{"id":12568,"date":"2025-10-30T11:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/?page_id=12568"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:06:55","slug":"sameer-advani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/sameer-advani\/","title":{"rendered":"Sameer Advani"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block  cta-with-media full-width\" \n            >\n\n      <div class=\"cta-with-media__content  template-media-sx py-60 md:py-80\" id=\"\" style=\"\">\n\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-40 md:gap-50 lg:gap-100 md:flex-row\n        md:items-start\">\n\n          <div class=\"flex-1\">\n            <div class=\"media\" style=\"--bg-color-var: #FFFFFF\">\n              <div\n  class=\"image bg-cover  --is-jpg \"\n   data-defer >\n  <figure>\n    <div class=\"image__wrapper\">\n              <picture>\n          \n          <source\n            srcset=\"\"\n            sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) 808px, (min-width: 768px) 680px, 100vw\"\n          \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/sadvani-2-scaled.jpg\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"sadvani (2)\">\n        <\/picture>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"flex-1\">\n                                  <p class=\"!mb-40\"><p><strong>Sameer Advani, LC, STD<\/strong> is a theologian specializing in the thought of Joseph Ratzinger\/Benedict XVI, the theology of religions, and the relationship between faith, culture, and evangelization in the contemporary world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At <em>Regina Apostolorum<\/em>, he serves as Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology and Professor of Ecclesiology in the Faculty of Theology. He is also Director of the <em>Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Research Chair<\/em>; Co-Director of the Research Line <em>Dialogue and Evangelization in Postmodern Culture<\/em>, and a Researcher at the <em>UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Areas of interest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph Ratzinger\/ Benedict XVI<\/li>\n<li>Theology of religions<\/li>\n<li>Evangelization in the postmodern world<\/li>\n<li>Ecclesiology<\/li>\n<li>Theology and culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulcenter.com\/emmaus-academic\/ratzinger-on-religious-pluralism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Ratzinger on Religious Pluralism<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/a>(Emmaus Academic, 2024).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Multicultural-and-Religious-Perspectives-on-Protecting-the-Environment-the-Biosphere-and-Biodiversity\/Tham-Lunstroth-Advani\/p\/book\/9781041058830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Multicultural and Religious Perspectives on Protecting the Environment, the Biosphere, and Biodiversity<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Routledge, 2025). Co-editor.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edusc.pub\/un-semplice-e-umile-lavoratore-nella-vigna-del-signore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Un Semplice e Umile Lavatore nella Vigna del Signore. A venti anni della elezione al soglio pontificio di Joseph Ratzinger-Benedetto XVI<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(EDUSC 2025). Co-editor.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Fratelli-Tutti-in-Conversation-Voices-from-World-Religions\/Tham-Advani\/p\/book\/9781041199274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Fratelli Tutti in Conversation: Voices from World Religions<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(Routledge, 2026). Co-editor.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edizionicantagalli.com\/shop\/joseph-ratzinger-e-il-concilio-vaticano-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Joseph Ratzinger e il Concilio Vaticano II<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(Cantagalli, 2026). Co-editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:sameer.advani@upra.org\">advani@upra.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sameer-vikram-advani-lc-5b546412a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sameer Vikram Advani, LC | LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n                                      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12568","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12568"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13145,"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12568\/revisions\/13145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upra.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}