Alberto Fabio Ambrosio

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.

Alberto Fabio Ambrosio OP (born September 4, 1971 in Fano , Italy ) is an Italian theologian and religious historian.

Career

After studying Persian and Turkish language and literature at the Université Marc Bloch in Strasbourg (2001 and 2002), Ambrosio received his doctorate in modern and contemporary history at the Sorbonne in 2007 with a thesis on Pratiques et doctrines des derviches tourneurs au XVIIe siècle dans l'Empire ottoman: le cas Ismâ'îl Rüsûhi Ankaravî . He then continued his research and publications, so that he was habilitated at the University of Lorraine in 2013 . His habilitation thesis was entitled Le soufisme des derviches tourneurs. Recherches en mystique . In 2015 Ambrosio, who studied theology in Bologna , also obtained a canonical licentiate in Ecumenical Theology and Interreligious Dialogue at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas .

Ambrosio has been Professor of Theology and History of Religions at the Luxembourg School of Religion & Society (LSRS) since 2017 .

Research priorities

Ambrosio's main interest is in the question of how the religious manifests itself in different religions and how it interacts in different areas of culture. After having dealt with the mystical dimension of Islam for years, he is currently investigating the articulation between profane and religious fashion by reflecting on these sociocultural phenomena from a theological perspective and, in the spirit of the LSRS , also transforming theology. Since 2019 he has been leading a research project called Revêtir l'invisible: la religion habillée , which is jointly carried out by the LSRS and the Collège des Bernardins , where Ambrosio is also director of studies.

The interreligious and the interspiritual dialogue are also among Ambrosio's main research areas. Following on from this, he also deals with the question of the dialogue between spirituality and contemporary culture.

Memberships

Alberto F. Ambrosio is co-director of research at the Collège des Bernardins and editor of series at the publishing houses Peter Lang ( Brussels ) and Mimesis ( Milan ). He is also a full member of the Center for Ottoman, Balkan and Central Asian Studies (CETOBAC / EHESS , Paris) and a member of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo (IDEO). Ambrosio is also a full research member of the French Institute for Anatolian Studies in Istanbul (IEFA) and a member of the ZoneModa research group. Italian Fashion Studies ( Bologna ).

Publications

  • Dio tre volte sarto. Moda e teologia , Milano, Mimesis Editore, “Moda & Religioni”, in press.
  • Escatologia quotidiana. The Last Judgment di Maxim Kantor , Milan, Mimesis Editore, “A regola d'arte”, in press.
  • Seasons intérieures. Croire à l'âge de l'incroyance , Paris, Éditions Empreinte temps présent, “L'art de méditer”, 2020.
  • Un islam à la mode? Mystique, politique, esthétique. In: Nouvelle Revue Théologique 142 (2020/1); Pp. 81-102.
  • Rūmī and Whirling dervishes , Adelaide, ATF Theology, 2019.
  • with Elsa Pirenne: Luxembourg. In: Olivier Scharbrodt, Samin Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić, Jørgen S. Nielsen, Egdūnas Račius (eds.): Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, vol. 11, Leiden, Brill, 2019, 405-418.
  • Invisible Dress: Weaving a Theology of Fashion. In: Religions , https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/7/419/htm (last accessed April 17, 2020).

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Ambrosio, Alberto Fabio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian theologian and historian of religion
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Fano , Italy