Fondazione per le scienze religiose | |
Abbreviation | FSCIRE |
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Named after | Pope John XXIII |
Founded at | Bologna, Italy |
Legal status | Foundation |
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Website | fscire |
Formerly called | Institute for Religious Sciences in Bologna |
The Foundation for Religious Sciences John XXIII (Italian : Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII) is a research institution in Bologna, Italy and is directed by Alberto Melloni. [1] The organization publishes, organizes, receives and communicates research within religious sciences with a particular view to Christianity. [2]
The foundation began with Giuseppe Dossetti in 1953 and was originally called the Institute for Religious Sciences in Bologna; In 1985 the Institute was renamed to Foundation for Religious Sciences John XXIII. [3] In addition to the many projects that the foundation supports it also maintains numerous archives and collections. [4] [5] [6] [7] One project of particular importance has been the Digital Maktaba, an interdisciplinary project to create and catalog works which are published in non-Latin alphabets such as Arabic, Persian, and Azerbaijani. [8] The project is based at the La Pira library in Palermo and serves as the hub for the Foundations history and doctrines of Islam.
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