18 November 2021 to 19 November 2021

French
Université catholique de Lyon
Conference / Religious authority in Islam
Conference organised by the Centre d’études des cultures et des religions (UCLy, Lyon) on 18 and 19 November 2021
Presentation
Being a repository of authority or being recognised as a place of authority is not a simple process. This is especially true since in the Sunni Muslim tradition, the absence of a designation by the Prophet of Islam of an institution willing to regulate the religious question will open the way to a plurality of modalities that may be theological or theological-political in nature. In a globalized context where the impact of religious discourse takes various forms, the legitimisation of a religious authority can be confused with the number of number of followers or subscribers to a YouTube-type channel.
The main question concerns the determination of the process of legitimisation of a religious authority in Islam, especially in the contemporary European landscape. What is the place of the current structures in their diversity? What impact do extra-European leaders have? What is happening to the traditional representants of authority? These are the types of questions that the symposium seeks to answer.
Colloque organisé par le Centre d’études des cultures et des religions (UCLy, Lyon) les 18 et 19 novembre 2021
Présentation
Être dépositaire d’une autorité ou être reconnu comme lieu d’autorité n’est pas un processus simple. Cela est d’autant plus vrai que dans la tradition musulmane sunnite, l’absence d’une désignation par le prophète de l’islam d’une institution disposée à réguler la question religieuse ouvrira la voie à une pluralité de modalités pouvant être de nature théologique ou théologico-politique. Dans un contexte mondialisé où l’impact du discours religieux emprunte diverses formes, la légitimation d’une autorité religieuse peut se confondre avec le nombre de followers ou d’abonnés à une chaîne de type Youtube.
La principale question concerne la détermination du processus de légitimation d’une autorité religieuse en islam, notamment dans le paysage européen contemporain. Quelles places tiennent les structures actuelles dans leur diversité ? Quels impacts exercent les figures extra-européennes ? Que deviennent les figures traditionnelles d’autorité ? C’est à ce type de questions que le colloque cherche à répondre.
ندوة يُنظّمها مركز دراسة الثقافات والأديان (UCLy، ليون) يومَي 18 و19 نوفمبر 2021
عرض
ليس من السهل أن يكون المرء حاملاً لسلطة، أو أن يُعترَف به موضعاً للسلطة. وهذا أصدق في التقليد السنّي الإسلامي، إذ إنّ غياب تعيين نبيّ الإسلام لمؤسّسة مؤهّلة لضبط المسألة الدينية سيفتح الباب أمام تعدّدية من الصيغ قد تكون ذات طبيعة لاهوتية أو لاهوتية-سياسية. في سياق معولَم تتّخذ فيه آثار الخطاب الديني أشكالاً متعدّدة، قد تختلط شرعنة السلطة الدينية بعدد المتابعين أو المشتركين في قناة يوتيوب.
يتعلّق السؤال الرئيس بـتحديد مسار شرعنة السلطة الدينية في الإسلام، ولا سيّما في المشهد الأوروبي المعاصر. أيّ مكانة تحتلّها البنى الحالية في تنوّعها؟ أيّ آثار تُحدثها الشخصيات خارج أوروبا؟ ماذا يحلّ بالشخصيات التقليدية للسلطة؟ هذه هي الأسئلة التي تسعى الندوة إلى الإجابة عنها.
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