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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 230
DATE 18-12-2012
Summary:
- RELIGION AND PUBLIC SPACE
___________________________________________________________
RELIGION AND PUBLIC SPACE
Vatican City, 18 December 2012 (VIS) - The Department of Science of Education
at the "Roma 3" University has organised an international seminar, concluding
today, on the theme "Religion and public space".
The conference examines the following issues: the redefinition of public space
in relation to the new presence of the religious; the debate surrounding the
acceptance or refusal of religious symbols in public places; the ways in which
the various
religious presences engage with politics, culture and with the presence of
symbols in public places; the concept of current religious pluralism in two
nations in which Catholicism has, until recent times, occupied a position of
'monopoly' or
near-monopoly and/or within protected 'religious markets'; the relationships
between political and religious leaders.
The philosopher Massimo Introvigne, co-ordinator of the Observatory on
Religious Freedom of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, opened yesterday's
symposium with a presentation entitled "Religious freedom and relations
between States and religions:
different models in conflict?". This was followed by a round table discussion
on "The case of Italy", "Church and State in Italy and Brazil: problems and
moments", "Religious freedom, public space and judicial systems: redefinitions
and new scenarios",
"Secularity in pluralistic Italy", "Secularism as an ideology", and "Lay
aggregations between secularisation and desecularisation".
The first day concluded with a debate on "Religion and politics in Italy".
This morning discussions focused on "The case in Brazil", in particular
"Catholic Charismatic Renewal and evangelical Pentecostalism in Brazil:
doctrinal divergence and political convergence", "Human rights in the Catholic
Church in Brazil: from
political to moral discourse", and "Religious symbols in public spaces:
different configurations of Catholicism". At 10.30 a.m. the sociologist Franco
Garelli gave a presentation on "Religion and public space", then at 11.30
there was a round table
discussion on "Religion and politics in Latin America". The latter focused on
the themes of "Marian sanctuaries as public space: Catholicism and nation in
Argentina", "Argentina: the complicity of silence", "Revolutionary pastoral:
some considerations
regarding guerilla priests in Latin America", "The relationship between Church
and State in Argentina during the last military government (1976-1983)" and
"The Church of liberation and new popular governments".
The afternoon session will consist of a presentation by Enzo Pace at 3 p.m.
entitled "Achilles and the tortoise: Italian Catholicism facing unprecedented
religious diversity"; the seminar will then conclude with a debate on
"Religion and public space".
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VISnews121218
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 230DATE 18-12-2012
Summary: - RELIGION AND PUBLIC SPACE___________________________________________________________
RELIGION AND PUBLIC SPACE
Vatican City, 18 December 2012 (VIS) - The Department of Science of
Education at the "Roma 3" University has organised an international seminar,
concluding today, on the theme "Religion and public space".
The conference examines the following issues: the redefinition of public
space in relation to the new presence of the religious; the debate surrounding
the acceptance or refusal of religious symbols in public places; the ways in
which the various
religious presences engage with politics, culture and with the presence of
symbols in public places; the concept of current religious pluralism in two
nations in which Catholicism has, until recent times, occupied a position of
'monopoly' or
near-monopoly and/or within protected 'religious markets'; the relationships
between political and religious leaders.
The philosopher Massimo Introvigne, co-ordinator of the Observatory on
Religious Freedom of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, opened yesterday's
symposium with a presentation entitled "Religious freedom and relations
between States and religions:
different models in conflict?". This was followed by a round table discussion
on "The case of Italy", "Church and State in Italy and Brazil: problems and
moments", "Religious freedom, public space and judicial systems: redefinitions
and new scenarios",
"Secularity in pluralistic Italy", "Secularism as an ideology", and "Lay
aggregations between secularisation and desecularisation".
The first day concluded with a debate on "Religion and politics in
Italy".
This morning discussions focused on "The case in Brazil", in particular
"Catholic Charismatic Renewal and evangelical Pentecostalism in Brazil:
doctrinal divergence and political convergence", "Human rights in the Catholic
Church in Brazil: from
political to moral discourse", and "Religious symbols in public spaces:
different configurations of Catholicism". At 10.30 a.m. the sociologist Franco
Garelli gave a presentation on "Religion and public space", then at 11.30
there was a round table
discussion on "Religion and politics in Latin America". The latter focused on
the themes of "Marian sanctuaries as public space: Catholicism and nation in
Argentina", "Argentina: the complicity of silence", "Revolutionary pastoral:
some considerations
regarding guerilla priests in Latin America", "The relationship between Church
and State in Argentina during the last military government
(1976-1983)" and "The Church of liberation and new popular governments".
The afternoon session will consist of a presentation by Enzo Pace at 3 p.m.
entitled "Achilles and the tortoise: Italian Catholicism facing unprecedented
religious diversity"; the seminar will then conclude with a debate on
"Religion and public
space".
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
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