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Francophone Africa is experiencing a <strong>scientific renewal<\/strong> in theology and religious sciences: growth of faculties and research, rising stakes of interreligious dialogue, and the need to respond to the challenges of extremism with <strong>critical, contextualized, and non-confessional knowledge.<\/strong>The field of 'Comparative Religions &amp; Religious Sciences' allows for the articulation of text history, anthropology of practices, and geopolitics of the religious phenomenon. This certificate offers a structured entry into the major traditions of Asia (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shint\u014d), in <strong>axiological neutrality<\/strong>, with transferable tools to African contexts and diasporic spaces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The UNIVGA method<\/strong> is 100% online, asynchronous, over 5 months (5\u20138h\/week): directed readings of <strong>primary sources<\/strong> (critical translations, excerpts in Sanskrit\/P\u0101li\/classical Chinese\/Japanese), exercises in<strong>historical-critical exegesis<\/strong>, semiotic and rhetorical analyses, ethnographic dossiers, dissertations, and a mini-research thesis. The pedagogical engineering strictly aligns with the standards <strong>EPHE \u2014 EHESS \u2014 INALCO \u2014 Oxford \u2014 Harvard Asian Religions<\/strong>, in continuity with the methods of the Sorbonne, EPHE, ICP, Strasbourg, Yale Divinity, and T\u00fcbingen. The skills are immediately <strong>applicable<\/strong> applicable to higher education, academic research (projects, publications, doctorate), as well as to religious and cultural institutions (internal training, archives, translation, mediation).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional impact<\/strong>: this certificate supports the evolution towards roles as a faculty theology teacher, researcher in religious sciences, doctoral student, institutional chaplain, interreligious dialogue trainer, specialized journalist, and expert to religious administration. It also equips translators and religious archivists. <strong>Recognized for its methodological rigor<\/strong>, the UNIVGA Professional Certificate is valued by universities, seminars, Catholic and Protestant institutes, confessional NGOs, specialized media, and public administrations responsible for religious matters, particularly in the CEMAC area and more broadly in Francophone Africa, where the demand for trained professionals in religious analysis, governance of cults, and intercultural mediation continues to grow.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rigorous certifying program to analyze texts, doctrines, and practices of Asian religions. 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