LOCATIONS:

• Abbey of Melk: Sunday, February 2nd, at 2:00 p.m. – Monday, February 3rd, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
• Research Center RaT, Vienna: Tuesday, February 4th, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.

In front of the many crises that are currently troubling humanity, this conference aims to focus on the fundamental question that unites the three Abrahamic religions: the Manifestation of the one God. This question not only represents the common center of theological reflection, but is also linked to the mission of performing a life in accordance with God’s will. As such, it also affects the life practice and coexistence of the members of the religions in question, to whom God sent respectively the Torah, Jesus and the Qur’an. For this reason, the question of the significance of and the relation to the two others is intrinsically connected to the question of the One God.

This international conference will consist of two parts: the first bilateral part (Christianity and Islam) will take place in February 2025; the second trilateral part (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) will take place in February 2027. The conclusion of the first part will include a panel with inputs from Christian, Muslim as well as Jewish scholars, as a bridge towards the second part. The aim of both parts is to renew and deepen our theological understanding of what links the three main branches within the Abrahamic family, within the broader human fraternity.

On this occasion, the Research Center Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society (and the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Vienna; in conjunction with the University of Montreal and the Sophia-University of Loppiano) has invited internationally recognized scholars from all three Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) to reflect on the significance of the other traditions for a deeper understanding of God’s will, based on their own understanding of God’s manifestation.

To view the full conference program, click here.