Late 2023, Nicolas Atas and Giovanni Gomiero travelled to Erbil, as part of an FWO-funded mission to describe and catalogue manuscripts in Iraqi Kurdistan. Based …
In November 2023, the fourteenth edition of the Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology – LEST – Conference, was dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the …
Rev. Prof. Ormond Rush is an authority on Vatican II and one of the ‘experts and facilitators’ at the 21-23 Synod on Synodality. At the …
Catholicity and Diversity from Volume 46, Issue 1 of Louvain Studies (LS). Article by Stephan van Erp and Philip McCosker available on TRN from March …
Louvain Studies, a quarterly review of the KU Leuven Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, aims to promote international dialogue and reflection on contemporary theological, …
Explores how Christians created, used, and adapted religionized categories of non-Christians through the centuries Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other traces the genealogy of religionization, the various …
Confessional ambiguity is a concept that comes into play when individuals or communities find themselves embracing multiple confessional cultures in what we call "contact zones" …
As a 20th-century alumnus of the Seminary of Bruges, Fr. Kurt Priem turned to his 18th-century predecessors for his doctoral dissertation, in which he investigated …
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The second and revised edition of The Anjou Bible: A Royal Manuscript Revealed is the result of new research conducted over the last twelve years and showcases …
In December 2023, the French phenomenologist Emmanuel Falque (Catholic University of Paris) visited KU Leuven. His visit took place within the context of the ‘Religion’ …
Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke's journey into theological education was shaped by his roots in philosophy. He delved into theology, fueled by an insatiable thirst for knowledge, …
Carool Kersten, Research Professor (BOF) in Islamic Studies at KU Leuven's Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, brings a wealth of expertise in the intellectual …
Dissent, polemics and rivalry have always been at the centre of intellectual development. The scholarly Streitkultur was given a fresh impetus by the newly founded universities in …
Veronika Burz-Tropper is professor of New Testament Studies at KU Leuven's Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies. Before coming to Louvain she studied Catholic Theology …
Moving beyond Individual 'Responsible Dissent' to Possible Institutionalization. Reflections on Pope Francis's 'Culture of Encounter' and the Image of the Polyhedron from Volume 45, Issue …
Louvain Studies, a quarterly review of the KU Leuven Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, aims to promote international dialogue and reflection on contemporary theological, …
La théologie actuelle s’intéresse vivement au Saint-Esprit. Parmi les circonstances qui ont aidé à percevoir l’urgence de la pneumatologie, il y a le dialogue avec …
The role of the Targums, or Aramaic translations of the Hebrew Bible in the Jewish synagogue diminished over time together with the decline of Aramaic …
This book focuses on the crucial role of teaching in the process of tradition. The various essays present case studies, written by specialists in the …
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On 20 October 1870 pope Pius IX adjourned the First Vatican Council, because of the Italian Rissorgimento troops approaching the city of Rome. Given that …
Whilst the celebrated English playwright and poet, William Shakespeare, famously asked “What's in a name?” to call into question the relevance of names, this year’s …
This volume is the fruit of the twelfth LEST-conference (Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology), which took place between 23 and 26 October 2019. The theme …
Katja Zimmermann is an assistant professor in property law at the University of Groningen and a guest professor working with Prof. Dr. Ellen Van Stichel …
Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature In the post-Enlightenment world, philosophy and religion have come to occupy different, even …