Les pays africains entre violence, espoir et reconstruction. L'action des chrétiens et des Eglises
Les pays africains entre violence, espoir et reconstruction. L'action des chrétiens et des Eglises

Author: COURAU Thierry-Marie et DIARRA Pierre

Publisher: KARTHALA Editions

Published: 2011-10-07

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 2811133895

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Avec la globalisation, le continent africain est-il en voie de marginalisation ? La célébration des 50 ans d'indépendance a donné lieu en 2010 à une série de bilans et de promesses. Chercheurs, universitaires, expert et théologiens font ici le point sur les fonctionnements socio-économiques actuels du Continent. Ils rappellent la complexité des situations et les conséquences des mutations socioculturelles, en soulignant les mécanismes transversaux communs à de nombreux pays : la déstructuration sociale et l'urgence de la reconstruction. Dans le second temps de l'ouvrage, les actions des chrétiens et des Eglises sont étudiées en lien avec les travaux du deuxième Synode catholique pour l'Afrique, depuis les consultations préparatoires jusqu'aux Assises qui ont rassemblé, en octobre 2009, à Rome, 350 évêques, prêtres, laïcs et théologiens, sur le thème : l'Eglise en Afrique au service de la réconciliation, de la justice et de la paix. En situant ce service dans les préoccupations des chrétiens d'Afrique, les auteurs ont cerné les interrogations qui demeurent et avancent des propositions, notamment au coeur des relations islamo-chrétiennes. Bâtir une nouvelle Afrique, dans la justice et la paix, relève d'abord des Africains. Proposés lors du clloque international organisé à Paris les 3 et 4 décembre 2009 par l'Institut de science et de théologie des religions du Theologicum-Institut catholique de Paris et les OPM (OEuvres pontificales missionnaires), et enrichis par les interventions de plusieurs spécialistes de la CADE (Coordination pour l'Afrique de demain), les textes ont été revus pour la publication du présent ouvrage. Thierry-Marie Courau, dominicain, est le Doyen du Theologicum-Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses de l'Institut catholique de Paris. Docteur en théologie catholique (Strasbourg), ingénieur de l'Ecole nationale des Travaux publics de l'Etat et diplômé de l'Institut d'Administration des Entreprises, spécialiste du Bouddhisme et membre de la Commission pour les relatios interreligieuses de la Conférence des Evêques de France, il est engagé dan sla pratique et la théologie du dialogue. Pierre Diarra est rédacteur en chef de la revue Mission de l'Eglise des OPM (Paris) et enseignant à l'ISTR. Docteur en théologie (ICP) et docteur en histoire des religions et anthropologie religieuse (Paris IV- Sorbonne), il est membre de l'ATA (Association des théologiens africains), de l'AFOM (Association francophone oecuménique de missiologie) et du Centre de recherche APPLAeCo (Approches pragmatiques en philosophie du langage et communication à la Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Young People and the Diversity of (Non)Religious Identities in International Perspective
Young People and the Diversity of (Non)Religious Identities in International Perspective

Author: Elisabeth Arweck

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-07-11

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 3030161668

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This volume brings together current research on young people, (non)religion, and diversity, documenting the forms young people’s stances may take and the social or spatial contexts in which these may be formed. The social contexts studied include the family, school, and faith communities. The spatial contexts include (sub)urban and rural geographies and places of worship and pilgrimage.Youth and (non)religion are an area of academic interest that has been gaining increasing attention, especially as it pertains to youthful expressions of (non)religion and identities. As research on religion and young people spans and expands across academic disciplines and across geographic areas, comparative approaches and perspectives, such as presented in this volume, offer important spaces for reflecting about the experience of religiosity among young people and the ways they are learning about, and developing, (non)religious identities. Building bridges geographically and methodologically, this volume provides an international perspective on religion and nonreligion among young people, offering a diversity of religious and nonreligious perspectives.

The Casement Report
The Casement Report

Author: Roger Casement

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-21

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 3734043476

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Reproduction of the original: The Casement Report by Roger Casement

Philosophy in a Time of Terror
Philosophy in a Time of Terror

Author: Giovanna Borradori

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0226066657

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The idea for Philosophy in a Time of Terror was born hours after the attacks on 9/11 and was realized just weeks later when Giovanna Borradori sat down with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida in New York City, in separate interviews, to evaluate the significance of the most destructive terrorist act ever perpetrated. This book marks an unprecedented encounter between two of the most influential thinkers of our age as here, for the first time, Habermas and Derrida overcome their mutual antagonism and agree to appear side by side. As the two philosophers disassemble and reassemble what we think we know about terrorism, they break from the familiar social and political rhetoric increasingly polarized between good and evil. In this process, we watch two of the greatest intellects of the century at work.

Body and Spirit in the Middle Ages
Body and Spirit in the Middle Ages

Author: Gaia Gubbini

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-08-10

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 3110615983

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A crucial question throughout the Middle Ages, the relationship between body and spirit cannot be understood without an interdisciplinary approach – combining literature, philosophy and medicine. Gathering contributions by leading international scholars from these disciplines, the collected volume explores themes such as lovesickness, the five senses, the role of memory and passions, in order to shed new light on the complex nature of the medieval Self.

Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul
Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul

Author: Ralph Mathisen

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2011-05-01

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 0292729839

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Skin-clad barbarians ransacking Rome remains a popular image of the "decline and fall" of the Roman Empire, but why, when, and how the Empire actually fell are still matters of debate among students of classical history. In this pioneering study, Ralph W. Mathisen examines the "fall" in one part of the western Empire, Gaul, to better understand the shift from Roman to Germanic power that occurred in the region during the fifth century AD Mathisen uncovers two apparently contradictory trends. First, he finds that barbarian settlement did provoke significant changes in Gaul, including the disappearance of most secular offices under the Roman imperial administration, the appropriation of land and social influence by the barbarians, and a rise in the overall level of violence. Yet he also shows that the Roman aristocrats proved remarkably adept at retaining their rank and status. How did the aristocracy hold on? Mathisen rejects traditional explanations and demonstrates that rather than simply opposing the barbarians, or passively accepting them, the Roman aristocrats directly responded to them in various ways. Some left Gaul. Others tried to ignore the changes wrought by the newcomers. Still others directly collaborated with the barbarians, looking to them as patrons and holding office in barbarian governments. Most significantly, however, many were willing to change the criteria that determined membership in the aristocracy. Two new characteristics of the Roman aristocracy in fifth-century Gaul were careers in the church and greater emphasis on classical literary culture. These findings shed new light on an age in transition. Mathisen's theory that barbarian integration into Roman society was a collaborative process rather than a conquest is sure to provoke much thought and debate. All historians who study the process of power transfer from native to alien elites will want to consult this work.

Arrival Infrastructures
Arrival Infrastructures

Author: Bruno Meeus

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-06-16

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 3319911678

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​This volume introduces a strategic interdisciplinary research agenda on arrival infrastructures. Arrival infrastructures are those parts of the urban fabric within which newcomers become entangled on arrival, and where their future local or translocal social mobilities are produced as much as negotiated. Challenging the dominance of national normativities, temporalities, and geographies of “arrival,” the authors scrutinize the position and potential of cities as transnationally embedded places of arrival. Critically interrogating conceptions of migrant arrival as oriented towards settlement and integration, the volume directs attention to much more diverse migration trajectories that shape our cities today. Each chapter examines how migrants, street-level bureaucrats, local residents, and civil society actors build—with the resources they have at hand—the infrastructures that accommodate, channel, and govern arrival.