Books in the Dieux, Hommes et Religions / Gods, Humans and Religions series

Si aujourd¿hui le pape François renonce à l¿expression d¿acte intrinsèquement mauvais, nombre de représentants officiels de l¿Église catholique continuent à l¿utiliser alors même que la crise des abus sexuels et de pouvoir en a montré les limites et les dérives possibles. Il fallait donc revenir sur l¿ancrage historique de la formule (et de ses variantes associées) afin de la déconstruire et d¿adapter sa formulation en la reliant à l¿exercice de la raison pratique qui préside à tout agir. Tel est précisément l¿objet de cet ouvrage qui désire participer à l¿effort du renouvellement du langage éthique. Mais cela devient l¿occasion de revisiter tous les grands thèmes de la théologie morale constamment invoqués : liberté, nature et loi naturelle, Écriture, tradition, sciences et théologie, critères de moralité, épikie, loi de gradualité, proportionnalité, principe du double effet.Aujourd¿hui, l¿acte humain ne peut plus être abordé comme isolé de son contexte historique, de ses conditions subjectives, de la pensée complexe¿ Pour dissiper les ambigüités, la notion d¿acte injustifiable à laquelle arrive l¿auteur de cet ouvrage au terme de son raisonnement est proposée pour articuler au mieux l¿altérité, la temporalité, la pluralité et la complexité systémique dans le discernement éthique. Avec une préface de Marie-Jo THIEL, Professeure à l¿université de Strasbourg, Directrice du Centre européen d¿enseignement et de recherche en éthique et Membre de l¿Académie pontificale pour la vie, ainsi qüune postface de Dominique JACQUEMIN, Professeur à l¿UCLouvain.

In a world society ruled by economic globalisation, by political interests and theories such as Huntington's «clash of civilisations» that widen the gap between the North and the South, the question should be asked of the role of the religion. To what extent religion and politics can work together? Can faith still be thought as a means of saving the world? Considering that Christianity, Islam and Judaism have much in common, this collection of miscellanies wonders if these religions can join their forces for public benefit. Senior and junior scholars from all over the world, gathered for an interdisciplinary seminar, analyse the contemporary international relationships and geopolitics through the prism of religion, discussing whether it can provide practical solutions to solve conflicts and increase the respect of human rights.

This book discusses the Western journey of a contemporary Muslim movement initiated by Fethullah Gulen in Turkey in the 60s. Although its participants are a small and often less visible group among the Muslim minorities in Western countries, they are very active in social life. This study provides a broad presentation of a group of Turkish Muslims.

This collective book aims at examining in what terms, and to what extent, the "reception" of the Human Rights doctrine takes place in Eastern Orthodox countries, as well as in the Orthodox diaspora. A series of questions are raised regarding the resources and theological structures that are mobilized in the overall Human Rights¿ debate and controversy, the theological "interpretation" of Human Rights within the Eastern Orthodox spiritual tradition, and the similarities and/or divergences of this "interpretation", compared to the other Christian confessions. Special attention is given to the various Orthodox actors on the international arena, aside the national Orthodox churches, which participate in the Ecumenical dialogue, as well as the dialogue with the European and international institutions.Religious freedom, as a fundamental Human right, guaranteed by the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), constitutes a key-issue that contributes to broadening the reflections on the overall Human Rights-related problematic between East and West, by shading light on the more complex issue pertaining to the conceptualization and implementation of Human Rights in countries belonging to the Eastern Orthodox tradition.The present volume studies the diversity that characterizes the Orthodox theological traditions and interpretations regarding Human Rights, not only in terms of an "external", or a "strategical" approach of socio-political and ecclesial nature, but also through a reflexive analysis of theological discourses.

This book brings together local scholars of different discipline to reflect on cultural history of northern Ghana using religious thought and leadership as a rallying point. The issues dealt with include cultures in contact - religions in conflict; reconciling religions - reconciling people and renewing culture - renewing religions.