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Un monde pluriel : mon apprentissage d'historien des religions
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ISBN: 9782895785095 9782895785101 2895785090 Year: 2015 Publisher: Montréal Liber

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Né en Suisse en 1936, émigré au Canada au milieu des années 1960 après avoir passé sept ans à l'université Harvard, l'historien des religions Michel Despland a enseigné, pendant presque cinquante ans, à ce qui sera bientôt l'université Concordia (Montréal). Auteur d'une oeuvre considérable consacrée à l'histoire des idées, aux théories des religions et à des figures majeures de la littérature universelle, il revient ici sur son parcours et sur son apprentissage du monde tel qu'il se donne à voir dans la cohabitation quotidienne des peuples et des gens ainsi que dans leurs âpres luttes. Soucieux de saisir les idées religieuses dans la réalité concrète des hommes et des femmes historiques, il se tient loin de l'intellectualisme totalitaire au profit d'une sensibilité et d'une attention soutenue aux mille et une formes que prennent le dialogue et le conflit. Admirateur de l'auteur du ""Contrat social"", il rappelle que Rousseau « nous a montré que nous vivons dans l'histoire. L'hypothèse de la liberté exige une science sociale qui refuse de penser la société des hommes sur le modèle d'une colonie de marmottes, d'une meute de loups ou d'une association de marchands. En plus de leurs intérêts, les hommes ont des intentions, des aspirations, des déceptions », comme la littérature et la poésie nous l'ont depuis toujours appris.


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The concept of religion : defining and measuring contemporary beliefs and practice
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ISBN: 9789004299306 9004299300 9004299327 9789004299320 Year: 2015 Publisher: Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill,

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In The Concept of Religion Hans Schilderman edits a volume on the definition and empirical study of religion within the changing landscape of modern society. Now that we can no longer assume a simple harmony between the scientific concept of religion, church doctrine and practiced belief, issues concerning the definition and measurement of religion are becoming crucial issues to academic institutions. The contributing authors present empirical studies studying issues of lifespan and socialisation at school settings; of vocation and profession at church and hospital settings; and culture and nation of society at large. The volume offers a beautiful sample of the empirical study of religion; a conceptual and illustrative overview of the academic field for students and scholars in religion.


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Religious transformation in modern Asia : a transnational movement
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ISSN: 15709434 ISBN: 9789004287990 9789004289710 900428799X 9004289712 Year: 2015 Volume: 148 Publisher: Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill,

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This volume explores the religious transformation of each nation in modern Asia. When the Asian people, who were not only diverse in culture and history, but also active in performing local traditions and religions, experienced a socio-political change under the wave of Western colonialism, the religious climate was also altered from a transnational perspective. Part One explores the nationals of China (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan, focusing on the manifestations of Japanese religion, Chinese foreign policy, the British educational system in Hong Kong in relation to Tibetan Buddhism, the Korean women of Catholicism, and the Scottish impact in late nineteenth century Korea. Part Two approaches South Asia through the topics of astrology, the works of a Gujarātī saint, and Himalayan Buddhism. The third part is focused on the conflicts between ‘indigenous religions and colonialism,’ ‘Buddhism and Christianity,’ ‘Islam and imperialism,’ and ‘Hinduism and Christianity’ in Southeast Asia.

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