L’AFSR organise un panel sur le thème “Faith, revelation and intuition in social sciences perspective” lors de la prochaine Conférence internationale de l’European Academy of Religion (EuAre) qui aura lieu du 8 au 12 juillet à Vienne, Autriche
Thursday 10 July 2025 from 08:30 to 10:45
AFSR Association Française Sciences Sociales Religions, Proponent
Bochra Kammarti, Chair ; Bochra Kammarti, Speaker; Camila Aréâs, Speaker; Daekyung Jung, Speaker; Laurentiu TANASE, Speaker
Since Auguste Comte’s epistemological positivism, which presupposed the study of observable facts, the immaterial has mainly been grasped by philosophers, theologians and the so-called “pseudosciences”. Yet Max Weber’s seminal work underlines the importance of studying the religious as ethos and lifestyle, and its influence on the practices of those involved (Weber, 1920). Other forms of the immaterial such as optimism (Luca, 2016, 2018), ethics (De Courcelles, 2008, 2014), emotions (Flam, 2002) or curiosity (Gottlieb, 2018-2023) also play a role. What about faith and intuition? Stemming from the Latin intuitio and intuitus, intuition is defined as “a direct and immediate knowledge of a truth which presents itself to the mind with the clarity of evidence” whether conscious or unconscious, or the result of reasoning (Pierce, 1978). Interviewed persons identify it as “divine guidance”, a “6th sense” or “evidence”.
Can intuition be compared with the concept of “Revelation” in monotheistic or animistic religions? From the point of view of sciences and from religious texts, what distinctions are made between the notions of “intuition” and “revelation” ? Is “intuition” a secular side of “divine revelation”? If intuition appears as “self-evident truth”, doesn’t it share with faith the strength of conviction? The panel “Faith, revelation and intuition in social sciences perspective” explores the immaterial universe of these notions from a humanities and social sciences perspective. How can we analyze and interpret these human experiences and their traces in ancient texts? What are the nature, mechanisms and social implications of these notions? And finally, what are the similarities and differences between these four notions?
An abstract (2500 words max, including brief bibliography) with a title, the name and the affiliation of the contributors can be send to : afsr.association@gmail.com
“REVELATION AND INTUITION IN SELECTED MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIAN TEXTS”
Kammarti Bochra – research fellow Cespra EHESS ~ Paris ~ France
“WHAT THE CONCEPTS OF HABITUS AND HABITUDE CAN TEACH US ON INTUITION AND REVELATION?”
Aréâs Camila – Maîtresse de conf.rence, Universit. de la R.union ~ Saint Denis ~ France
IS RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE EPISTEMOLOGICALLY RELIABLE? AN EMBODIED COGNITIVE APPROACH
Daekyung Jung, Yonsei University ~ Seoul ~ Korea, Republic of
RELIGION, BETWEEN FAITH AND PUBLIC SPACE; SACRAMENTAL FLUIDITY OR ACCELERATED SECULARIZATION?
Tanase Laurentiu University of Bucharest, ICCV-Romanian Academy ~ Bucharest ~ Romania
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Kelber Pereira Gonçalves (31 mai 2025). “Faith, revelation and intuition in social sciences perspective” – (EuAre) 2025. AFSR. Consulté le 18 juin 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/142yl