Hybrid Identity, Mixed Marriage, and Catholic Modernity: A Peace Studies Perspective

Modernization theory has drawn rigid boundaries between the religious and the secular, depicting religious identities and institutions as static and incompatible with the modern secular State. On these premises, some scholars have theorized that religious and secular traditi...

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Published in:Annali di studi religiosi
Main Author: Bernardini, Paola 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2014
In: Annali di studi religiosi
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Summary:Modernization theory has drawn rigid boundaries between the religious and the secular, depicting religious identities and institutions as static and incompatible with the modern secular State. On these premises, some scholars have theorized that religious and secular traditions would necessarily drift toward a clash of civilizations. Post-modern thought, on the other hand, has purported the idea that in our day and age, one must pick and choose those elements which befi t one’s religious identity from different traditions, regardless of their mutual compatibilities. This paper offers an alternative narrative, arguing that the relationship between traditional institutions and identities , religious and secular, is neither rigid nor undifferentiated. It will do so by looking at the evolving Catholic discipline on mixed marriage as a special focal lens through which the «religious» and the «secular» intermingle, creating new possibilities for peaceful coexistence.
ISSN:2284-3892
Contains:Enthalten in: Annali di studi religiosi
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.14598/Annali_studi_relig_15201402