Rita George Tvrtković

Rita George-Tvrtković specializes in the theology of historical Christian-Muslim-Jewish relations and contemporary ecumenical and interreligious dialogue. Her books include A Christian Pilgrim in Medieval Iraq: Riccoldo da Montecroce’s Encounter with Islam (Brepols 2012); Nicholas of Cusa and Islam: Polemic and Dialogue in the Late Middle Ages, co-edited (Brill 2014); and Christians, Muslims, and Mary: A History (Paulist 2018). Recent articles include “From Billboards to Mosques Maryam: Do Muslims Today Call on Mary with Devotion?” Studies in Interreligious Dialogue Journal 34.2 (December 2024) and “Dialogues on Theosis with Jews and Muslims” in Oxford Handbook of Deification, ed. Matthew Levering, Andrew Hofer, and Paul Gavrilyuk (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024).

She is former associate director of Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, and in 2020 was appointed by Pope Francis to be a Consultor for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. She is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the American Cusanus Society, the Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic-Muslim Scholars Dialogue, the USCCB National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue, and the Vatican Women’s Interreligious Network.