Christianity, Islam and Enlightenment: Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg

Abstract

September 2006 pope Benedict XVI pronounced a doctors lesson at the University of Regensburg, where he was professor years before. In it he tried an essay of understanding between faith and reason, beginning with the appearance of Christianity in the context of the hellenic philosophy, which was achieved during the first Century AD. But the first reason of the worldly impact of that lesson was the quotation of a text where it was suggested the link between violence and Islam. In this article we interpret the aim of the pope starting from three significant cathegories: Christianity, Islam, Enlightenment.