The international lecture series on the history of the reception of the biblical figures Sarah and Hagar at the Institute of Protestant Theology will continue in the winter semester 2025/26. Lectures and discussions by and with renowned international and national scholars will take place on four dates. On Wednesday, 19 November, the lectures will be given by Dr Annemarie Pilarski from the Paderborn Faculty of Theology and Prof. Dr Zeki Saritopak from John Carroll University.

The lectures are entitled "Between Allegory and Personhood: Sara and Hagar in Christian Patristic Interpretation" and "Theological and Spiritual Reflections on Sarah and Hagar's Place in the Islamic Tradition". The sessions will begin at 6.15 pm in room E2.310 with the reading of scholarly texts that deal with the consideration of Sarah and Hagar in different theologies. Afterwards, a Zoom room will be opened for the lecturers and the international audience from 7 pm. This will be followed by two lectures in English and a 30-minute discussion round.

The lecture series is organised in cooperation with the Centre for Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies (ZeKK) as well as teachers and students from John Carroll University and the Tuohy Center for Interreligious Understanding in University Heights, Ohio, USA.

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