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• 17 nov 2013

  Bayreuth

  Call for papers - Africa

  Religious pathways to better futures

  Religious groups in Africa are not only an important source of imaginations of the future they are also remarkably active in their efforts to realize them. Thereby different religious groups articulate quite different visions on the future of their society, of Africa, the world or of mankind and follow different ways to pursue their goals: some groups might opt for public prayers, some for violence, some see in education the best way to realize their visions, some form political parties, and still others search for support in transnational networks or establish faith-based-organizations and try to link their future imaginaries to those of the donors in the world of development. Thus, looking at differing religious visions on the future and at the ways they are translated into practice, raises questions about the forms of public religion and interest articulation in a national and transnational setting as well as questions about religious diversity within a society.

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• 29 nov 2012

  30 nov 2012

  Berlin

  Conference, symposium - Modern

  The secularism of France and Germany

  Trajectories, the current state of affairs and issues

  L’objectif de ce colloque est de considérer, de manière comparative, les manières dont la laïcité d’État, en France et en Allemagne, au regard de leur histoire politique, de leur configuration culturelle et religieuse, reflètent des processus complexes de sécularisation : les enjeux, acteurs, et tensions sociales soulevées par la confrontation de la laïcité aux revendications ethnico-religieuses, mais aussi la complexité de différents « seuils » de laïcisation et évidemment différents segments de la société affecté par ces processus. Au final, ce sont les différentes laïcisations nationales qui donnent, rapportées à leurs contextes, matière à penser concrètement les problèmes sociaux, les choix sociétaux, et les manières de les considérer du point de vue des sciences humaines et sociales.

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