[Rezension von: Shortall, Sarah, 1985-, Soldiers of God in a Secular World: Catholic Theology and Twentieth-Century French Politics]
In recent decades, France has figured prominently in international debates on secularism (laïcité) and religion, for instance with respect to its ban on religious iconography in public schools. Following the legal separation of church and state in 1905, this once predominantly Catholic country becam...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2023, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 277-279 |
| Review of: | Soldiers of God in a secular world (Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021) (Bourg, Julian)
Soldiers of God in a secular world (Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2021) (Bourg, Julian) Soldiers of God in a Secular World (Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021) (Bourg, Julian) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church
/ Nouvelle Théologie
/ France
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBG France SA Church law; state-church law |
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Book review
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| Summary: | In recent decades, France has figured prominently in international debates on secularism (laïcité) and religion, for instance with respect to its ban on religious iconography in public schools. Following the legal separation of church and state in 1905, this once predominantly Catholic country became increasingly irreligious over the course of the twentieth century. At present, French Republicanism itself is a strident secular belief that tends to accuse religious believers of divisive “communitarian,” subnational commitments. Such ongoing anxieties about traditional religion are rooted in the fact that Catholicism has long been a dominant political and cultural force ... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csad011 |