La «religion universelle» au XIXe siècle et aujourd’hui: au croisement des cultures et des traditions
“Universal religion” in the 19th century and today: at the crossroads of cultures and traditions

Author(s): Tomasz Szymański
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: universal religion; hermeneutics; religious and cultural pluralism; Pierre Leroux; Edgar Quinet; Gianni Vattimo
Summary/Abstract: Any variant of the idea of universal religion, conceived as a metareligion transcending historical religions and reinterpreting the religious heritage of humanity, presupposes the choice of certain criteria of interpretation and a relation to the plurality of traditions and cultures. The present study focuses on conceptions of universal religion developed in the 19th century France within the liberal, lay and republican current, mainly those of Pierre Leroux and Edgar Quinet. Their belonging to the “spiritual posterity of Joachim of Fiore” makes it possible to build a bridge between them and the work of the contemporary philosopher Gianni Vattimo. His post-secular approach invites us to rethink the religious heritage of the West in the light of modern and postmodern religious and cultural pluralism, which should not be synonymous with boundless relativism.

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