CEDRAC (french: Centre de documentation et de recherches arabes chrétiennes) is the Center for Arab Christian Research and Documentation of
Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ).
[ St Joseph University website, ''Center for Arab Christian Research and Documentation'' page]
/ref> It was established in 1991 by Fr. Samir Khalil Samir
Samir Khalil Samir, SJ (born Samir Khalil Kosseim), is an Egyptian Jesuit priest, Islamic scholar, Orientalist, and Catholic theologian. A professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute (Rome), at the Centre Sèvres (Paris), at St Joseph Univ ...
.Oasis Center website, Author profile page
/ref> It was incorporated in 1996 into the USJ.
The CEDRAC sees itself as following in the tradition of the researchers Louis Cheikhô
Louis Cheikho, ar, لويس شيخو, born Rizqallâh Cheikho (1859–1927) was a Jesuit Chaldean Catholic priest, Orientalist and Theologian. He pioneered Eastern Christian and Assyrian Chaldean literary research and made major contributions ...
and Georg Graf who worked in this discipline in Beirut at the end of the 19th and start of the 20th century.philosophy
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
, philology, and religion: Christianity, Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
and other religions of the region such as Judaism and Zoroastrianism with a focus on Lebanon, Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, Iraq, Iran, Palestine
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Palestine may refer to:
* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
* Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia
* Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...
, and Egypt. The literature is in several languages and comprises documents about these religions from their origin to the present day. Moreover, it organises seminars and conferences and prepares and publishes various publications.
References
External links
Official Website
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1986 establishments in Lebanon
Organizations established in 1986
Religious organisations based in Lebanon
Saint Joseph University
Christian and Islamic interfaith dialogue