Italy
UNESCO Chair in Religious Pluralism and Peace (901), established in 2008 at the Bologna University (Italy)
Fields/Disciplines
Religious pluralism, peace studies.
Objectives
The Chair seeks to deepen the multidisciplinary understanding of religious issues, stressing, among others, the relevant role of History as a tool to understand diversity and to be able to accept pluralism as a key to human culture.
Host Institution
The Bologna University (Italy)
Partners
Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies, Amman (Jordan)
Università di Modena-Reggio Emilia, Modena (Italy)
Weltethos Stiftung, Tübingen (Germany)
UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network
Contact: Prof. Alberto Melloni, UNESCO Chairholder
UNESCO Chair for Religious Pluralism and Peace University of Bologna
John XXIII Foundation for the Religious Studies
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Via San Vitale 114
40125 Bologna
Italy
Phone: +39.051.239.532
E-mail: alberto.melloni(at)tin.it