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Religious Higher Education in Lebanon: A Comparative Study of Curricula
In this article published in the journal Proche-Orient Chrétien 75/1 (2025), Michel Younès and Roula Talhouk, both members of Pluriel’s coordination committee, offer a comparative study of religious higher education curricula in Lebanon. The article maps Christian university offerings (Université Saint-Joseph, Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, Balamand, USEK, NDU…) and Muslim ones (Islamic University of Lebanon, Al-Jinan, Makassed…), analyzing the articulations between confessional formation, religious sciences, and the humanities.
This comparative contribution sheds light on Lebanon’s distinctive place as a laboratory of religious pluralism in Near Eastern higher education, as well as on the contemporary challenges these curricula face (demographic decline, student mobility, curricular transformations).
Dans cet article paru dans la revue Proche-Orient Chrétien 75/1 (2025), Michel Younès et Roula Talhouk, tous deux membres du comité de coordination de Pluriel, proposent une étude comparée des cursus d’enseignement supérieur religieux au Liban. L’article cartographie l’offre universitaire chrétienne (Université Saint-Joseph, Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, Balamand, USEK, NDU…) et musulmane (Université islamique du Liban, Al-Jinan, Makassed…), en analysant les articulations entre formation confessionnelle, sciences religieuses et sciences humaines.
Cette contribution comparée éclaire la place particulière du Liban comme laboratoire du pluralisme religieux dans l’enseignement supérieur au Proche-Orient, ainsi que les défis contemporains auxquels sont confrontés ces cursus (baisse démographique, mobilités étudiantes, mutations curriculaires). L’article existe aussi en anglais sous le titre « Religious Higher Education in Lebanon: Comparative Study of Curricula ».
في هذا المقال المنشور في مجلة Proche-Orient Chrétien 75/1 (2025)، يقدّم ميشال يونس ورولا الطلحوق، وكلاهما عضوان في لجنة تنسيق المنصّة الجامعية للدراسات حول الإسلام، دراسةً مقارنة لمناهج التعليم الجامعي الديني في لبنان. يرسم المقال خريطة العرض الجامعي المسيحي (جامعة القدّيس يوسف، جامعة الروح القدس – الكسليك، البلمند، NDU…) والمسلم (الجامعة الإسلامية في لبنان، الجنان، المقاصد…)، محلّلًا مفاصل التقاطع بين التكوين الطائفي والعلوم الدينية والعلوم الإنسانية.
وتُبرز هذه المساهمة المقارنة المكانةَ الفريدة للبنان بوصفه مختبرًا للتعدّد الديني في التعليم العالي في الشرق الأدنى، فضلًا عن التحدّيات الراهنة التي تواجهها هذه المناهج (تراجع ديموغرافي، تنقّل الطلاّب، تحوّلات المقرَّرات).
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Roula Talhouk
Director of the Institute for the study of Muslim--Christian relations. Professor of theology and religious anthropology
Michel Younès
Professor of Theology and Islam Studies, Deputy Director of the Research Unit "CONFLUENCE Sciences & Humanités", Director of the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions (CECR) - UCLy
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