, January 28, 2023
Dr. Peter Berend Dirksen studied theology and semitic languages and went on to become an internationally acclaimed scholar of the Old Testament. He worked between 1989 and 1993 with Dr. Arie van der Kooij who later became professor of Biblical Studies at Leiden University. Dr. Van der Kooij writes...
Date of source: Saturday, January 28, 2023
Cornelis Hulsman has known Dr. Pieter Berend Dirksen (1928-2022) since 1976. Dr. Dirksen noticed that Hulsman was interested in Muslim-Christian dialogue and encouraged him to develop his studies in this direction. Since Dr. Dirksen was an internationally acclaimed scholar of the Hebrew Bible/Old...
Date of source: Saturday, January 28, 2023
Rev. Dr. Eginhard Meijering offered reflections in the memorial service for Dr. Pieter Berend Dirksen (also known as Piet Dirksen) on January 14, 2023, in the Regenboog (rainbow) Church of Leiden. Rev. Dr. Meijering once was a student of Dr. Dirksen. They first came to know each other in 1959. In...
Archeologist suggests the name “Museum of Peace” for exhibition halls at Saint Catherine’s Monastery
Date of source: Monday, February 21, 2022
The archeologist, Dr. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Rayḥān, General Director of Research, Archeology and Scientific Publications for South Sinai at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced a permanent museum exhibition within Saint Catherine’s Monastery. Since its establishment in 2001, the museum has...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2022
Among the publications at the Cairo International Book Fair is the Arabic translation of When Jesus Became God by the Jewish-American author, Richard E. Rubenstein, published by Dār al-Yāsmīn Publishing and translated by Usāma Naṣṣār.
The 437-page book has provoked debate since the announcement of...
Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2022
On Tuesday, January 11, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities will hold a temporary archaeological exhibition at the Sharm al-Shaykh Museum under the title “The Journey of the Holy Family” for six months. Nine icons and three rare manuscripts are to be displayed for the first time on the occasion...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
The Youth Bishopric will start today the Coptic Book Fair, from 16 to 26 November, at St. Mark's Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāssiyya.
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2021
Bishop Isḥāq, Bishop of Ṭimā its dependencies for Orthodox Copts, received the servants of the Holy Bible Publication House [Dār al-Kitāb al-Muqaddas], including the sales coordinator Usāma Zakariyyā at the Cathedral of St. Abū Phām, to discuss a project idea sponsored by Pope Tawāḍrūs
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.