…Ways of teaching. Institutions. Attempt at an international comparison) will take place from December 2 to 4 at the Université du Maine. 30-odd scholars and experts from all around the world will be gathered to study the teaching of religion in history classes. The opening lectures will be given by…
Dominique Avon, co-director of the IPRA, translated a text written in arab by more than fifty Saudi ulama and preachers in reaction to the intervention of Russian troops in Syria, calling on Sunnis to support, in one way or another, the jihad taking place in Syria (the translation was rewied…
…Wednesday, Octobre 14, 2015, at the Université du Maine. The work of Michel Houellebecq is best known for describing, with depressing acuity, the economic and social relationships and the daily life of the modern male. The place of religion in his books has not been yet emphasized, although the controversial…
The school of Catholic Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, is holding a conference on the theme ‘ Mimetic Theory and Islam’ from May 19 to May 21. During this conference, John Tolan, co-director of the IPRA, is giving a lecture entitled ‘Muhammad in the eyes of the European…
…and discuss its definition and its role in our modern society. They will also be trained in new secularism ‘tools’ to be able to adress young people about this topic. The Léo Lagrange Federation is a non-profitable popular education association, intervening in the fields of animation and teaching. It also…
During the program ‘Libres ensemble, la laïcité en rencontres‘ (a cycle of lectures and meetings around the theme of secularism), that will take place in Nantes from December 2015 until March 2016, John Tolan, co-director of the IPRA, will animate the lecture ‘Déshabillons l’info : médias, religions et laïcité’ (stripping…
