The Foundation for Religious Sciences John XXIII ( it, Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII) is a research institution in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

and is directed by

Alberto Melloni Alberto Melloni (Reggio nell'Emilia, 6 January 1959) is an Italian church historian and a Unesco Chairholder of the Chair on Religious Pluralism & Peace, primarily known for his work on the Councils and the Second Vatican Council. Since 2020, he is ...

. The organization publishes, organizes, receives and communicates research within religious sciences with a particular view to Christianity. 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. In addition to the many projects that the foundation supports it also maintains numerous archives and collections. 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. The project is based at the La Pira library in

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

and serves as the hub for the Foundations history and doctrines of

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 ...

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