23/05/2024 11:45 - 17:30

HALL: FATESI - MAUROLICO B

Chair: Areas C., Artaud De La Ferrière A., Kammarti B.

Speaker: Baron G., Crystallia L., Daligault N., Esmili H., Faltot A., Ghanem A., Martin Leal M., Oviedo L.

Proponent: Afsr .

The relationship between religion and "crisis" is a multifaceted phenomenon. Faced with the
emergence of social, political, economic and environmental crises, religious actors are both dependent
on their consequences and producers of material and conceptual responses. These same religious
actors can also play the role of creators of "crisis discourses" the echoes of which resonate throughout
society. "Crisis" also oFen manifests itself within faith communities and institutions, leading to
endogenous dynamics of religious transformation, dissolution, and innovation. Observing religions
when they respond to external crises, when they produce discourses of crisis, or when they are rapt by
an internal crisis, enables the social sciences to deepen their analysis of the religious when it is under
stress, and to question the evolution of the very meaning of the concept of "crisis". This panel proposes
to explore Religion in )mes of crisis through three axes:
1) How do external crises affect religions, their institutions and actors (speeches, actions, career paths,
etc.)? For example, how have religious actors dealt with ecological and environmental issues? What
answers does the religious bring to these crises?
2) How do internal crises manifest themselves within religions and what are the characteristics of these
internal dynamics? How does the religious become a source of crises (war, terrorism, abuse, pedophilia,
etc.)? What are the resulting effects within the religious community?
3) How should researchers in the social sciences of religion approach their object of study in time of
(multiple) crisis? What are the implications of crisis on the researcher's positionality, epistemology, and
choice of methods?