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When fasting becomes secularized

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  • 03 March 2024
  • Isabelle Jonveaux
    • Théologie, UNIFR
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Traditionally, fasting expressed penitence in religions. Today, apart from any religious prescription, it is practiced much more with a view to bodily and spiritual well-being. And to challenge our consumer society.

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