Public Religion in the 21st Century: a Comparative Study on the Catholic Church in Poland and Brazil
This article attempts to present the functioning and development of public religion - understood in accordance with J. Casanova’s theoretical perspective - in two countries: in Poland and Brazil at the beginning of the 21st century, taking into consideration a broader historical context. J. Casanova...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Polonais |
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Polskie Towarzyrtwo Religioznawcze
2016
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Przegla̜d religioznawczy
Année: 2016, Numéro: 4/262, Pages: 135-154 |
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| Résumé: | This article attempts to present the functioning and development of public religion - understood in accordance with J. Casanova’s theoretical perspective - in two countries: in Poland and Brazil at the beginning of the 21st century, taking into consideration a broader historical context. J. Casanova’s concept indicates from the most general point of view that in contemporary societies, permeated with secularizational trends to a various degree, space for religion is formed, which might return to the public dimension with a new force. The very fact of religion entering the public sphere was illustrated on the basis of both countries, in which the struggle with authoritarian systems created specific conditions for the Catholic Church, performing a highly consolidating role for the individual societies. The post-transformation period, connected inter alia with the emergence of a new democratic order on the other hand caused a number of ideological, political and axiological divisions, which appear also in the sphere of particular Churches, around which the hitherto existing integrational and motivational potential began to be instrumentalized inter alia by the specific political forces. Although nowadays the situation of the Catholic Church in both countries in the most general outline seems to be relatively similar first of all due to the historically shaped role of the Church, its dominating position and socio-cultural significance, the scale and scope of the challenges for the leading religious companies in the discussed countries are shaped differently. The analyses conducted in the article concern first and foremost the planes of similarities and differences, thus indicating the forms of the public presence of religion in Poland and Brazil. |
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| ISSN: | 2658-1531 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Przegla̜d religioznawczy
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