Sehnsuchtsoase oder politischer Akteur?: Anmerkungen zur Rolle der katholischen Kirche in Politik und Gesselschaft

The relationship between religion and church on the one hand and politics and democracy on the other hand has always been full of tension and conflict. If you make use of actual categories of cultural sociology in order to understand this relationship better, it is remarkable that it is just its rit...

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Main Author: Wilhelms, Günter 1958- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:German
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Published: Aschendorff 2023
In: Catholica <Münster>
Year: 2023, Volume: 77, Issue: 3, Pages: 222-235
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Catholic church / Politics / Society
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
KDB Roman Catholic Church
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B Visual communication
B RITES & ceremonies
B Self-perception
B Aesthetics
B Culture
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Summary:The relationship between religion and church on the one hand and politics and democracy on the other hand has always been full of tension and conflict. If you make use of actual categories of cultural sociology in order to understand this relationship better, it is remarkable that it is just its ritual and pictorial way of communication that grants to the Catholic Church a particular attention thus provoking at the same time the Church's self-image. Does a democratic society need the Church? And in which form does it do so - as a kind of aesthetics or as a political intervention?
ISSN:0008-8501
Contains:Enthalten in: Catholica