A procession marking Good Friday in Jammu, India, on Friday, March 29. CHANNI ANAND/AP/SIPA
Interview This year, the Labor & Fides publishing house is celebrating a century of serving an enlightened and open Protestantism. But how can we continue to make a left-wing Christian voice heard when bigotry and obscurantism are gaining ground everywhere?
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Published on May 5, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
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Labor & Fides. “Work and faith”. At first glance, the name of this small Protestant publishing house, based in Geneva, seems pleasant like a salt-free diet… However, Labor & Fides is celebrating its hundredth anniversary this year and celebrating a catalog crowned by several great names in theology (Karl Barth, his bestseller) as well as philosophy: Roland Barthes, Jacques Ellul, Paul Ricoeur, Emmanuel Levinas… – without forgetting some Protestant figures from the French left (Pierre Joxe, Michel Rocard…).
But how can we not become discouraged, and continue to carry the humanist message of Christian progressivism when, in the churches and at the ballot box, the reactions seem to be gaining ground every day? Answers with Marion Muller-Colard, doctor of theology, former member of the National Consultative Ethics Committee and, recently, head of Labor & Fides.
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