The witness of martyrdom that the Christians of this troubled Iraq are offering represents a powerful call for all our Churches. It is a peremptory invitation to all Christians to follow Jesus Christ, our Easter, with decisiveness

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LEADER

 

Exposed to the Gaze and the Questions of the Other, Jean-Louis Tauran

 

CURRENT ISSUES

 

Christianity and the Need for Witnesses, Javier Prades

The Divine Testament Offered to Human Freedom, Ignacio Carbajosa

If Communicating is a Question of Truth, Paolo Martinelli

Existence as a Text, Giovanni Salmeri

Faithfulness to Oneself is responding ‘Here I am!’, Franco Riva

The Profession of Faith According to the Koran, Michel Cuypers

The Centrality of Martyrdom in Contemporary Islam, Samir Khalil Samir

The Tiredness of a Believing People, Habib Malik

Following Christ, in Iraq as well, Shlemon Warduni

The Impetus Provided by the Second Vatican Council, Paolo Terenzi

 

DOCUMENTS

 

The Door of Access to the Mystery that is in front of our Very Eyes

Thanks to Jesus the Elsewhere is Here, Jean-Louis Leuba

Faith, an Always New Act, Jospeh Ratzinger

Mission According to St. Francis, Paul Hinder

 

ENCOUNTERS

 

In the Heart of the Mediterranean the Island of Wounded Beauty, Roberto Fontolan

 

REPORTAGE

 

That Corner of Iraq in Detroit, Marco Bardazzi and Camille Eid

 

CONTRIBUTIONS

 

The ‘Manifesto’ of Wise Islam. Structure, Language, Surprises and Doubts, Maurice Borrmans

From the Message of Amman to the Theology of Dual Love, Sohail Nakhooda

The Substance and Appearance of ‘What Unites Us’, Stratford Caldecott

Exploring Human Interiority, Giuseppe Scattolin

Faith and Freedom. The Conflict of Interpretations, Ida Zilio-Grandi

Three Natures and a Plurality of Cultures, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi

Jean-Mohammed: the Franciscan who Came from Islam, Jean-Jacques Pérennès

 

REVIEWS

 

Girard the ‘Disturber’ Goes to War, Henri Hude

The Church Wrestling with Dark Times, Antonio Colombo

The Dossier on Religions Examined by Brussels, Maurice Borrmans

When Europe Wants to Make Justice be Done, Luca Antonini

Iraq: Who put the Christians in a Trap?, Giorgio Paolucci

What Man Cares About, Paolo Terenzi

Citizenship: an Idea to be Constructed, Paolo Gomarasca

Why we Cannot Say that we are not Religious, Paolo Terenzi

Love Tenaciously Resists in a Story Without Hope, Emma Neri

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE

 

The Treasures of Islam on the Silk Route, Giovanni Curatola

 

COLOPHON

 

A BIANNUAL MAGAZINE OF THE OASIS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTRE

ORDINARY MEMBER OF THE STUDIUM GENERALE MARCIANUM

YEAR 4, NUMBER 7, MAI 2008

 

Editor Roberto Fontolan

Coordinator Gabriel Richi Alberti

Managing Editor Martino Diez

Editorial Consultants Marco Bardazzi Camille Eid

Graphic Design Anna Wawrzyniak

Layout Anna Wawrzyniak Alessandro Bellucci [arabic and urdu]

Organisation Patrizia Cacciari Teresa Scantaburlo

French translation Danielle Ballay Lunghetti

English translation Matthew Fforde

Arabic translation Jamil Ghobril [into arabic]

Urdu translation Mobeen Shahid

 

Distribution David Cantagalli e Associati Editori

Registration Tribunal of Venice n.1498 of 12/10th/2004

 

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