Interfaith Perspectives:
Understanding Jesus and Mary in Islam and Christianity

Rita George-Tvrtković

Rita George-Tvrtković, PhD (University of Notre Dame), is dean and professor of theology at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in metropolitan Chicago, where she oversees the School of Parish Leadership. She specializes in medieval Christian-Muslim relations, contemporary interreligious dialogue, and women’s leadership in dialogue. She was recently re-appointed by Pope Leo for a second term as a Consultor for the Vatican's Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.