Catholic Mediations in Southern Europe: The Invisible Politics of Religion

ISBN-13: 9781138337466 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 292 str.

Xabier Itcaina

Opis

Investigating the role played by religious actors in sociopolitical issues as a manifestation of the invisible politics of religion, this book concentrates on the social economy, support to migrants, the fight against social exclusion and pacifist campaigns, where religious actors have played discreet but structuring roles.

Spis treści

Introduction. Chapter 1 - The politics of Catholic mediations: analytical framework. Chapter 2 - Norms, rules and practices: the cornerstones of a Catholic plural mediation. Chapter 3 - The entrepreneurial repertoire: between moralizing capitalism and solidarity alternatives. Chapter 4 - The repertoire of subsidiarity: The social and political work of Catholic actors in response to the economic crisis. Chapter 5 - The repertoire of hospitality: Catholic mobilizations and politicizations of the migration issue. Chapter 6 - The repertoire of peace: Catholic mediation and violent political conflict. Conclusion - The invisible politics of religion.

O autorze

Xabier Itçaina is a CNRS Research Director in political sociology at Sciences po Bordeaux (France), and director of the Centre Emile Durkheim (UMR5116 CNRS, Sciences Po Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux). He was a Marie Curie Fellow at the European University in Florence in 2012-2013. His research is concerned with three areas: Catholicism and politics in Southern Europe; social economy and territorial development in Southern Europe; the political anthropology of territorial identities.