Abstract

BLANCARTE, Roberto J.. Why religion “returned” to the public sphere in a secularized world?. Estud. sociol [online]. 2015, vol.33, n.99, pp.659-673. ISSN 2448-6442.

Secularity, or the loss of influence from the religious sphere onto the public sphere and everyday life, is not a phenomenon that excludes the reinstatement of religion into the international political scene or into the life of nations. This article attempts to demonstrate that these seemingly contradictory phenomena can coexist, although they might create tensions. The key to solve this apparent dilemma can be found in the definition to the processes we are trying to explain, secularity and laicity, and the relationship between both concepts.

Keywords : secularity; laicity; religion; public sphere.

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