La religion dans l’espace public post-séculier, une confrontation critique des perspectives de Habermas et de Gauchet

Abstract

RÉSUMÉ : Dans sa lecture du rôle de la religion dans l’espace public, Habermas fait abstraction du pouvoir de la religion d’instituer symboliquement les communautés. Gauchet part d’une vision de la religion dans laquelle cette dimension est centrale. Je considère toutefois que Gauchet sous-estime également la mesure dans laquelle la religion a conservé ce pouvoir au sein de la société post-séculière.

Scriptural illustration applied in the homo faber-religious-ludens spiritual model of leisure

“…From this last viewpoint, it is suggested that the homo faber-religious-ludens spiritual model of leisure is illustrated by the gospel story Jesus Visits Martha and Mary (St. Luke,) which provides a biblical picture of the relationships between three humanity models: Martha as the homo faber, Mary as the homo ludens and the Lord Jesus as the homo religious par excellence. These humanity models have determined the behaviours of people throughout history and the connections between them are enhanced by an understanding of Christian scripture which is still applicable to spiritual quests in the present context of the post-secular era characterized by detraditionalization, individualization and pluralization of religion (Braeckman, 2010;Habermas, 2008). This reconfiguration of religion should be viewed with the understanding that the secularization thesis no longer applies as Boeve (2012) attests:…”