LA « DÉMYTHOLOGISATION » ET LA « DÉMYSTIFICATION » DES LANGAGES DANS LA THÉOLOGIE ET LES SCIENCES DES RELIGIONS
“DEMYTHOLOGIZING” AND “DEMYSTIFYING” LANGUAGES IN THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS SCIENCES

Summary/Abstract: “Demythologizing” and “Demystifying” Languages in Theology and Religious Sciences. In the perspective of a new anthropological model proposed by Mircea Eliade, anthropology of homo religiosus, we can talk about a new dimension of “demythologization”. In his vision, homo religiosus emerges from prehistory and becomes “man” at the moment of the perception of the sacred in the world, that is to say at the moment of the discovery of an ultimate meaning of the existence of all beings. This capacity is specific, even fundamentally constitutive of the human being. Myths are not simply imaginary productions. The mythological language is symbolic, behind the linguistic structures being a real historical event. The anthropological conception of Eliade, linking the study of religions, the philosophy of religion and the human sciences, leads us to an integral anthropology which can become one of the foundations, among others, for Christian theological discourse and especially for fundamental theology. In a desecrated world like ours, the sacred is especially present and active in imaginary universes. In order to reach the discovery of the sacred, it is necessary to demystify and demythologizing the categories used today in theology and religious sciences.

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