The article presents the main contents of subject matter of Islam which have been discussed by the lecturers of fundamental theology (apologetics) at the Faculty of Theology in Ljubljana since its founding (1919). In the course of a hundred years, the non-Christian religions have been regularly studied in various subjects within the research field of funda-mental theology at the Faculty of Theology (apologetics, missiology, religious studies, fun-damental theology). The purpose of this research is to evaluate the manner of discussion on Islam by individual lecturers who have worked at the Faculty of Theology in Ljubljana. In the article, the textbooks for fundamental theology (apologetics), religious studies and missiology have been taken into account. Prior to the Second Vatican Council, the lecturers were stressing the need of »converting« Muslims because of their »fallacies«. However, after the Second Vatican Council, the lecturers have started to discuss Islam in a dialogical perspective.
|