The Challenges for Theological Studies in the Middle East

Fadi Daou

doi:10.48604/ct.105

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Fadi Daou Adyan Foundation

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.48604/ct.105

Keywords :

Éducation chrétienne, éducation théologique, Moyen-Orient, Liban, mondialisation, théologie contextuelle

Résumé

In Lebanon, there are four Catholic Faculties of Theology, one Greek Orthodox and one Protestant (NEST). And one can add the Faculty of religious studies at Saint Joseph University. As academic theological institutions, they constitute the main center of theological studies in the Arab world. Around 500 students study in these different institutions. The majority of them are in undergraduate programs. Most of these Faculties offer Master degrees and few a doctorate programs. Courses are offered in French or Arabic. Only courses at NEST are in English. Yet, the French programs have the connotation of being more scientific and having a higher academic level than the Arabic ones. They are reasons for this issue.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Fadi Daou, Adyan Foundation

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Références

Congregation for Catholic Education, « The Theological formation of the future priests », in: DC, 1698 (1976), n. 134.

Fadi Daou and Nayla Tabbara, Divine Hospitality: Christian and Muslim Theologies of the other in dialogue, (Published until now into Arabic translated from French by Prof. Adel Theodor Khoury), Adyan / St Paul Publications, 2011, Lebanon.

John-Paul II, A new hope for Lebanon, n. 77, p. 122-125.

Quo Vadis, Theologia Orientalis? Proceedings of the Conference “Théologie orientale : contenu et importance”, Ain Traz, Avril 2005 (CEDRAC – textes et études sur l’Orient Chrétien, 6)