Zones grises. Diversité religieuse et pouvoir en institution

Abstract

This article proposes an interpretational strategy allowing us to study religious plurality in a variety of institutions based on the case of penal institutions. The matrix is a synthesis of various recommendations shared by many researchers working on religion in public institutions. To get beyond an approach limiting itself to an institutional, or even organisational, definition of the religious and its representatives and to take the importance of the power issues permeating it in this context into account, the author looks at three aspects: focusing on the religion of various people present in the institution; paying attention to the material and spatial arrangements; taking the ‘symbolic’ dimension of the institution studied into account; from a methodological point of view, making room for an ethnographic approach. Such an approach allows us to grasp the religious in the institution’s ‘grey areas’. This concept is defined and illustrated by the Swiss case.

Beyond Narcissism: Towards an Analysis of the Public, Political and Collective Forms of Contemporary Spirituality

“…Recent studies have begun to highlight that the emergence of the holistic milieu in public contexts often assumes a collective and usually altruistic form, particularly in public institutions (Becci 2018;Griera 2017;Griera and Clot-Garrell 2015b). Additionally, some research has also started to explore holistic spirituality's presence in open-air urban environments (Hegner and Margry 2016) and its relationship with political and social movements (Viotti and Funes 2015;Zwissler 2018).…”

L'aumônerie dans les institutions publiques. Positionnements institutionnels, collaborations interreligieuses et enjeux de la profession

“…Objectif et structure de l'étude L'objectif de cette étude, certes exploratoire, est d'une part, de contribuer aux débats théoriques sur les évolutions des aumôneries dans le contexte contemporain (Abu-Ras & Laird, 2011;Baude et al, 2018;Becci, 2018;Poncin et al, 2020;Schmid, 2020;Schmid & Sheikhzadegan, 2020;Schneuwly Purdie, 2014;Sheikh et al, 2004). D'autre part d'apporter un éclairage ciblé sur les évolutions des aumôneries dans quatre types d'institutions publiques : les hôpitaux, les prisons, les écoles et les centres / foyers pour requérant•e•s d'asile, et ce dans les cantons de Genève et Vaud.…”