Dr. Marie Chabbert

Biography

Marie Chabbert’s research explores the directions debates surrounding religious freedom and pluralism have taken in twentieth and twenty-first century France in the context of critical historical events such as the World Wars, the dismemberment of colonial empires, and the emergence of globalization and the so-called ‘return of religion’. In her doctoral thesis, she examined engagements with the concept of the ‘death of God’ through the works of philosophers like Georges Bataille, Jacques Derrida, and Gilles Deleuze, thus probing the boundaries of the religious and the profane, theism and atheism to inaugurate new perspectives on the increasing fluidity of religion in a postsecular world. Following her findings, she is interrogating the rapprochement between religious faith and scientific reasoning in contemporary French thought, especially in light of growing ecological demands that challenge our understanding of humanity's place in the universe. Chabbert is also a freelance journalist for the French newspaper Le Monde and a regular contributor to the intellectual magazine Esprit, reflecting her commitment to public engagement in the humanities. She is an Executive Committee member of the European Interfaith Youth Network of Religions for Peace, the largest international coalition of representatives of the world’s religions aiming to promote multi-religious cooperation for peace. In January 2021, she was chosen by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Center to become one of the 18 “Young Religious Leaders” in the Europe and Middle-East Edin programme, which focuses on empowering dialogue and interfaith networks.

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