…proving it didn’t always prevail), the VIIIth century (Jews, Christians and Muslims establish the core of their theory concerning the relationship between religion and image), the XIXth and XXth centuries (growing inability to control the depictions, for political and technical reasons). As for now, this course is only available in…
…episodes of the history of Christianism and of Islam. First, they will analyze what religious texts (the Bible and the Quran) say about the war. Then, they will look into the topic of ‘holy war’ (the crusade and the djihâd) during the Middle-Ages. Finally, they will study the religion wars…
…and to give them conceptual and methodological tools useful for dealing with these issues professionally. Coordinators : Dominique AVON (Université du Maine) and John TOLAN (Université de Nantes), co-directors of the IPRA Contact (prices, information, registration) : Anna Christophe (IPRA’s engineering assistant – administration) : anna.christophe@univ-nantes.fr Last date for the…
John Tolan, co-director of the IPRA, took part in a lecture about religious cohabitation in Europe and the teaching of religious diversity in schools, on the Thursday 19th of March at the Maison des sciences de l’homme et de la société du Sud-Est (MSHS) in Nice (France). The lecture, based…
…historical convulsions which seize the Arab world. Yet, this crisis is a long-lasting one, of revolutionary-type, and it is the continuation of two centuries of struggle for collective liberation and individual emancipation. Finding the historical dynamics is crucial to find a meaning where the accumulation of horrors causes depression and…
…for centuries, represent just over half of the world population. In the new context that has just been sketched, this conference will focus on some of the challenges that will be faced in this early 21rst century: How to think about the past in all its complexity ? How to…
