L’objet de cette recherche correspond aux aliments santé à orientation fonctionnelle (ASOF), définis comme des produits courants qui, au-delà de leur valeur nutritive de base, ciblent un effet positif sur une fonction spécifique de l’organisme, via des composants additionnels. Les travaux en matière de consommation nutrition-santé (CNS) démontrent la prédominance de l’approche cognitiviste, érigeant le raisonnement analytique et l’attitude en tant que régulateurs principaux du processus décisionnel du consommateur. Toutefois, une exploration conceptuelle préliminaire (revue documentaire pluridisciplinaire et étude qualitative multi-méthodes) suggère que le postulat de rationalité des consommateurs, s’il n’est pas sans fondement, peut paraître restrictif et ne rend pas totalement compte du caractère multidimensionnel de la consommation des ASOF (fonctionnelle, hédonique et symbolique). A ce titre, la recherche s’inscrit dans une perspective expérientielle, en positionnant la valeur perçue de la consommation en tant que clé d’analyse. Afin de mettre à jour les mécanismes à l’oeuvre dans la perception d’une valeur de la CNS, une validation empirique de la mesure du concept est établie, dans l’objectif d’en proposer un cadre explicatif intégrateur éclairant la dynamique qui anime la perception de la valeur, ses déterminants, ses modérateurs et ses conséquences (intention de réachat). L’application du cadre d’analyse expérientiel à la CNS montre qu’il semble tout à fait approprié pour appréhender la facette affective de la consommation. Le processus met ainsi en jeu une interaction consommateur-produit, soumise à la force modératrice de traits de personnalité durables. / Functional foods are conventional products that contain additional bioactive compound targeting physiological benefits beyond basic nutritional value. Previous research regarding the health nutrition consumption widely focused on the cognitive features of reasoned decisional process to explain consumer acceptance. Bearing on experiential perspective, the purpose of the present study is to provide an in-depth analysis of functional food consumption by exploring the multidimensional approach of consumer perceived value (utilitarian, hedonistic and symbolic). A primary literature review allowed determining the factors which might affect consumption experience (typology of value components, variables related to consumer, product characteristics and personality traits). An exploratory qualitative survey which mixed interviews with diary and questionnaire was carried out in order to verify research proposals. Finally, following an empirical validation of a perceived value scale, an integrative conceptual model was elaborated and tested through a quantitative survey. This explanatory frame highlighted the underlying relationships between the perceived value of functional food consumption, its predictors, its moderators and its effects (repurchasing intention). Results showed that experiential framework gives a relevant insight into the affective pattern of functional food consumption that emerges from an interaction between the consumer and the product.

A dynamic interpretation of the Prayer of St. Benedict provides a methodology for understanding and explicating Christian faith consistent with enduring elements in the theological tradition and meaningful to the contemporary milieu. Within the overarching structure of the Prayer as a meta-paradigm, are three subsidiary paradigms that describe characteristics of approaches to faith. The structure, content, and intention of the Prayer reveal these to be experiential, critical, and transcendental. Wisdom is asserted as integrating and orienting the discussion, which is a constructed on a Personalist foundation and is a postcritical reflection on faith. Faith is grounded in the affirmations and assumptions of faith, discerned in the enfolding appeals, and the supplications, a basis for an expository discourse on the dimensions of faith. / Systematic Theology & Theological Ethics / M. Th. (Systematic Theology)

A dynamic interpretation of the Prayer of St. Benedict provides a methodology for understanding and explicating Christian faith consistent with enduring elements in the theological tradition and meaningful to the contemporary milieu. Within the overarching structure of the Prayer as a meta-paradigm, are three subsidiary paradigms that describe characteristics of approaches to faith. The structure, content, and intention of the Prayer reveal these to be experiential, critical, and transcendental. Wisdom is asserted as integrating and orienting the discussion, which is a constructed on a Personalist foundation and is a postcritical reflection on faith. Faith is grounded in the affirmations and assumptions of faith, discerned in the enfolding appeals, and the supplications, a basis for an expository discourse on the dimensions of faith. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Systematic Theology)