The Vatican and leading Iranian theologians on "Faith and Reason in Christianity and Islam"


	The Vatican and leading Iranian theologians on "Faith and Reason in Christianity and Islam"

Johanna_G

5-14-2008 3:02 AM

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islam, vatican, roman catholic church, religion, reason, violence

Johanna_G says:

Deutsche Fassung: Interreligiöser Dialog - Der Vatikan und der Iran auf Entspannungskurs.

See also: Catholic-Shiite Dialogue - Reasonable Understanding.

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