Book contents
- The Godless Crusade
- The Godless Crusade
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Foundations
- Part II The German Churches and the Alternative für Deutschland
- Part III French Catholicism, the Rassemblement National and Laïcité
- Chapter 8 La République Laïque vs. La France Catholique
- Chapter 9 France’s New Identity Cleavage and the Rise of the Far Right
- Chapter 10 La Fille Ainée de l’Église? Christianism and Secularism in the French Populist Right
- Chapter 11 A Successful Dédiabolisation?
- Part IV A Faustian Bargain?
- Part V Conclusion
- Appendix A List of Interviewees
- Appendix B Sample Questionnaire (Religious Leaders)
- References
- Index
Chapter 8 - La République Laïque vs. La France Catholique
The Rise and Decline of French ‘Catho-Laïcité’
from Part III - French Catholicism, the Rassemblement National and Laïcité
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2023
- The Godless Crusade
- The Godless Crusade
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part I Foundations
- Part II The German Churches and the Alternative für Deutschland
- Part III French Catholicism, the Rassemblement National and Laïcité
- Chapter 8 La République Laïque vs. La France Catholique
- Chapter 9 France’s New Identity Cleavage and the Rise of the Far Right
- Chapter 10 La Fille Ainée de l’Église? Christianism and Secularism in the French Populist Right
- Chapter 11 A Successful Dédiabolisation?
- Part IV A Faustian Bargain?
- Part V Conclusion
- Appendix A List of Interviewees
- Appendix B Sample Questionnaire (Religious Leaders)
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8 moves on to the French case study. As the nation with the oldest major right-wing populist party in Europe, a well-established electoral constituency of political Catholicism, and one of the strictest models of church–state separation, the French case study provides a unique opportunity to trace the historical development of the relationship between religion and right-wing populism. To study these phenomena, Chapter 8 begins by exploring how the historical antagonism between la France Catholique and la Republique laïque still shapes the relationship between politics and religion today, and how the hard-fought compromise between the two has recently been challenged by a return of political tensions surrounding religion and laïcité, in the context of the French far right’s identitarian rhetoric.
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- The Godless CrusadeReligion, Populism and Right-Wing Identity Politics in the West, pp. 115 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023