E.-Martin Meunier
University of Ottawa
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Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses | 2012
E.-Martin Meunier; Jean-François Laniel
This article explores the Church’s recent institutional and symbolic re-articulations with regard to the society and nation of Quebec. Its observations were collected during the 2008 International Eucharistic Congress, and over the course of an investigation led by the authors on the state of different facets of contemporary catholic practices (church involvement, attendance at Mass, marriage and baptism statistics). Tying field observations to statistical tendencies, this article takes a novel approach to better comprehend the evolution of the Catholic Church in its relations to Quebec society. In conjunction with the continued decline in catholic expression in Quebec since the Quiet Revolution, the shaping of a new religio-political configuration has been noted, at the centre of which the Catholic Church seeks to determine its current place and involvement.
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses | 2018
E.-Martin Meunier
En conclusion de son ouvrage, Philippe Portier prend un grand souffle et tente alors de récapituler le chemin parcouru par l’idée de laı̈cité depuis la Révolution française jusqu’à nos jours. Et quel chemin ! Et quel souffle ! Il pointe trois grandes hypothèses que son ouvrage peut amener à révoquer, du moins à mettre en doute. D’abord, l’idée de linéarité des trajectoires historiques, ensuite la stabilité des agencements institutionnels, et finalement, l’incommensurabilité des modernités nationales. A contrario de ce que certains ont voulu prétendre, la laı̈cité n’est pas, pour Philippe Portier, le produit d’une longue marche triomphante et inéluctable. Cette vision, aussi séduisante que fausse selon lui, charrie non seulement un évolutionnisme éculé, mais une vision téléologique de l’histoire qui n’est pas avérée par les faits. Son caractère protéiforme et multiple, surtout depuis les vingt dernières années, n’ont de cesse de nous rappeler que la laı̈cité change de contenu, voire de mission — bien qu’elle conserve en un sens le même idéal que celui de 1905, mais sous une forme et des enjeux renouvelés. A contrario des recettes de sciences politiques ou des mantras venus des Écoles Nationales d’Administration publique, Philippe Portier s’en prend à l’idée simple (mais populaire au temps des Duverger ou de Easton) qu’une configuration politique donnée entraı̂nerait, de fait, une gestion étatique de la sphère religieuse qui lui serait correspondante, celle-ci ne changeant peu ou presque pas à travers le temps. Il faut dire que pour la
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses | 2017
Jean-François Nault; E.-Martin Meunier
Since the Quiet Revolution, Quebec has significantly transformed its relationship to Catholicism. Some commentators have even gone as far as discussing an increasingly important secularization within the province. Yet, an examination of the main indicators of religiosity in Quebec provides evidence for the permanence of a certain cultural Catholicism. However, this cultural Catholicism is tending to gradually fade over time, giving place to the reconfiguration of the regime of religiosity. Meanwhile, in the rest of Canada, Catholicism tends to grow, primarily due to the immigrant population in recent years. In this general context, is Quebec still a “Catholically distinct” society? To answer this question, the authors use a series of logistic models to examine the main determinants of Catholic affiliation and Mass attendance. Age, place of birth and mother tongue emerge as principal determinants of religious affiliation and practice. Based on the findings from these models, the authors show that Quebec remains a Catholically distinct society in comparison with other Canadian regions. However, the gap between this province and the rest of Canada seems to have been increasingly fading, at least over the last thirty years.
Recherches sociographiques | 2011
E.-Martin Meunier; Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses | 2018
David Koussens; E.-Martin Meunier
Archive | 2015
E.-Martin Meunier
Port Acadie : Revue interdisciplinaire en études acadiennes / Port Acadie : An Interdisciplinary Review in Acadian Studies | 2013
E.-Martin Meunier
Francophonies d'Amérique | 2013
E.-Martin Meunier; Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme; Véronique Grenier
Francophonies d'Amérique | 2012
E.-Martin Meunier; Jean-François Nault
Recherches sociographiques | 2011
E.-Martin Meunier