Oasis. Comité Scientifique 2010 L’éducation entre foi et culture. Expériences chrétiennes et musulmanes e
Lugar: Jounieh, Libano

Press Release

Lebanon will host the 2010 Meeting of the Scientific Board of Oasis
70 scholars, professors and religious leaders, from all over the world will debate on
“Education between Faith and Culture: Christian and Muslim Experiences in Dialogue”

Conference venue:
Foyer Notre Dame du Mont / Sayyidat al-Jabal
Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family
Jounieh
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The annual meeting of the Scientific Board of Oasis, the International Foundation established in 2004 by Cardinal Angelo Scola, the Patriarch of Venice, and present in many parts of the world thanks to its international network, will take place in Beirut on the coming 21st of June.

The mission of the Oasis Foundation is the promotion of mutual knowledge and understanding between Christians and Muslims.

The theme chosen for the 2010 meeting is the natural development of the debates, exchanges and researches of the previous years: Venice 2009 (Interpreting traditions in the age of métissage), Amman 2008 (Religious Freedom: An asset for every society) Venice 2007 (The métissage), Cairo 2006 (Fundamental Rights and Democracies), Venice 2005 (Unity in diversity).

Oasis runs different instruments: a biannual and plurilingual magazine, a monthly newsletter, two series of books, a website....
For more information please refer to www.oasiscenter.eu

The programme of the meeting
Monday June 21
Morning session (9.30-13.15)

9.30-9.40: Welcome address - Dr. Martino Diez, Director of Research – Oasis Foundation
9.40-10.00: Opening address - H.B. Em. Card. Nasrallah Sfeïr, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites

Interventions:
10.00-10.20: H.Em. Card. Angelo Scola, Education as Paideia: A Proposal for our Time
10.20-10.40: H.E. Minister Tareq Mitri, Education and Interreligious Dialogue.
10.40-11.10: Prof. Robert W. Hefner, Madrassas : The Test of Modernity

11.10-11.30: Break

11.30-11.50: Prof. Sheykh Ridwan al-Sayyed, Ulema Training: Continuity and Reform
11.50-12.10: Prof. Sheykh Hani Fahs, Knowledge, Wisdom and Education - a Shiite Perspective

12.15-13.15: Discussion

13.30-14.30: Buffet

Afternoon session (15.00-18.30)

15.00-15.20: H.Em. Card. Jean-Louis Tauran, Christians and Muslims facing the Educative Challenge
15.20-15.40: Prof. Hicham Nashabe, Sunnite Educational Institutions in Lebanon: The Makassed
15.40-16.00: Prof. Antoine Messarra, Education between Communitarism and National Identity Building

16.00-16.20: Break

16.20-16.40: Prof. F. Selim Daccache sj, The Lebanese Educative System
16.40-17.00: Rev. F. Marwan Tabet ml, Catholic Schools in the Middle East
17.00-17.20: Prof. Mohammed Samaha, Shiite Educative Institutions in Lebanon

17.30-18.30: Discussion

Keynote speakers (in alphabetical order):

Ridwan al-Sayyed, Professor of Islamic Studies at the Lebanese University, former Co-editor of the journal al-Ijtihad
Selim Daccache, Dean of the Faculty of Religious Sciences – University Saint-Joseph of Beirut
Hani Fahs, Member of the High Shiite Council of Lebanon
Robert W. Hefner, Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA) at Boston University
Antoine Messarra, Member of the Lebanese Constitutional Council
Hicham Nachabe, President of the Lebanese Islamic University al-Makassed
Mohammed Samaha, General Secretary – the League for the Islamic Religious Teaching
Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice, President of the Oasis International Foundation
Tareq Mitri, Minister of Information - Lebanon, Former Visiting Lecturer – Harvard Divinity School
Marwan Tabet, General Secretary of the Catholic Schools in Lebanon
Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

Notes:

Please confirm your partecipation by email (oasis@marcianum.it) supplying your name and the name of your journal by the coming 15th of June.

For more details, please contact Mrs. Maria Laura Conte, mlconte@patriarcatovenezia.it, tel +39 347 1589822.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programme Lundi 21 Juin 2010

Session de la matinée (9h30-13h15)

9h30-9h40 : Mot de bienvenue - Dr. Martino Diez, Directeur de Recherche de la Fondation Oasis
9h40-10h : Allocution d’ouverture - S.B. Ém. le Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeïr, Patriarche d’Antioche des Maronites

Interventions :
10h00-10h20 : S.Ém. le Card. Angelo Scola, L’éducation comme paideia : une proposition pour notre temps
10h20-10h40 : S.E. M. le Ministre Tareq Mitri, Les enjeux de l’Éducation et du dialogue interreligieux
10h40-11h10 : M. le Professeur Robert W. Hefner, Les madrasas à l’épreuve de la modernité

11h10-11h30 : Pause café

11h30-11h50 : M. le Professeur Sheykh Ridwan Al-Sayyed, La formation des ulémas : continuité et réforme
11h50-12h10 : M. le Professeur Sheykh Hani Fahs, Savoir, sagesse et éducation dans une perspective shiite

12h15-13h15 : Débat

13h30-14h30 : Buffet

Session de l’après-midi (15h00-18h30)

15h00-15h20 : S.Ém. le Card. Jean-Louis Tauran, Chrétiens et musulmans face au défi éducatif
15h20-15h40 : M. le Professeur Hicham Nachabe, Les institutions éducatives sunnites au Liban : le cas des Makassed
15h40-16h00 : M. le Professeur Antoine Messarra, Éducation entre communautarisme et construction de l’identité nationale

16h00-16h20 : Pause café

16h20-16h40 : M. le Professeur P. Selim Daccache sj, Le système éducatif libanais
16h40-17h00 : Révérend Père Marwan Tabet ml, Les écoles catholiques au Moyen-Orient
17h00-17h20 : M. le Professeur Mohammed Samaha, Les institutions éducatives shiites au Liban

17h30-18h30 : Débat

Lieu du colloque :

Foyer Notre Dame du Mont / Sayyidat al-Jabal (Suore Maronite della Sacra Famiglia), Jounieh

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