This analytical and reconstructive paper discusses the issues of a miracle and of revelation in Christian Wolff’s rationalistic philosophy. The article comprises three major parts: in the first one I introduce Wolff’s conception of nature, followed by the conception of the supernatural and the outline of Wolff’s conception of a miracle. In the seco...
Ce billet porte sur un incunable conservé à la Bibliothèque municipale de Lille.
The New Testament letters to Timothy and Titus (LTT) are often lumped together as “The Pastoral Epistles.” While there are understandable reasons for this approach, it has meant that the distinctive contribution of each of the three letters has not been sufficiently considered. Furthermore, narrative approaches to the Pauline letters have led to fr...
En passant au crible les textes et leurs styles, linguistes et statisticiens mènent l’enquête grâce à la stylométrie. Cette méthode d’investigation révolutionnaire qui prend ses sources chez les scribes de Galilée, s’est solidifiée il y a plus d’un demi-siècle dans les couloirs de Harvard avant d’arriver dans nos tribunaux. L’objectif ? Identifier ...
Poème placé en tête de la majorité des éditions des Illuminations, « Après le Déluge » a suscité des approches multiples, qui ont laissé dans l’ombre quelques points de résistance. On se propose ici de revenir sur ces points, en réévaluant notamment l’intertextualité romantique de cette poésie post-biblique, son rapport à l’art de la gravure, mais ...
Published in Holiness
This article, based on the author’s doctoral research, offers a theological response to the traditional attitudes towards childlessness within the Bakossi community of South West Cameroon. Research reveals a prevalent negative attitude towards those—both men and women—who do not have children. This stigmatization is often reinforced within Christia...
Published in Pastoral psychology
A student asked, "What is pastoral care amid the COVID-19 pandemic?" The student and the professor embarked on a conversational journey to explore the layers of suffering during the pandemic that prompted the question and to interpret the neoliberal characteristics of the relational pains in the experience. Through the participatory case study of t...
The allegory of the ‘pájaro solitario’ or 'solitary bird' that appears in the Declaraciones of the Cántico espiritual and in other texts attributed to Saint John of the Cross has been the subject of numerous studies since the 1980s in order to elucidate its origin. Some researchers have related it to the phoenix, against the interpretations that at...
Les critiques littéraires rappellent régulièrement l’impact de la Bible sur les cultures qui l’ont côtoyée. Un des canaux par lesquels elle a pu avoir un tel impact est la puissance d’inspiration de ses personnages majeurs : Abraham, Moïse, Jérémie, etc. Des personnages mineurs, notamment les femmes, sont moins remarqués. Et pourtant, leur influenc...
This essay is a comparative study of Judeo-Christian religion and religions from the ancient Middle East, mainly ancient Sumer/Mesopotamia and Egypt, with focus on the common symbols; the serpent, the cow and the tree. The comparison of the three symbols from different religious traditions highlights that there are both key differences and similari...
