Catholic Church, education and laicity in Argentinean history, Igreja Católica, educação e laicidade na história Argentina, Iglesia Católica, educación y laicidad en la historia Argentina

Article

Authorship

TORRES, GERMAN SANTOS MARIA

Date

2014

Publishing House and Editing Place

Associação Sul-Rio-Grandense de Pesquisadores em História da Educação

Magazine

HISTÃ³RIA DA EDUCAÃ§Ã£O, vol. 18 (pp. 165-185) - ISSN 1414-3518
Associação Sul-Rio-Grandense de Pesquisadores em História da Educação

ISSN

1414-3518

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The aim of this paper is to analyze, in a historical perspective, the relationship between Catholic Church and the field of public education in Argentina, taking laicity as a conceptual axis. We assume that the different configurations of the relationship between Church and State can be defined following the tensions over education governance. We present a periodization, ranging from the colonial period to the beginning of the 21st century, through which we identify lines of continuity, tension... The aim of this paper is to analyze, in a historical perspective, the relationship between Catholic Church and the field of public education in Argentina, taking laicity as a conceptual axis. We assume that the different configurations of the relationship between Church and State can be defined following the tensions over education governance. We present a periodization, ranging from the colonial period to the beginning of the 21st century, through which we identify lines of continuity, tensions and re-articulations of educational laicity as well as strategies of the Church, the State and civil society actors in different historical moments.