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Religion in a mixed Muslim-Christian context (Closed)
The complex context of Lebanon, with its 12 Christian denominations and 4 Muslim groups, calls for an interpretation of the relationships between these denominations in all aspects. Our team is interested in studying their position in the public space, the relationship between each other, their places of worship and their shared rituals. The relationship between religion and politics, the figures of dialogue between religions are parts of the team’s research interest. This issue goes beyond that of Lebanon to allow comparisons with other situations elsewhere.
Activities :
- Colloque : « Figures de sainteté féminine, musulmane et chrétienne, en Afrique du Nord et au Proche-Orient », Beyrouth, Université Saint-Joseph (USJ), 20-21 février 2015.
- Espaces religieux du Liban, Tome I, Beyrouth, USJ, 2008.
- Rituels religieux : entre partage et cloisonnement. Actes du colloque du Centre d’études et d’interprétation du fait religieux (CEDIFR) de février 2012. Parus dans Communautés et sociétés. Annales de sociologie et d’anthropologie, volume 23, Faculté des Lettres et de Sciences humaines – USJ, 2013.
- Religions entre universalité et particularité, Actes du colloque du CEDIFR (27-28 février 2014), éditions de l’USJ, 2015.
- FARRA HADDAD Nour, « Pèlerinages et rituels dans le cadre d’un culte émergent au Liban. Les cas des sanctuaires de Abouna Yaacoub à Deir El Salib (le couvent de la croix) et à Ghazir. » in Proche-Orient chrétien, tome 62, 2011.
Group members
Thom Sicking
Director of the Centre for the Study and Interpretation of Religious Fact (CEDIFR)
Nour Farra Haddad
Doctor in Religious Anthropology - Saint Joseph University of Beirut.
Houda Kassatly
Docteur en ethnologie et sociologie comparative - Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth.
Roula Talhouk
Director of the Institute for the study of Muslim--Christian relations. Professor of theology and religious anthropology
Roula Abi Habib Khoury
Director of the Centre for the Study of the Modern Arab World (CEMAM, USJ), Researcher in sociology of religion and radical movements
Rita Zaarour
Lecturer and researcher in geography, Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Resources related to the group
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publication
Religious Spaces in Lebanon
- Thom Sicking
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Religions. Between universality and particularity.
- Thom Sicking
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Religion and Territories (Proceedings of the international colloquium organised by the Centre for the Study and Interpretation of Religious Fact, USJ, Beyrouth)
- Thom Sicking
- Houda Kassatly
- Nour Farra Haddad
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thematique
The complex context of Lebanon, with its 12 Christian denominations and 4 Muslim groups, calls for an interpretation of the relationships between these denominations in all aspects. Our team is interested i...
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thematique
The complex context of Lebanon, with its 12 Christian denominations and 4 Muslim groups, calls for an interpretation of the relationships between these denominations in all aspects. Our team is interested i...
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