Bernard Reymond (7 January 1933) is a Swiss

pastor A pastor (abbreviated as "Pr" or "Ptr" , or "Ps" ) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and ...

and

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, honorary professor of

practical theology Practical theology is an academic discipline that examines and reflects on religious practices in order to understand the theology enacted in those practices and in order to consider how theological theory and theological practices can be more full ...

at the Romand pastoral Institute of the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; french: links=no, Université de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzer ...

, which belongs to the current of

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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'' and translated a book by

Friedrich Schleiermacher Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (; 21 November 1768 – 12 February 1834) was a German Reformed theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional P ...

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

Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...

. In his works, Bernard Reymond particularly studies the links between religion and culture in its various forms: literature, fine arts, cinema.Présentation de Bernard Reymond
/ref> He was at the origin of the International Society for Practical Theology, founded in 1992.

Publications

* ''Protestantisme et littérature'' * (with collab. of Marie-Claude Baatard), ''La Femme du pasteur : un sacerdoce obligé ?'', ', Geneva; éditions du Cerf, Paris, 1991 * ''Sur la trace des théologies libérales'', Van Dieren, 2002 * ''Le Protestantisme et ses pasteurs : une belle histoire bientôt finie ?'', Genève, Labor et Fides, 2007 * ''Dieu survivra-t-il au dernier homme ? Essai sur la religion de l'Homo sapiens'', Labor et Fides, 2012 * ''Auguste Sabatier : un théologien à l'air libre (1839-1901)'', Labor et Fides * ''Le Protestantisme et le Cinéma : les enjeux d'une rencontre tardive et stimulante'', Labor et Fides * ''Le Protestantisme et Calvin : que faire d'un aïeul si encombrant ?'', Labor et Fides * ''Le Protestantisme et la Musique : musicalité de la parole'' * ''Théâtre et christianisme'' * ''Le Protestantisme et les Images : pour en finir avec quelques clichés'' * ''De vive voix : oraliture et prédication'', Labor et Fides, * ''Entre la grâce et la loi : introduction au droit ecclésial protestant'', Labor et Fides * (Translation) Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher, ''De la religion. Discours aux personnes cultivées d'entre ses mépriseurs (1799)'' * ''La Théologie pratique : statuts, méthodes, perspectives d'avenir'', Congrès international œcuménique et francophone de théologie pratique,

References

External links

Presentation of Bernard Reymond
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