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“Jewish and Christian reception(s) of Muslim theology”International Conference, 23-25 May 2013, IstanbulConvened by the RESEARCH UNIT INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF THEISLAMICATE WORLD(Freie Universität Berlin) in cooperation with the SWEDISH RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN ISTANBULFunded by the European Research Council FP7 Project “RediscoveringTheological Rationalism in the Medieval World of Islam”Call for papersIn the framework of the European Research Council FP7 Project“Rediscovering Theological Rationalism in the Medieval World ofIslam”, the RESEARCH UNIT INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF THE ISLAMICATEWORLD (Freie Universität Berlin), in cooperation with the SWEDISHRESEARCH INSTITUTE IN ISTANBUL, will hold an internationalconference on “Jewish and Christian reception(s) of Muslimtheology” on 23-25 May 2013, in Istanbul. The idea is to bringtogether an international group of approximately 20-25 specialists of Jewish, Christian and Muslim theology in order to discuss phenomena of reciprocity between Muslims, Christians and Jews inthe field of kalām. It is well known that especially Jewishthinkers increasingly adopted Muslim(and Christian) rationaltheology from the 10th century CE onwards (esp. Muʿtazilitetheology), and a similar phenomenon can be observed in 13th and14th century Coptic theological writings that were under theinfluence of Ashʿarite (Ghazālī, Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī) and Jewish thinkers(Maimonides). By the same token, there is a near-consensusamong contemporary scholars that the Muslim dialectical technique of kalām can be traced back to similar patterns of dilemmaticdialogue that were characteristic for the Christologicalcontroversies raging in 6th century Alexandria, 7th centurySyria but also Manichaean patterns of disputation. Contributionsare invited that will address new texts, aspects and issueswithin this intellectual “whirlpool” of kalām.Thanks to an Advanced Research Grant from the European ResearchCouncil, we will be able to pay for travel expenses, meals, andaccommodations in Istanbul.A selection of papers will be published in 2014 in Volume Twoof the journal Intellectual History of the Islamicate World (Brill) (http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/islamwiss/Intellectual_History_in_the_Islamicate_World/Journal/index.html).Proposals (title and brief abstract of 250-500 words) should besubmitted no later than Friday, June 29th, 2012 to sabineschmidtke@gmail.com.