Brief CV
Dr. Rasoul Rasoulipour, was born in June 1964. He has been teaching at Kharazmi University since 1989 as a faculty member of the Dept. of Philosophy, Faculty of Literature and Humanities. He did his B.A. and M.A. in Islamic Theology and Islamic Philosophy at Shahid Motahari Theological College, Tehran, Iran. For the Ph.D. program, he went to University of Pune, India, to do his research on Philosophy of Religion. A few years later, he took a postdoctorate position at the Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, where he taught comparative courses on Shiism and Catholicism for 3 years.
He is an international reciter of the Holy Quran. He is fluent in English and Arabic languages, and is a well known interfaith dialoguer. In addition, he has been a member of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion (since 2006), and a member of the Religions and Spiritualities' Council, Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan (since 2011).
He is an international reciter of the Holy Quran. He is fluent in English and Arabic languages, and is a well known interfaith dialoguer. In addition, he has been a member of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion (since 2006), and a member of the Religions and Spiritualities' Council, Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan (since 2011).
Educational records
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Course
University
City
Country
Graduation Date
Total mean
1
B.A. : Theology
Shahid Motahari University
Tehran
Iran
1986
2
M.A. : Philosophy & Islamic Philosophy
Shahid Motahari University
Tehran
Iran
1989
3
Ph.D : Philosophy of Religious Language
University of Pune
Pune (Poona)
India
2000
4
Post-Doctorate of Philosophy of Religion
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
USA
2008
Professional activities & membership
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Professional memberships
Explanations
1
Regular Faculty, Dept. of Philosophy, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran (since 1989)
2
Member the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion (since 2006)
3
Non Regular Faculty, Dept. of Theology, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (2009-2012)
4
A Member of the Religions and Spiritualities' Council, Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Executive Activities
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Executive Activities Titles
Name of Organization / comment
Starting Date
Termination Date
1
Director, Education Affairs at the karaj site of the University
Kharazmi University
1990
1991
2
Research Assistant of the Dean, Faculty of Literature and Humanities
Kharazmi University
1991
1992
3
Deputy, The Supreme Leader's Office
Kharazmi University
1992
1993
4
Dean of Faculty of Literature and Humanities
Kharazmi University
2001
2007
5
Director, Center for Interreligious Dialogue
Organization for Islamic Culture and Relations, Tehran, Iran
2007
2009
6
Advisor, The Mayor of Tehran
The Mayor of Tehran
2017
2018
7
Dean of Faculty of Literature and Humanities
Kharazmi University
2014
2020
8
Head of Department of Theology
Shahid Motahari University, Tehran, Iran
2013
2021
9
Deputy of President
Kharazmi University
2018
2022
10
Advisor of the Chancellor in International Affairs
Iranian Association for Philosophy of Religion
2018
2023
Research interests
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Title
Start date
1
Philosophy of Religion, Comparative Theology
2000
Theses supervised
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Title
Persons
1
A Review and Critique of Michael Rea's Response to Schellenberg's Argument for Divine Hidenness
معصومه سلیمانی بدربانی
2
Analysis of Epistemological Implications and Results of Sadraii's gradation Principle in Existence.
زهره زارعی
3
A Comparative Study of Imam Musa Sadr's Theories on the Relationship between Religion and Humans and the Components of the School of Humanism
محمدامین عبدایمانی
4
Evil and the meaning of life: A review of John Hick and Victor Frankel’s Views
فاطمه کریمی چرزه خون
5
Volitionalism and the rationality of religious belief from Louis Pojman's point of view
سعید انیشه
6
the effect of scriptural reasoning in the rapprochement of religions
محمدرضا حجازی منفرد
Theses advised
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Title
Persons
1
Translation and critique of the book God and Ethics by Anne Jeffrey
فاطمه همدانی صابر
2
Examining the Benefits of Suffering from John Feinberg's perspectiv
زینب مرزوقی
3
Translation,Analysis and Critic of Problem of Evil,written by Michael Tooley
مجید صمدی شیخلر
4
The Augustinian-Calvinist view of divine foreknowledge read by Paul Helm(Translation and review and chapter 4 of the book Divine foreknowledge four views)
فاطمه باقری منفرد
5
Examining Keith Ward's view on the religious pluralism and its logical implications.
پگاه جمشیدی اوانکی
6
Historical Critical Analysis of Rudolph Kartap's Semantic Approach and Its Implications for Ontology-Based Information Marketing
طاهر نصیری قاضی جهانی
7
A Comparative Study of Return and Reincarnation in the Abrahamic and Eastern Religions
هاجر نیک روش
8
Metz's objective naturalist view of meaning in life
مژگان پرنیان
9
Explanation of Islamic Model of Salvation Based on Individual-Gradual Approach
مجتبی عابدی سقا
10
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مسعود انصاری راد
11
Intertextuality and the language of religion
فاطمه اکبرپورکیاسری
12
The Components of Interreligious Dialogue and its Consequences From Hans Kung's Perspective
خلیل رحیمی زاده
13
Translation and Analysis of Seven to Nine Chapters of the Book Religion and the Meaning of Life; an Existential Approach by Clifford Williams
افسانه یوسفی نخی
14
The Role of Poetry and the Holy in meaning of life in Heideggers Thought.
فاطمه جهان بخش
Course taught
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Lesson Title
Place & Date of Lecture
1
Faith and Reason
Kharazmi University, University of Tehran, University of Religions and Denomination of Qom
2
Logic (classic and symbolic)
Kharazmi University
3
Classic and Modern Kalam
Kharazmi University, Shahid Motahhari University
4
Philosophical Texts (in English)
Kharazmi University, University of Tehran
5
Christian Theology
Kharazmi University, The Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Shahid Motahhari University
6
The Problem of Evil
Kharazmi University, The Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
7
God and Creation
Kharazmi University, Shahid Mtahhari University, Sciences and Researches (Islamic Azad University)
8
Religious Epistemology
University of Tehran, University of Religions and Denomination of Qom
9
Shiism and Catholicism
University of Notre Dame (USA),
10
Science and Religion
University of Notre Dame (USA), University of Religions and Denomination of Qom
Published books
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Title
Author(s)
Publisher
Publish Date
1
God and New Atheism
John F. Haught Ali Shahbazi- Rasoul Rasoulipour
Mofid University, Qom
2020
2
Science and religion in Quest of Truth
John Polkinghorne Rasoul Rasoulipour and Milad Nouri
Hekmat, Tehran
2018
3
Hume’s Natural Religion: Rereading Hume’s ‘Dialogues concerning Natural Religion
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Hekmat, Tehran
2018
4
Sacredness of the Other, Love and Healing
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2013
5
The Web of Belief
W.V. Quine & J.S. Ullian Rasoul Rasoulipour
A'een-e Honar-e Iran, Tehran
2003
Published articles
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Paper title
Writer
Magazine title
Publish year
Publish type
Article type
1
Imam Musa Sadr and dialogical religion
Rasoul Rasoulipour
University of Salzburg Crosscultural Studies of Religion and Theology
2023
Full Text
Original Article
2
A Review of Plantinga Defense Against de jure Objections to Christian Belief
Rasoul Rasoulipour
The Journal of Humanities
2021
Full Text
Original Article
3
The Other As My Equal
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Poligrafi
2020
Full Text
Original Article
Presented articles
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Title
Writer
Conference
Date
Presentation type
1
Dialogue in Silence
Rasoul Rasoulipour
National Institute of Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Inalco, Paris, France
2018
Oral
2
Philosophy of Martin Buber’s Religiosity and Ethics
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Sixth International Conference of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, University of Tarbiat Modarres, Tehran
2018
Oral
3
Human Dignity: Prioritizing the Human Soul over Ideology
Rasoul Rasoulipour
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
2017
Oral
4
Defining the Essence of Palliative Care for Older People: Religions Together
Rasoul Rasoulipour
A Workshop organized by Maruzza Foundation and Pontifical Academy for Life, Rome
2017
Oral
5
Strangers and Others: The Contemporary Challenges of Identity and Migration
Rasoul Rasoulipour
an Interfaith Conference, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
2017
Oral
6
City of God and City of Man
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Fifth International Conference of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, The World Studies Center, University of Tehran, Tehran
2017
Oral
7
Human Dignity: Foundation for Peace and Security
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Fourth Christian-Muslim Summit, Tehran
2016
Oral
8
The Place of Islamic Philosophy in the World Inter-Philosophical Relations
Rasoul Rasoulipour
The First National on the Islamic Philosophy and the Questions Ahead, Kharazmi University, Tehran
2016
Oral
9
Tsunami and Theodicy: Where Was God in the Tsunami
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Forth International Conference of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran
2016
Oral
10
Deepening A Sense of the Sacred
Rasoul Rasoulipour
A Workshop of World Religions and Spiritualties organized by the Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2016
Oral
11
Religious Extremism and Violence
Rasoul Rasoulipour
A Conference on the Approach of Islam and Christianity Towards Religious Extremism and Violence, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines
2015
Oral
12
Sectarian Exclusivism
Rasoul Rasoulipour
The World Beyond Global Disorder, Rhodes Forum, Greece
2015
Oral
13
Islam and Blasphemy
Rasoul Rasoulipour
50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate, Gregorian University, Rome, Italy
2015
Oral
14
Three Kinds of Dialogue
Rasoul Rasoulipour
The First International Conference on the Need for Dialogue among Humanities, Kharazmi University, Tehran
2015
Oral
15
Forgiveness & Reconciliation in Iran
Rasoul Rasoulipour
International Symposium on Forgiveness and Reconciliation, GNNSJ, Birmingham
2014
Oral
16
Religious Belief and Human’s Origin
Rasoul Rasoulipour
The International Conference of the Philosophical Thought of Murtada Mutahhari, Qom, Iran
2014
Oral
17
Family: as the First Sanctuary
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Humanum, Complementarity of Man and Woman: An International Colloquium, Vatican City
2014
Oral
18
Muslims and Christians Living in Society
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Muslim-Christian Summit III, Rome, Italy
2014
Oral
19
Forgiveness and Education
Rasoul Rasoulipour
International Colloquium, Museum of World Religions, Birmingham, UK
2013
Oral
20
St. Francis of Assisi; A Muslim Perspective
Rasoul Rasoulipour
The Fetzer Institute’s Global Gathering, Assisi, Italy
2012
Oral
21
Science and Religion
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (Notre Dame, USA), London, UK
2011
Oral
22
Stories of Practical Holiness: An Exercise in Interreligious Understanding
Rasoul Rasoulipour
The Institute for Church Life, University of Notre Dame, USA
2011
Oral
23
Church and Islam
Rasoul Rasoulipour
A Dialogue between Islam and Christianity, the Institute for Church Life, University of Notre Dame, USA
2011
Oral
24
Religion and Society
Rasoul Rasoulipour
A Dialogue between Islam and Christianity, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Tehran
2010
Oral
25
The Impact of Anti-Rational Religiosity on the Advent of Religious Philosophies: Christian Philosophy and Islamic Philosophy
Rasoul Rasoulipour
The World Philosophy Day, Tehran
2010
Oral
26
Buddhism and Islam
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Mahachulalong University, Thailand
2009
Oral
27
Jihad in Islam
Rasoul Rasoulipour
A Dialogue between Islam and Christianity, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Vatican
2008
Oral
28
The Role of Religion in the Contemporary World
Rasoul Rasoulipour
A Dialogue between Islam and Christianity, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Kiev
2007
Oral
29
"Epistemological Justifiability of Religious Beliefs
Rasoul Rasoulipour
The International Conference of Cognitive Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2001
Oral
30
The True Nature of Religious Language
Rasoul Rasoulipour
The World Conference of Mulla Sadra, Tehran, Iran
1999
Oral
31
Religiosity and Ethics in Martin Buber s Philosophy
Rasoul Rasoulipour
Contemporary Philosophy of Religion - Iran
1394/11/06
Oral