by Elie Barnavi · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782874951930
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«Dieux, modes d'emploi» is the essay on religions by Élie Barnavi, published by André Versaille éditeur in paperback (264 pages, in French).
This companion volume to the Petit Palais exhibition in Paris addresses the religious phenomenon as one of the most universal experiences of the human being. Through paintings, objects and everyday gestures, it invites readers to discover the richness of religious experience and the different ways of understanding and using the gods.
The Petit Palais exhibition in Paris ran from October 25, 2012 to February 3, 2013; the edition includes a preface by Bertrand Delanoë and an afterword by Régis Debray.
For readers interested in the history of religions and in art who are looking for a visual and accessible introduction to the religious fact.
Élie Barnavi is an Israeli historian and diplomat, who was the Israeli ambassador to France between 2000 and 2002. Born in Bucharest he moved as a child to Tel Aviv, Israel. He authored some fifteen books on France and Europe in the turmoil of the Religious Wars and on the contemporary history of Israel and of the Jewish people. He published numerous studies in professional journals in Europe, the US and Canada, as well as political articles in the Israeli and European press.
