La CISR de la fondation à la mutation: réflexions sur une trajectoire et ses enjeux
1990; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 37; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/003776890037001002
ISSN1461-7404
Autores Tópico(s)Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies
ResumoThe CISR was founded in 1948, over forty years ago. Although this is a relatively short time, it is already too long for the collective memory. Today, the origins of the CISR are generally misunderstood, veiled in a mist of legends. The CISR was born in the Catholic University of Louvain. Canon Jacques Leclercq, professor of philosophy and natural law, who, since 1938, has sought to introduce and develop sociology in Belgium, took the initiative. From conversations with a French Dominican emerged the idea of organizing conferences to enable those interested in the sociology of religion to become acquainted with one another. The first two conferences were organized in Louvain in 1948 and 1949, but with restricted audiences and without published proceedings. However, there was a charter which set out ten points. At the request of Leclercq, the CISR was defined as a non-denominational, scientific organization. In 1951, at the third conference, held in Breda (The Netherlands), at which pastors outnumbered sociologists, a major shift took place. From that time, the association became Catholic, a circumstance which resulted in internal tensions and cyclical weaknesses until a radical change occurred in the conference at Opatija (1971). At that meeting, the original character of the CISR was restored, but now in a scientific and international environment that had itself completely changed.
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