A journal About Cultural And Civilizational Interaction
BRIIFS is intended to provide a venue for interdisciplinary academic inquiry into all fields of the humanities and social sciences that bear upon cultural or civilizational interaction such as anthropology, archaeology, fine arts, history, literature, politics, and sociology, and to situate cultural contact in a global context.
Human Dignity in the Holy Quran
One of the fundamental concepts in the Quran that underpins the perception of human beings and their value is the concept of…
FROM HUMILIATION TO DIGNITY: FROM THE BRINK OF DISASTER TO A FUTURE OF GLOBAL DIGNITY IN SOLIDARITY
Ever more people around the world yearn for dignity, and this even though dignity is difficult to conceptualise. This article begins with…
Moses: Unity and Diversity – Abrahamic Perspectives
This contribution will explore the extent to which Abrahamic dialogue is dependent upon unity rather than diversity and will make reference to…
The Vision of Moses in Early Christianity: The Case of the Transfiguration of Jesus
“In the Hebrew Bible and in its ancient Greek and Aramaic versions, the figure of Moses is presented in a multitude of…
The Figure of Moses in Islam: An Interpretative Hypothesis
The figure of Moses is very complex in the Islamic tradition, both in terms of the interpretation of the Qur’anic passages concerning…
M.J. Lagrange, The Pontifical Biblical Commission and the Mosaic Authenticity of the Pentateuch
First § : In his SOUVENIRS PERSONNELS, published posthumously in 1967,1 Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855-1938), founder of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française…
The Father of All Prophets: Moses as Prophet and the Prophecy of Moses in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Traditions
Mose – מֹשֶׁה (Mosheh), Μωυσῆς or Μωσῆς (Mōysēs or Mōsēs), موسى (Mūsā) – belongs without doubt to those figures of religious history,…
The Changing Religious Landscape: Implications for Civil Society and Foreign Affairs
[First §] In 1999, the sociologist Peter Berger noted that: “the world is as furiously religious as it ever was, and in…
Call for papers
The Royal Institiue for Interfaith Studies invites scholarly contributions for an upcoming issue exploring “Human Empathy in Modern Times”.
In the present times, rapid technology changes and major global shifts, empathy is highlighted as an essential framework of ethics, human dignity, and coexistence.
BRIIFS seeks original researches that address how empathy is enacted and defined across religious, social and technological landscapes.
The Journal also welcomes related researches within the broader scope of RIIFS including interfaith dialogue, comparative Religions and related topics.
Deadline for submission is 15 June 2026.
Read the submission guidelines.