Davide Scotto: Medieval Christian Strategies for Converting Muslims

Davide Scotto, public lecture on: Medieval Christian Strategies for Converting Muslims.

A Christian theologian at the University of Salamanca and a prominent member of the Council of Basel, Juan de Segovia (1393-1458) has recently drawn scholarly attention for his ideas on Islam and against the Crusade, which he disseminated among a few European churchmen after the conquest of Byzantium by the Ottomans. This lecture will discuss Segovia’s theological arguments for the peaceful conversion of Muslims starting from his extensive and unpublished letter addressed to the German Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa in 1454.

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It will be next 22 November 2018, 12:00 PM – 1:40 PM.

room B2.22, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Arna Nováka 1, Brno

Organized by Department for the Study of Religions (Faculty of Arts) Czech Association for the Study of Religions