Of Religious Diseases and Sociological Laboratories: Towards a Transnational Anatomy of Catholic Secularisation Narratives in Western Europe, 1940–1970

This article focuses on various unexplored transnational aspects of Catholic secularisation narratives in the French, Dutch, and West German Church Provinces between 1940 and 1970. It argues that the Dutch Kaski institute, especially, paved the way for transnational entanglement, not only by launchi...

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Auteur principal: Dols, Chris 1985- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2016
Dans: Journal of religion in Europe
Année: 2016, Volume: 9, Numéro: 2/3, Pages: 107-132
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Katholiek Sociaal-Kerkelijk Instituut / Église catholique / Frankreich / Niederlande / Allemagne / Sécularisation / Historiographie / Transnationalisation / Histoire 1940-1970
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophie de la religion
KBA Europe de l'Ouest
KDB Église catholique romaine
Sujets non-standardisés:B pastoral sociology transnational history institutionalisation internal mission Christianisation
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Résumé:This article focuses on various unexplored transnational aspects of Catholic secularisation narratives in the French, Dutch, and West German Church Provinces between 1940 and 1970. It argues that the Dutch Kaski institute, especially, paved the way for transnational entanglement, not only by launching a scientific journal and organising international conferences, but also by establishing an international umbrella institute. With regard to the discursive structure of secularisation narratives, it suggests that an amalgamation of words, figures, and/or cartograms made particular sociological analyses of religiosity so pervasive. An understanding of the historical origins of Catholic secularisation narratives is key to the study of pastoral sociology because these narratives helped legitimise the acting of sociologists in the ecclesiastical domain.
ISSN:1874-8929
Contient:In: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-00902002