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ArgumentaireBien qu&#8217;il se soit toujours d&#233;crit comme un catholique &#8216;ren&#233;gat&#8221; et que la teneur exacte (m&#233;taphysique et th&#233;ologique) des croyances qui rest&#232;rent les siennes ne soit gu&#232;re facile &#224; d&#233;finir, Burgess ne renon&#231;a jamais &#224; la dimension culturelle de l&#8217;&#233;ducation catholique qu&#8217;il avait re&#231;ue et &#224; la forte valeur sociale et identificatoire qu&#8217;il fut tr&#232;s t&#244;t amen&#233; &#224; lui accorder dans le contexte majoritairement protestant du Manchester de son enfance. Quelle que soit la dimension parodique de son autobiographie, il pla&#231;a d&#8217;embl&#233;e celle-ci sous le signe de la tradition s&#233;culaire des&#160;Conf&#233;ssions&#160;de St Augustin, le catholicisme du h&#233;ros de&#160;Enderby&#160;constituant l&#8217;un des ressorts majeurs de ce r&#233;cit. De m&#234;me, son inqui&#233;tude sur le maintien ou le remplacement des croyances religieuses dans un contexte de plus en plus ostensiblement d&#233;christianis&#233;, la question de la s&#233;cularisation de l&#8217;&#233;thique dans un contexte post-th&#233;ologique ou encore celle de la r&#233;interpr&#233;tation ou du recyclage de sch&#232;mes heuristiques originellement religieux reviennent souvent sous sa plume. Jusqu&#8217;&#224; quel point Anthony Burgess peut-il &#234;tre consid&#233;r&#233; comme un &#233;crivain catholique ? Doit-il plut&#244;t &#234;tre per&#231;u comme un apostat, comme il le sugg&#232;re souvent dans ses &#233;crits, ou ses conceptions sur la s&#233;cularisation doivent elles plut&#244;t &#234;tre consid&#233;r&#233;es comme ayant anticip&#233; certaines des interrogations auxquelles nous sommes plus que jamais confront&#233;s dans nos soci&#233;t&#233;s post-s&#233;culi&#232;res ? Telles sont les interrogations r&#233;currentes, mais trop souvent n&#233;glig&#233;es, de ses &#233;crits auxquelles on voudrait s&#8217;int&#233;resser &#224; l&#8217;occasion de ce colloque.Modalit&#233;s pratiques d'envoi des propositionsLes propositions d&#8217;environ 250 mots et une courte biographie sont &#224; envoyer &#224;&#160;jean-michel.yvard@univ-angers.fr&#160;avant le&#160;15 octobre 2017Comit&#233; scientifique&#160;Jean-Michel Yvard : Universit&#233; d&#8217;Angers, CIRPaLLEmmanuel Vernadakis : Universit&#233; d&#8217;Angers, CIRPaLLMarc Jeannin : Universit&#233; d&#8217;Angers, CIRPaLLGelareh Yvard : Universit&#233; d'Angers, CIRPaLLAndrew Biswell : University of ManchesterArgumentAnthony Burgess always described himself as a &#8220;renegade Catholic&#8221; and it is not easy to define the exact metaphysical or theological content of the religious beliefs which he actually managed to preserve. What is certain, however, is that he never rejected the cultural dimension of his Catholic education. Neither did he stop giving it an important role in the constitution of his social identity, particularly in the Protestant context of the Manchester of his childhood. Besides, even though his autobiography has a strong parodic dimension, he immediately put it under the aegis of St Augustine&#8217;s&#160;Confessions,&#160;the Catholicism&#160;of Enderby&#8217;s&#160;hero being also one of the main features of this narrative. He also questioned a possible preservation -- or replacement &#8211; of religious beliefs in a more and more dechristianized world, and expressed some concern about the secularization of ethics in a post-theological context and about the recycling of originally mythical or religious heuristic schemes in his literary practices. To what extent can Anthony Burgess be considered as a Catholic writer? Should he be perceived as an apostate, as is often suggested in his writings, or should his conceptions of secularization be considered as having anticipated some of the interrogations that we still have to face in our post-secular world? Here are some dimensions of Burgess&#8217;s writings that could be explored in this conference.Submission guidelinesAbstracts of&#160;up to 250 words, accompanied by a short biographical note, including research interests and university affiliation, are to be submitted&#160;via email to: Jean-Michel Yvard&#160;jean-michel.yvard@univ-angers.fr&#160;(University of Angers, France),&#160;by&#160;October 15, 2017.Scientific committeeJean-Michel Yvard : Universit&#233; d&#8217;Angers, CIRPaLLEmmanuel Vernadakis : Universit&#233; d&#8217;Angers, CIRPaLLMarc Jeannin : Universit&#233; d&#8217;Angers, CIRPaLLGelareh Yvard : Universit&#233; d'Angers, CIRPaLLAndrew Biswell : University of Manchester&#160;