Red catechisms: socialist educational literature and the demarcation of religion and politics in the early 19th century
The catechetical genre not only has a long history in religious but also in political discourse. During the 18th century, catechisms were produced on a vast number of diverse subjects, ranging from secular ethics to sheep breeding. The catechism persisted throughout the 19th century and almost gave...
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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2018]
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Religion
Année: 2018, Volume: 48, Numéro: 1, Pages: 8-36 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Socialisme
/ Éducation
/ Introduction
/ Religion
/ Catéchisme
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion AD Sociologie des religions ZC Politique en général |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Politics and religion
B revolution and religion B Utopian socialism B critique of ideology B Communism B Marxism B The concept of religion |
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| Résumé: | The catechetical genre not only has a long history in religious but also in political discourse. During the 18th century, catechisms were produced on a vast number of diverse subjects, ranging from secular ethics to sheep breeding. The catechism persisted throughout the 19th century and almost gave shape to the Manifesto of the Communist Party. By this time, however, some socialists were also sceptical of the genre; it was perceived as ambiguous. Catechisms are thus a focal point for changing understandings of politics and religion in 19th-century discourse. This article discusses the production and reception of early 19th-century ‘red' or socialist catechisms to reveal how the ambiguity of the concept religion was negotiated in the context of the catechetical genre. By locating the debate on catechisms in the discourse on ideology, I show that this genre was a focal point for structural change in the semantic field of religion in modernity. |
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| ISSN: | 0048-721X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2017.1340357 |