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The Archbishop of Canterbury's Building Bridges SeminarFor over ten years the Building Bridges Seminar has brought together a range of internationally recognized Christian and Muslim scholars for intensive study. Texts from...
Turkey
Turkey is a Muslim-majority country with a secular state and a rich religious history. Islam arrived with the Seljuk Turks in the 11th century, and its influence deepened...
Turkey is a Muslim-majority country with a secular state and a rich religious history. Islam arrived with the Seljuk Turks in the 11th century, and its influence deepened...
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2009 Building Bridges Seminar, Istanbul
The eighth Building Bridges Seminar, which was held in June 2009 and was hosted by Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, focused on the interface between science and religion as...
2010 Building Bridges Seminar, Washington, D.C.
The theme of the ninth Building Bridges Seminar, which was held in May 2010 at Georgetown University, Washington DC, was ‘Tradition and Modernity: Christian and Muslim...
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Alparslan Acikgenc
Alparslan Acikgenc is Professor of Philosophy at Fatih University in Istanbul, Turkey. He has also taught at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, the University of Chicago, Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization in Kuala Lumpur, and the University of Jordan. He earned his BA at Ankara University, his MA at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and his PhD at the University of Chicago. He is a Member of the Turkish Philosophical Association and an Honorary Member of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences.