Paris 1900. The Congress of Religions will not take place. The last religious utopia of the 19th century?
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2023.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : In 1893, a Parliament of Religions was held in Chicago, on the sidelines of the Universal Exhibition, which brought together representatives of the main religions of the world. In 1895, a small group of Catholics, under the impetus of Father Félix Klein, planned to renew the experience on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition planned for Paris in 1900. This initiative, of which Father Victor Charbonnel became the main promoter, encountered strong hostility which caused the project to fail. The study of the debates around this failure sheds light on both the tensions and the religious aspirations of France in the 1890s, and this project for a congress of religions in Paris deserves to be examined as the last religious utopia of the 19th century.
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In 1893, a Parliament of Religions was held in Chicago, on the sidelines of the Universal Exhibition, which brought together representatives of the main religions of the world. In 1895, a small group of Catholics, under the impetus of Father Félix Klein, planned to renew the experience on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition planned for Paris in 1900. This initiative, of which Father Victor Charbonnel became the main promoter, encountered strong hostility which caused the project to fail. The study of the debates around this failure sheds light on both the tensions and the religious aspirations of France in the 1890s, and this project for a congress of religions in Paris deserves to be examined as the last religious utopia of the 19th century.
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