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We look forward to an engaging dialogue that explores and responds to some of the pressing questions of our time.

 

Fr Chris Clohessy is a South African-born Catholic priest with a PhD in Islamic Studies from the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome, and the winner of the 2021 Islamic Republic of Iran’s Book Award for Distinguished Researcher of Shia Studies. He is at present a resident faculty member of PISAI, lecturing there in Shīʿī Islamic studies, Qurʾān and Islamic Ethics, and is visiting lecturer at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome, where he lectures in Fundamental Theology, Ecclesiology and Mariology.

 

Fr David Neuhaus SJ is a member of the Jesuit community in the Holy Land. Born in South Africa during the apartheid era, he has lived most of his life in Israel and is an Israeli citizen. He teaches Scripture in various institutions in Israel and Palestine, including the Latin Patriarchate Seminary in Beit Jala, Bethlehem University, and the Salesian Theological Institute in Jerusalem. He completed a BA, MA and PhD (Political Science) at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He then completed pontifical degrees in theology and Scripture in Paris (Centre Sevres) and Rome (Pontifical Biblical Institute). He is the author of numerous books and articles. In November 2025, he published the book, Conquest or Leaven: Reflections of a Catholic Priest in Palestine/Israel, which is available from the Jesuit Institute South Africa.

 

Join us on Thursday, 5 March, 2026, at 19h00-20h00 CAT.

Meeting ID 822 5038 4431 

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