Bernard Reymond

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Bernard Reymond (7 January 1933) is a Swiss pastor and theologian, honorary professor of practical theology at the Romand pastoral Institute of the University of Lausanne, which belongs to the current of Liberal Christianity.

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University of Lausanne university located in Lausanne, Switzerland

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Biography

In 1975, Bernard Reymond supported a thesis on theologian Louis Auguste Sabatier entitled Le Procès de l'autorité dans la théologie d'Auguste Sabatier [1] and translated a book by Friedrich Schleiermacher.

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He was a pastor at the Oratoire du Louvre in Paris, then in the canton de Vaud. [2]

In his works, Bernard Reymond particularly studies the links between religion and culture in its various forms: literature, fine arts, cinema. [3]

He was at the origin of the International Society for Practical Theology, founded in 1992.

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ Notice Sudoc, thèse de théologie, 1975.
  2. ↑ « Des pasteurs qui pensent par eux-mêmes », website of Évangile et Liberté  (fr ).
  3. ↑ Présentation de Bernard Reymond
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