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The Politicisation of French Catholics on Intimate Issues Through the Promotion of Lay Expertise: A Case Study Based on the Emmanuel Community’s Magazine Il est vivant! (1975-2018)

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Dolbeau, Samuel [UCL]

French society is one of the most secularised in Europe (Béraud, 2017). Its public institutions are among those most impermeable to religious arguments. However, contemporary Catholic campaigns centred around issues related to policies regarding intimate issues2 have acquired greater visibility in the public space, particularly in the past ten years (Balas and Tricou, 2019; Béraud, 2011, 2014; Béraud and Portier, 2015; Bréjon de Lavergnée and Della Sudda, 2015; Massei, 2017). The opposition to same-sex marriage in 2012–2013 or the debates surrounding the amendment of bioethics laws3 in 2017–2019 have highlighted the politicisation of some French Catholics, whom the political scientist Yann Raison du Cleuziou calls “observants” (Raison du Cleuziou, 2014). For

Document type Contribution à ouvrage collectif (Book Chapter) – Chapitre
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2021
Language Anglais
Host document Proeschel Claude, Koussens David, Piraino Francesco ; "Religion, law and the politics of ethical diversity: conscientious objection and contestation of civil norms"- p. 175-192 (ISBN : 978-0-367-67377-2)
Collection Routledge studies in religion and politics
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Routledge (Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY)
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/RSCS - Institut de recherche Religions, spiritualités, cultures, sociétés
Keywords politicisation ; catholicism ; communauté de l'emmanuel
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Bibliographic reference Dolbeau, Samuel. The Politicisation of French Catholics on Intimate Issues Through the Promotion of Lay Expertise: A Case Study Based on the Emmanuel Community’s Magazine Il est vivant! (1975-2018). In: Proeschel Claude, Koussens David, Piraino Francesco, Religion, law and the politics of ethical diversity: conscientious objection and contestation of civil norms, Routledge  : Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY 2021, p. 175-192
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/257814