01/07/2021
Evangelicals in Brazil and in USA : a comparative study
Debates do NER is a Brazilian biannual journal, created in 1997 on the initiative of the Center for the Study of Religion (NER), of the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).
Debates do NER is currently one of the most important vehicles for disseminating research related to the Social Sciences of Religion in Mercosur. Thanks to my Brazilian colleagues Marcelo Camurça and Emerson Giumbelli, whom I warmly thank, I had the opportunity to publish in 2020 a comparative historical study on Evangelicalism, USA vs Brazil.
Publié dans Articles & Books, Evangelicals Charismatics Pentecostals, USA | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Tags : usa, brazil, bible belt, evangelicals, evangelicalism, secularization, postcolonial studies, comparative study, sebastien fath, marcelo carmurça, emerson giumbelli, debates do ner, mercosur | Facebook | |
11/12/2020
French documentaries on Billy Graham
Billy Graham, "America's pastor", is a global figure. The example of France is revealing. Although France can't claim more than 3% of protestants (including 1 million of Evangelicals), Billy Graham has strongly impacted the country.
This is why the French National TV Network "France 2" has devoted a very detailed documentary to Billy Graham. The first part has been released last sunday and can still be viewed for free here :
Publié dans Evangelicals Charismatics Pentecostals, France: religion and culture, French-US relations | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Tags : billy graham, evangelicalism, usa, france | Facebook | |
09/30/2020
Current debates within the "Black Church", USA: a needed book
In USA, what we use to define as "Black theology" has emphasized the role of Christian faith in addressing racism and other forms of oppression, arguing that Jesus urged his disciples to seek the freedom of all peoples.
Meanwhile, the so-called "Black church", even when focused on social concerns, has often emphasized personal piety rather than social protest. With the rising influence of white Evangelicalism, biblical fundamentalism, and the prosperity gospel, the divide has become even more pronounced.
In The Divided Mind of the Black Church (2020), Raphael G. Warnock, Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., helps us to understand the current debates within Black Protestants (mostly Evangelicals) in USA.
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09/17/2020
A prominent US Evangelical becomes Catholic
Mark Galli, highly respected figure of US evangelicalism, converts to Catholicism (link).
Until January 2020, Mark Galli edited the world's largest evangelical monthly, Christianity Today (with a circulation of 120,000 copies). Presbyterian, then Anglican, he eventually joined the Catholic Church in Rome.
Publié dans Current News | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Tags : usa, mark galli, evangelicalism, catholicism, christianity today, ulf ekman, douglas m. beaumont, francis becwith | Facebook | |
02/24/2016
St Louis (USA): Jean ROUAULT's religious paintings revealed again
In the middle of the XXth Century, French catholic painter Jean Rouault was received in the US as one of the major contemporary painters. Not anymore. Will an exhibition in St Louis reverse the trend?
From RNS : "ST. LOUIS (RNS) What can a nearly forgotten set of 58 masterful etchings by a man once called one of the great artists of the 20th century tell us about the state of religious art in America?
At a rare showing of “Miserere et Guerre” (“Mercy and War”), a bleak but compelling series by the idiosyncratic French modernist Georges Rouault, the pious and the curious will have a chance to judge for themselves".
Publié dans French-US relations | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Tags : jean rouault, exhibition, saint louis, missouri, usa, painting, french painting, religious art, religious painting | Facebook | |
08/28/2014
A major comparative book on immigrant faith (Phillip Connor)
It is more than likely that the majority of religious attenders in the Paris area today do come from an immigrant background. Immigrant faith? It's not a footnote. It is a major aspect of contemporary religion!
Thanks to Phillip Connor, Immigrant Faith (NYU Press, 2014) is providing new comparative insights on this major topic.
It examines trends and patterns relating to religion in the lives of immigrants. The volume moves beyond specific studies of particular faiths in particular immigrant destinations to present the religious lives of immigrants in the United States, Canada, and Europe on a broad scale.
Religion is not merely one aspect among many in immigrant lives. Immigrant faith affects daily interactions, shapes the future of immigrants in their destination society, and influences society beyond the immigrants themselves. In other words, to understand immigrants, one must understand their faith.
Publié dans Articles & Books, Canada, France: religion and culture, French-UK relations, French-US relations | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Tags : canada, usa, europe, immigration, migrants, immigrant faith, new york university press, book, religion | Facebook | |
10/05/2009
Norway best place to live, France 8th, USA 13th (2009)
The annual United Nations Human Development Index has been released today (Monday 5th of October).
According to this index, based on such criteria as life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, Norway is the best place to live in.
Publié dans Globalization | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Tags : france, usa, norway, uk, united nations | Facebook | |
10/10/2008
United States of... France?
Did you think that since the Iraqi war, France and the US had nothing in common anymore?
Far from that.
Publié dans French-US relations | Lien permanent | Commentaires (2) | Tags : france, usa | Facebook | |
12/14/2007
Politics and Religion, France/USA
Both France and the USA do like to teach the World about values. These two great democracies share a common emphasis on universal rights, and it is no surprise if the world debate about the Iraqi war in 2003 turned around what France and what the US had to say.
How to explain that? By going back to History, particularly in studying the relationship between politics and religion in France and the US. This is what this new book is about.
Publié dans Articles & Books | Lien permanent | Commentaires (1) | Tags : alec hargreaves, france, usa, religion and politics, french protestants | Facebook | |
12/04/2007
Religion and American Politics
In French, we describe a cliche or an extremely common topic as a «tarte à la crème» (cream pie). Sweet and familiar taste but difficult to digest.
In this regard, «Religion and Politics in America» is a typical «tarte à la crème». A very good (and important) topic, but hard to digest. Too many books, too many opinions, too many passions.
This particular book, however, deserves to be savoured more than others.
Publié dans Articles & Books | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Tags : religion and politics, usa, mark noll, civil religion | Facebook | |