What ‘cultural religion’ says about secularization and national identity: A neglected religio-political configuration

Contrary to conventional readings of secularization and its usual analytical point of references - American and French civil religions, American religious vitalism and French laïcité - this article seeks to better understand an intermediary religio-political configuration, named ‘cultural religion’,...

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Publié dans:Social compass
Auteur principal: Laniel, Jean-François 1985- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sage [2016]
Dans: Social compass
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Frankreich / Laïcité / USA / Religion civile / Sécularisation
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophie de la religion
AD Sociologie des religions
CD Christianisme et culture
KBG France
KBQ Amérique du Nord
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
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Résumé:Contrary to conventional readings of secularization and its usual analytical point of references - American and French civil religions, American religious vitalism and French laïcité - this article seeks to better understand an intermediary religio-political configuration, named ‘cultural religion’, as widespread as neglected. Independently from the question of faith, the full respect of religious practices or knowledge of dogma, Western populations maintain a cultural attachment towards Christianity, which may characterize one of the important contemporary social functions conferred to Christian churches, and help understand their deep cultural and historical impregnation. This article will address the conventional account of religious indicators, more precisely the religious type of ‘seasonal conformists’, the process of secularization as culturalization, and will distinguish between cultural religion, civil religion and political religion.
ISSN:1461-7404
Contient:Enthalten in: Social compass
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0037768616654236