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02/26/2026

Hello Friends,

If you are around, please join our Colloquium celebrating Fr. Paulinus Odozor's work this afternoon.

10/02/2025

Some pictures from yesterday’s colloquium. Many thanks to Prof. Gabriel Reynolds for his insightful discussion. It’s always wonderful to see so many friends and colleagues at the WRWC colloquium.

Stay tuned.

10/01/2025

If you are around, please join us for a celebration and discussion of Professor Reynolds' recent book, entitled "Christianity and the Qur'an."

09/04/2025

We are delighted to share that Jorge Arredondo Sevilla, a third-year WRWC student, has recently published two journal articles:

• “Esteban Anticoli Defends Our Lady of Guadalupe: Transnational Apologetics in Mexico and New Mexico,” American Catholic Historical Society, 136:1 (2025). https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/156/article/956540
• “Aztec Interpretations of the Sacred Tilma: A Nahua Iconographical Reading of Our Lady of Guadalupe,” International Journal of Latin American Religions (2025). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41603-025-00306-8

Congratulations to Jorge on this significant achievement! Keep up the excellent work.

04/02/2025

Delighted to share the news of a forthcoming book by our WRWC faculty, Prof. Gabriel Reynolds, titled "Christianity and the Qur'an." This book is scheduled for release in September 2025 from Yale University Press. Stay tuned!

A leading Qur’anic scholar’s revisionary account of how Islam emerged in dialogue with Christian traditions Challenging the dominant narrative about t...

03/07/2025

Our first colloquium this Spring semester featuring Prof. Xueying Wang was held on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Her talk was titled “A Cosmic Human Being: Rethinking Human Nature in Chen Xun’s Awakening from Errors about Human Nature."

Thank you, everyone, for your participation. See you in the next colloquium scheduled for April 9th.

11/08/2024

November 6, 2024: The second WRWC Colloquium this Fall featuring Prof. Trent Pomplun who talked about "Thomas Aquinas on the Salvation of Non-Christians: The Early Modern Debate."

Many thanks to our colleagues and students for taking your precious time to attend this wonderful conversation.

09/06/2024

September 5, 2024: WRWC Colloquium featuring Fr. Stephen Bevans from The Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Steve talked about his most recent book, “Community of Missionary Disciples: The Continuing Creation of the Church” (2024). Thank you, Prof. Paul Kollman, for organizing this event.

06/22/2024

Yesterday Dr. (!) Eric DeVilliers successfully defended his Notre Dame WRWC dissertation: "FROM THE SHĀHID TO THE GHAYB: THE VISION OF GOD IN LATE ANTIQUITY, THE QUR’ĀN, AND ISLAMIC THEOLOGY." On his committee were Notre Dame Professors Mun'im Sirry, Hussein Abdulsater, Stephen Ogden, and Gabriel Reynolds. Congratulations Dr. Eric!

05/11/2024

We are grateful to God for the past academic year 2023-24 in the WRWC program at Notre Dame. We shared a moment yesterday in the Spring sunshine with our family and friends in the program.