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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

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