Pluriel

University platform for research on Islam

Initiated by
the Federation
of European
Catholic
Universities

Supported by
the International
Federation
of Catholic
Universities

Publisher : Profac - UCLy - Lyon

French

2013
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Islam in France, in the image of the Tawhid editions

Created in 1987 in the footsteps of the ‘French Union of Young Muslims’, the Tawhid publishing house was launched by second-generation Muslims who often returned to Islam. Tawhid was able to offer an alternative to books focused mainly on mysticism or sociology, as shown by M. Younès: books dealing with the fundamentals of the Islamic faith and practice were thus offered to a French-speaking Muslim public. It was therefore urgent to analyse Tawhid’s publications to see what they reveal about the life and thinking of Muslims in France.

Née en 1987 dans le sillage de l’Union des Jeunes Musulmans de France, la maison d’édition Tawhid fut lancée par des musulmans de la seconde génération souvent revenus à l’islam. Tawhid a su proposer une alternative aux ouvrages centrés surtout sur la mystique ou la sociologie comme le montre M. Younès : des ouvrages traitant des fondamentaux de la foi et de la pratique islamique ont ainsi pu être proposés à un public musulman francophone. Il était donc urgent d’analyser les publications de Tawhid pour voir ce qu’elles révèlent de la vie et de la pensée des musulmans en France.

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Being yourself through the other. How I grew up in a context of diversity

“This book retraces the itinerary of Michel Younès in which he shows that otherness is part of identity. In a context where cultural and religious diversity is no longer an option, he seeks t...

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Islam and Christianity: mutual views and challenges of otherness

In his book Soi-même comme un autre (Seuil 1990), the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) builds his reflection on this 'as' which, according to him, allows us to escape from two harmful te...

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In brief: the PLURIEL congress in Lebanon

3rd international congress of the PLURIEL network, on the theme "Islam and Otherness", from 23 to 27 May 2022 in Beirut. In partnership with Saint Joseph University of Beirut and La Sagesse Univers...

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Al-Ash’arî, what place does still hold the authority of the theologians?

Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2...

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Fundamental and applied Islamology

Lecture given on 14 October 2021 at the Catholic University of Lyon during the conference « Radicalisation leading to violence in the name of Islam, Epistemological, methodological and ethical appr...

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Christian approaches to Islam: tensions, displacement, issues

More and more Christians are questioning the reality of Islam and the place of a religion that appeared after the advent of Christ, confessed as the ultimate manifestation of God to the world. But ...

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Who is an authority in Islam in Switzerland and France?

Elements of answers to a question studied by the research group on the theme "Authority and regulation in Islam" of the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions (CECR, UCLy) The question i...

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Christianity and Islam: theologians in dialogue

Cahiers de la Revue théologique de Louvain N°45 co-edited by Michel Younès and André Wénin. This book initiates a dialogue between Christian and Muslim theologians on how the former view Islam and ...

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Authority and Regulation in Islam – Research group in Lyon

Presentation of the research group on "Authority and Regulation in Islam" of the Centre for Cultural and Religious Studies (CECR, UCLy) with Michel Younès, Erwin Tanner and Haoues Seniguer. The gr...

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Islam and Belonging. Proceedings of the PLURIEL 2nd International Congress

After its first international congress in Lyon from 6 to 9 September 2016 on the theme “Islam in the Plural: Faith, Thought, Society”[1], the current study brings together the proceedin...

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Muslim as ‘Other’ in former Yugoslavia

  • Cédomir Nestorovic

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