Marguerite ASMAR (EL) BOU AOUN

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Religious Sciences

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 5908 marguerite.elasmar@usj.edu.lb

Committed to promoting collaboration with both national international researchers highly eager to participate in innovative projects. As a philosopher of religion, I love implementing multidisciplinary approaches to investigate religious concepts. I have a deep commitment to utilizing my project management expertise to ensure successful outcomes.

Education

Degree University Country Year
Doctorat - Sciences religieuses Université de Strasbourg France 2021
Master recherche - Sciences religieuses Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Liban 2004
Licence - Sciences religieuses Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Liban 2002

Research themes

br / Philosophy of religionbr />Religious phenomenon Religious concepts To Believe The Need to Believe Religious Beliefs Leadership Authority Freedom of religion belief

Publications and communications

Publications: - « Le besoin de croire », 2023, Éditions L’Harmattan: Paris, 2023, p. 268 - « اشكالية الاعتقاد وأزمة السلطة », Al-Machriq Journal, vol. 98, no 2, juin 2024, p. 9-25 - « Recension philosophique, Religion et Liberté de P. Capelle-Dumont et Y. Courtel » in Proche-Orient Chrétien, n.66, vol.3-4, Jan. 2017, USJ: Beirut, pp. 425-430 - « Le Laïc, signe de L’Église dans le monde : Étude des textes du Synode pour le Liban », preprint, July 2004 Some conferences: - Belief Dynamics: Philosophical Perspectives on Religion, Society, Individual Psychology, Culture, religion, the body round table, Larnaca, Cyprus, June 2024 - Understanding Belief Epistemology for Freedom of Belief, Second International Congress on Freedom of Religion Belief, Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain, June 2024 - A reflection on leadership authority in the institutions of Belief. A study through religious political institutions, 14th International conference on religion society, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, May 2024 - Philosophers the need to believe, Theology Religion Studies Seminar, League of European Research Universities, Saint John’s College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, September 2019 - Light Religion other contributions, Nagoya International Interdisciplinary Doctoral School Light, frontier, time diversity, University of Nagoya, Nagoya, Japan, August 2017

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Awards and distinctions

Third prize national winner - “ma thèse en 180 secondes” (3 minutes thesis competition) https://www.usj.edu.lb/news.php?id=10656