Rethinking secularization : banal catholicism, morality policies and the politics of belonging in Spain
Griera i Llonch, Ma. del Mar, 1978- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia)
Martínez-Ariño, Julia (University of Groningen. Department for the Comparative Study of Religion)
Clot-Garrell, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia)

Data:	2021
Resum:	The articulation between religion, politics and the law in contemporary European societies is a complex matter. In this article, we argue that classical secularization approaches fail to capture the ambivalent form of Catholicism in Europe, and we advance an alternative approach that reconsiders two elements: temporality and social space. Firstly, we propose to adopt an "eventful temporality", which enables the consideration of the impact of unexpected social and political events in altering the direction as well as shaping the public presence and form of religion. Secondly, we stress the need to focus on understanding the specificity of the different fields in which religion is mobilized, and the configuration and dynamics of each of these fields to explain the current weight of Christian majority churches in European societies. Drawing on empirical data from Spain, we examined the role and influence of Catholicism in three fields of public life: that of public services, that of morality politics and finally, that of the politics of belonging. In doing so, we identified their different temporalities (a long-term inertia in the first case, more abrupt changes in relation to the other two) as well as their specific dynamics in terms of actor constellations, issues at stake and symbolic repertoires.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Eventful temporality ; Banal religion ; Public services ; Morality policies ; Catholicism ; Spain
Publicat a:	Religions, Vol. 12 Núm. 5 (may 2021) , p. 293, ISSN 2077-1444

DOI: 10.3390/rel12050293

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