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Context and catholicity in the science and religion debate : intercultural contributions from French-speaking Africa /

"For years the fact that the debate on science and religion was not related to cultural diversity was considered only a minor issue. However, lately, there is a growing concern that the dominance of 'Western' perspectives in this field do not allow for new understandings. This book te...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bom, Klaas (Autor), Toren, Bernard van den, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Colección:Theology and mission in world Christianity ; 14.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Context and Catholicity in the Science and Religion Debate: Intercultural contributions from French-speaking Africa
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Setting the Scene for the Project 'Science and Religion in French-speaking Africa'
  • 1 Which Science? Whose Religion?
  • 2 French-speaking Africa
  • 3 'Science and religion' or 'science and Christian faith'?
  • 4 Project Design
  • 5 Positionality
  • 2 The Theoretical Framework, Methods, and Layout of the Research
  • 1 An Intercultural Theological Approach to Science and Religion
  • 2 Methodology On Discourse Analysis and Group Model Building
  • 3 Layout of the Research
  • 3 The Intercultural Dynamics in Which the Discourses Take Place
  • 1 Preliminary Remarks
  • 2 Geographic Orientations
  • 3 Education and laïcité in French-speaking Africa
  • 4 Education and laïcité
  • 5 Universities
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 4 Creating an Intercultural Space. The Roles of 'African' and 'Western' in the Discourses About Science and Faith in Yaoundé, Abidjan, and Kinshasa
  • 1 Part 1 The Use of 'African' and 'Western' in the Different Groups
  • 2 Part 2 Conceptions of Culture and the Context
  • 3 Part 3 Comparing the Discourses of the Six Groups on 'African' and 'Western'
  • 5 Understandings of Science and Faith in Yaoundé, Abidjan, and Kinshasa
  • 1 Part 1 The Main Understandings of Science and Faith in the Six Discourses
  • 2 Part 2 The Impact of the Major Diversities within and between the Groups on their Perspectives on Science and Faith
  • 3 Part 3 Initiating the Dialogue between French-speaking Africa and the North Atlantic world.
  • 4 Outlook
  • 6 Interculturation and Catholicity as Keys for Interpretation
  • 1 From Inculturation to Interculturation and an Intercultural Theoretical Framework for Interpretation
  • 2 Understanding Interculturation
  • 3 The Role of Christian Faith in Relation to Culture
  • 4 Characteristics of Interculturation in the Discourses on Science and Religion from Francophone Africa
  • 5 An Alternative Modernity?
  • 6 Parallel or Alternative Modernity
  • 7 Hybridity
  • 8 Alternative Modernity and Ongoing Conversion
  • 9 Catholicity and Contextuality in the Science and Faith Debate
  • 10 Catholicity in Intercultural Theology
  • 11 The Postcolonial Condition
  • 12 Intercultural Exchange between Different Culturally Embedded Discourses on Science and Religion
  • 7 Science and Religion from a Catholic Perspective
  • 1 Towards a Global Approach to Science and Religion
  • 2 Making the First Step towards a Catholic Approach Mutual Contributions from Francophone Africa and the North Atlantic World
  • 3 To Conclude
  • Annexes
  • 1 Online Survey
  • 2 Lists of Participants
  • 3 Models Built by the Researchers and the Participants
  • Bibliography
  • Index