Research Group
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This research project aims to deepen the concept of martyrdom as mobilised in the discourses of the various politico-religious actors on the Lebanese scene. It analyses how this concept is invested, appropriated and reinterpreted by the different communities in order to sacralise their cause, legitimise their action, strengthen their internal cohesion and assert a distinct identity.
Carried by an interdisciplinary team of researchers in theology, Islamic studies, anthropology, philosophy, history and sociology, from three main partner institutions (the Catholic University of Lyon, the Institut chrétiens d’Orient and the Institute for Islamic-Christian Studies), the project examines the forms this notion takes in the various community contexts of Lebanon, seeking to understand the narrative logics, social uses and identity constructions it entails.
Group members
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
Antoine Fleyfel
Director of the Institut Chrétiens d'Orient, Paris. Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth
Anna Hager
Docteur en philosophie, enseignante et chercheuse associée
Jad Moufarrej
PhD candidate in Comparative Theology at the Catholic University of Lyon. Researcher and mission coordinator at the CECR.
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