Uruguayan secularism

Abstract

When the secular institutional regime was built in Uruguay, the French model served as a reference. Its developments since the beginning of the 20 th century, however, proved to be yet more radical than its French counterpart. This article focuses on the characteristics of Uruguayan secularism, with a closer look at its political and cultural meaning. We analyse the process which led to the institutional separation between the Catholic Church and the State in 1917, as well as the process of secularization of the Uruguayan society. We finally conclude by a presentation of how Uruguayan secularism is nowaday challenged.

Full text

Archives de sciences sociales des religions
146 | 2009
Les laïcités dans les Amériques
La laicidad uruguaya
Néstor Da Costa
Édition électronique
URL : http://assr.revues.org/21270
DOI : 10.4000/assr.21270
ISSN : 1777-5825
Éditeur
Éditions de l’EHESS
Édition imprimée
Date de publication : 1 juin 2009
ISBN : 978-2-7132-2216-0
ISSN : 0335-5985
Référence électronique
Néstor Da Costa, « La laicidad uruguaya », Archives de sciences sociales des religions [En ligne],
146 | avril-juin 2009, mis en ligne le 29 novembre 2013, consulté le 30 septembre 2016. URL : http://
assr.revues.org/21270 ; DOI : 10.4000/assr.21270
Ce document est un fac-similé de l'édition imprimée.
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  



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         
   
 

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  
  


 
    
  
    
  
   
   

   
    

     

        



  
           
   



    
    
     
           
   
     
     
    

         
    
  
  
     
            
             
              
            
          
            
              
             
           
          
        
       
            
            
             
            
 
            
               
            
 
        

               
         
           
                
             
            
            
           
             
            
             
            
            
             
     
       