Publisher : Desclée de Brouwer - Paris

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For a Christian Theology of Religions
Faced with contemporary religious diversity, how can Christian theology make sense of the place that other religions occupy in God’s design? Michel Younès examines the three traditional “entry points” of the theology of religions — salvation, covenant and revelation — before proposing a new epistemological key: the principle of proportionality, borrowed from mathematical and philosophical logic.
The book unfolds in three parts. The first analyses the complex notions of salvation, covenant and revelation, tracing several currents of religious thought and their divergences. The second develops the principle of proportionality as a theological tool, showing how it can hold together the internal coherence of each tradition and the irreducible difference that separates them. The third proposes a fresh approach to interreligious dialogue, attentive to the historical depth of religions and to their cultural rootedness.
The aim is to bring together, within the same theological reflection, “divine gift and human appropriation” — moving beyond the sterile opposition between doctrinal exclusivism and interreligious relativism, and thinking a theology of religions capable of accounting for plurality without dissolving it.
Published in 2012 by Desclée de Brouwer in the “Théologie” series, the book received the Theological Book Prize awarded by the European Society for Catholic Theology (ESCT) in 2012. An Arabic edition has since appeared under the title Fī sabīl lāhūt masīḥī lil-adyān.
Michel Younès, general coordinator of Pluriel and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), holds doctorates in theology and philosophy. His scholarship lies at the crossroads of Islamic studies and Muslim–Christian dialogue.
Face à la diversité religieuse contemporaine, comment la théologie chrétienne peut-elle penser la place des autres religions dans le dessein de Dieu ? Michel Younès examine les trois « portes d’entrée » traditionnelles de la théologie des religions — le salut, l’alliance et la révélation — avant de proposer une clé épistémologique nouvelle : le principe de proportionnalité, hérité de la logique mathématique et philosophique.
L’ouvrage est structuré en trois parties. La première analyse les notions complexes de salut, d’alliance et de révélation, en suivant plusieurs courants de pensée religieuse et leurs divergences. La deuxième développe le principe de proportionnalité comme outil théologique, en montrant comment il permet de tenir ensemble la cohérence interne de chaque tradition et l’irréductible différence qui les sépare. La troisième propose une nouvelle approche du dialogue interreligieux, attentive à la profondeur historique des religions et à leur ancrage culturel.
L’ambition est de conjuguer, dans une même réflexion théologique, « le don divin et l’appropriation humaine » — autrement dit, de sortir d’une opposition stérile entre exclusivisme doctrinal et relativisme interreligieux, pour penser une théologie des religions capable de rendre compte de la pluralité sans la dissoudre.
Paru aux éditions Desclée de Brouwer en 2012 dans la collection « Théologie », cet ouvrage a reçu le Prix du livre théologique décerné par l’Association européenne de théologie catholique (AETC) en 2012. Une traduction en langue arabe a paru sous le titre Fī sabīl lāhūt masīḥī lil-adyān.
Michel Younès, coordinateur général de Pluriel et doyen de la Faculté de théologie de l’Université catholique de Lyon (UCLy), est docteur en théologie et en philosophie. Ses recherches portent sur l’islamologie et la théologie chrétienne du dialogue avec l’islam.
أمام التنوّع الديني المعاصر، كيف يمكن للاهوت المسيحي أن يفكّر في المكان الذي تشغله الأديان الأخرى في التدبير الإلهي؟ يتناول ميشال يونس في هذا الكتاب «مداخل» لاهوت الأديان الثلاثة التقليدية: الخلاص، والعهد، والوحي، قبل أن يقترح مفتاحًا معرفيًا جديدًا هو مبدأ التناسب، المستعار من المنطق الرياضي والفلسفي.
ينتظم الكتاب في ثلاثة أقسام. يحلّل الأول المفاهيم المعقّدة للخلاص والعهد والوحي، متتبّعًا تيارات متعددة في الفكر الديني واختلافاتها. ويطوّر الثاني مبدأ التناسب بوصفه أداة لاهوتية، مبيّنًا كيف يسمح بالجمع بين الاتساق الداخلي لكل تقليد والاختلاف غير القابل للاختزال الذي يفصل بينها. ويقترح الثالث مقاربة جديدة للحوار بين الأديان، تولي اهتمامًا لعمقها التاريخي ولتجذّرها الثقافي.
يطمح هذا المسعى إلى الجمع، ضمن تأمّل لاهوتي واحد، بين «العطية الإلهية والتملّك الإنساني»، أي تجاوز المقابلة العقيمة بين الحصرية العقدية والنسبوية بين الأديان، لبلورة لاهوت للأديان قادر على مراعاة التعدّدية دون إذابتها.
صدر الكتاب عام 2012 عن دار Desclée de Brouwer ضمن سلسلة «Théologie»، ونال جائزة الكتاب اللاهوتي من الرابطة الأوروبية للاهوت الكاثوليكي العام نفسه. صدرت له ترجمة عربية بعنوان:
Fī sabīl lāhūt masīḥī lil-adyān
ميشال يونس، المنسّق العام للمنصة الجامعية للدراسات حول الإسلام (Pluriel) وعميد كلية اللاهوت في الجامعة الكاثوليكية في ليون (UCLy)، حاصل على دكتوراه في اللاهوت والفلسفة. تتمحور أبحاثه حول الدراسات الإسلامية ولاهوت الحوار المسيحي مع الإسلام.
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