This volume is the outcome of the first international conference held in Istanbul in December 2022 and promoted by the Fondazione per le scienze religiose.
Beginning with the Patriarchal narratives, a site known as HaMakom (The Place) became recognised and embedded within the nation's soul as unique and special.
In 1817, in what is now Iran, a child was born who would later claim to fulfill the deepest expectations of the Bible, the Qur'an, and centuries of religious longing.
Gottesferne, Glaubensverlust, Gebetstrockenheit – was auf den ersten Blick wie ein spiritueller Betriebsunfall aussieht, erweist sich bei näherer Betrachtung oft als das genaue Gegenteil: intensive, nie gekannte Gottesnähe, verwandelndes Feuer, geistliche Fruchtbarkeit.