Multidisciplinarity听in听religious studies is an old听tradition听at the Catholic University of Louvain. From the outset, classical research in the Faculty of Theology has always be听linked with听diverse disciplines, such as philosophy, history, philology, law, then psychology and sociology. More recently, in the 1980s, at the initiative of Professors Jean Remy and Liliane Voy茅, the Social Sciences and Religious Studies Group (GSSR) was also founded at the Faculty of Economics and Social and Political Sciences, which federated many disciplines and allowed to create a community of researchers in religious thematics. The same applies to the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World (founded by Prof. Felice Dassetto), which has gathered听various disciplines for the study of Islam. There is also the case with the multidisciplinary approach of the Center for Religious Psychology (founded by Prof. Antoine Vergote in 1961).
The research institute Religions, Spiritualities, Cultures, Societies (RSCS) intends to inspire itself of听all these experiences to organize an original multidisciplinary approach. One of the main听challenge for this approach in听RSCS听is to continuously听improve fruitful听interactions between听theological and听narrative analysis with other scientific disciplines, open to a variety of religious traditions, ranging from听Judaism and Christianity to Islam, and also听Buddhism and听Hinduism.
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Theology
Pedagogy - Canon Law听- Ethics听- Biblical Exegesis听- Systematic听Theology听- Practical Theology - Islamic Theology ...
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Anthropology
Religious听Anthropology听- Cultural Anthropology - Bouddhist Anthropology 鈥�
Arts & Literature
Literature & Religion - History of Art and religion - Cinema, Art and Religion 鈥μ�
Law
Religious Freedom, Non-Establishment, Human Rights, Belgian Law, European Law听听鈥�
Ethics
Comparative Ethics, Bioethics,听鈥�
History
Comparative History of听religions - History of Christianity - Antiquity - Modern and contemporary ages 鈥�
Philology
Exegesis听- Hebrew - Greek听- Latin - Ancient Languages - Arab and Islamic Philology听 鈥�
Philosophy
Philosophy听of听religion - Political Philosophy - Moral Philosophy - Islamic Philosophy 鈥μ�
Psychology
Psychology听of religion - Social听psychology听- Developmental Psychology,听鈥�
Religious Studies
Comparative History of听religions - Philosophy听of听religion -听Socio-anthropology of听religions - Psychology听of religion - Law &听religions - Comparative Ethics听鈥�
Political听Science
Religion & politics听- Religion &听geopolitics鈥�
Sociology
Sociology of听religions - Cultural Sociology - Sociology of Islam 鈥�