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A revival of Religions?
Published in La Vanguardia, April 20th, 2006Intervention by Marià Corbí in the discussion: A revival of religions?Translation by Susana MateIt is being said that religions have regained their appeal. Is it true that they are again fascinating people? In our societies we find simultaneously a clear, global and explicit rejection of religion by a wide majority of the population, and a growing interest in it. If we reflect on this contradictory attitude, we can observe two very different social phenomena,…
Mariano CorbíIn new societies, where economic success is linked to scientific and technical innovation capacity, as much for goods as for services, and therefore to the ability to change organizing and axiological patterns, the fixed ways of thinking, judging, feeling, organizing or living, which are linked to either religious or secular (ideological) beliefs are no longer feasible. The fact is that• traditional religions find themselves in a serious cultural and social discredit; • classical ideologies, those belonging to the…
Secular mysticism
Marià CorbíCentre Unesco de Catalunya. On Mystics: A congress. Barcelona, June 2001(Each participant was asked to introduce himself in connection to the subject, his personal stand point on spirituality) My intellectual research and my inner path have blended and become one and the same. I had a catholic education. I studied music and piano with dedication at the Liceo School of Music. Perhaps this played a part in the education of my sensitivity. I soon developed an interest in…
Cosmologías tradicionales africanas y dignidad de la persona humana
por Jean-Bosco BotshoLas violaciones de los derechos humanos, en nombre de las "tradiciones", tan frecuentes hoy en África subsahariana llevan a mucha gente a negar que las mismas tradiciones tienen una noción de la dignidad de la persona humana. Jean Bosco Botsho ha querido mostrar en este documento que el África tradicional posee en particular teorías que garantizan la protección de los seres humanos. Basándose en vivencias y observaciones entre unos pueblos bantú de su propio país, la República Democrática…
Persona humana o respeto del orden en las cosmologías bantú
Jean-Bosco Botscho Este texto es un fragmento de "Cosmologías tradicionales africanas y dignidad de la persona humana", documento que encontraran completo en el apartado e-docs de esta web. click aquí Jean-Bosco Botsho. Licenciado en Relaciones internacionales y en Derecho, miembro de la Asociación Intercultura i del CEII de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Presidente de la Asociación AFRICAT, trabaja en el Centro Interreligioso del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona. La noción del orden en las cosmologías bantú puede ser aplicada al cosmos…