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The Bible, the Qur’an and the religious life of Muslims

To Muslims, the Qur’an is the record of God’s revelations to Muhammad between 610 and 632 AD. It includes many Biblical characters, from Adam to Jesus to Mary. How does the...

12:00 PM ET Wed., Feb. 26, 2025

The Church and Islam through the Centuries

What are the high points and low points of the relationship between Islam and Christianity through the centuries? What do the Qur’an and the hadith (Muhammad’s sayings and...

12:00 PM ET Wed., Mar. 26, 2025
Religion and Philosophy

The One God in Islam and Christianity

Christians and Muslims believe in a God who created the universe, who loves them, and guides them. Yet there are significant differences in their vision of God. Is it coherent,...

12:00 PM ET Wed., Apr. 30, 2025
Art and History

The Thaw: The Many Meanings of “Truce”

The Truce, written in 1962, takes up where If This is a Man left off, recounting Primo Levi’s epic journey on trains, on foot, and on horse-and-cart, as he makes his way across...

Art and History

Rome Book Club: The Journey

The Truce operates on several different levels. It is a richly detailed account of an actual journey of nine months, on trains, on foot, on horsedrawn cart, across mountains,...

Primo Levi’s “The Truce”: The Reawakening

One of the meanings contained in the title of the novel is the idea of suspension of moral judgement. This is not to say that The Truce is a novel of forgiveness: rather these...

Health and Society

Mike Macaluso: Education, Animated.

From reflections on being the Notre Dame leprechaun to inspiring lifelong, engaged readers

Religion and Philosophy

Everyday Holiness: Fr. Matt Kuczora, CSC

Join Fr. Matt Kuczora, CSC, as he details his somewhat surprising discovery of a priestly and religious vocation, his various ministry placements, and his ongoing discernment of...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Dec. 06, 2024

The Church in Asia: Origins and Development of the Christian Church in China, Christian missions

This discussion traces the beginning of Christianity in China, when missionaries from the Church of East entered the country in the sixth century, and introduced their religion as...

The Church in Asia: The Relationship Between Christianity and Buddhism in China

This discussion of The Church in Asia focused on the relationship between Buddhism and Christianity in China. In China, Buddhism was in close contact with Confucianism and Taoism...

The Church in Asia: The Church in China Today

This discussion focuses on the Church in China today. Some surveys suggest that Christians are four percent of the Chinese population, perhaps about 50-60 million believers. Thus,...

Civil Discourse: What is the Role of Business to Reduce Polarization in Our Society?

Over the past decade, two trends have collided: Polarization in our society has steadily increased in its breadth and severity, and business leaders have been asked to take a more...

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