Religions, Spiritualities All books

Boris Cyrulnik

Psychotherapy from God

Combining developmental psychology, attachment-based therapy, psycho-sociology, and the neurosciences, a psychotherapy of the sacred that takes into account all forms of belief, without distinction and without judgment, to analyse their foundations, their practices, their inner workings, and also their benefits. An original enlightening study of the major role played by attachment (secure or insecure) in religious feeling.

Claude Hagège

Religions, the Word and Peace

A unique and original contribution, both erudite and mordant, from a specialist, on the question of the ties between violence and religions, which is such a crucial one in today’s world.

Daniel Sibony

The Quran and the Bible In questions and answers

A step-by-step study of the Quran, almost exactly word for word, to grasp the precise content. A polemical book, but a book based upon the author's knowledge of the Arabic language and the sacred texts of Islam. A return to the original text that allows us to understand the political and geopolitical issues of today's world.

Fouazia Farida Charfi

Sacred Questions A modern and re-imagined Islam

1.The two chapters on Islam explain in easy terms, accessible to all, the essentials of Islam and the reflections of the great Arab thinkers on the texts. A feminine point of view, modern and updated, on Islam: religious education, the meaning of the veil in Tunisia, observing Ramadan… A scientist and Secretary of State in 2011, Farida Faouzia Charfi is a major figure in Tunisian political life.

Georges Bensoussan

The Jews of the Arab World The Forbidden Question

A book written by a historian, a recognized specialist in Jewish-Arab relations. A history book that also sheds light on current political stakes and societal issues. The discourse contradicts what is generally heard on the subject, and which provides the historical elements needed for a better understanding of the contemporary situation.

Dominique Schnapper, Paul Saloma, Perrine Simon-Nahum

Thinking about anti-Semitism A Symposium on Anti-Semitism

Commentary from the latest reports on anti-Semitism in France, in order to go well beyond journalistic and political discourse. The current character of the issue, which is examined here with the resources of both history and philosophy. The scope of the analyses proposed by some of the most respected specialists on the issue.

Mario Livio

Is God a Mathematician?

A best seller, finally available in France A question that everyone has asked, even if they don't dare ask out loud… Mathematics? An aspect of culture like any other.

Daniel Sibony

Muslims and Jews in the Arabic World

Shedding an original and doubtless controversial light on the question of the relationship between Islam and the secular world.