Science and Catholicism in Argentina (1750–1960): A Study on Scientific Culture, Religion, and Secularisation in Latin America

Miguel de Asúa

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Science and Catholicism in Argentina (1750–1960)

A Study on Scientific Culture, Religion, and Secularisation in Latin America

Miguel de Asúa

Volume 89 in the series Religion and Society

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110488777

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Science and Catholicism in Argentina (1750–1960) is the first comprehensive study on the relationship between science and religion in a Spanish-speaking country with a Catholic majority and a "Latin" pattern of secularisation.

The text takes the reader from Jesuit missionary science in colonial times, through the conflict-ridden 19^th century, to the Catholic revival of the 1930s in Argentina. The diverse interactions between science and religion revealed in this analysis can be organised in terms of their dynamic of secularisation. The indissoluble identification of science and the secular, which operated at rhetorical and institutional levels among the liberal elite and the socialists in the 19^th century, lost part of its force with the emergence of Catholic scientists in the course of the 20^th century.

In agreement with current views that deny science the role as the driving force of secularisation, this historical study concludes that it was the process of secularisation that shaped the interplay between religion and science, not the other way around.

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Miguel de Asúa, Academia Nacional de la Historia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Jesuit Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 2 Catholic Enlightenment. Science and Religion in Colonial and Early Independent Río de la Plata Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Chapter 3 Religious and Secular Spaces in Post-Independence Río de la Plata (1820–1827). From Natural Theology to Secular Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Chapter 4 The “Conflict Thesis,” Darwin, and Secularising Politics in Late Nineteenth-Century Argentina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Chapter 5 Science and Secularism: Transitional Times Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Chapter 6 Science, Catholicism, and Politics in Argentina, 1910–1935 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Chapter 7 Science and Integral Catholicism in Interwar Argentina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Chapter 8 Argentine Catholic Democratic Scientists and their Projects of a Research University (1932– 1959) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Abbreviations used in this book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Index of Places Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in religious studies, history of science, Latin American studies, studies on science and religion.
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 365
Keywords: Science; secularisation; catholic church; Latin America

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Published: May 9, 2022
ISBN: 9783110488777

Hardcover

Published: May 23, 2022
ISBN: 9783110487435

Paperback

Published: October 24, 2023
ISBN: 9783111352763