Dealing with Death in a Secular Society

The Case of Muslim Burials in Spain

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3597919
AutoresJ L De León (0000-0002-9574-1834), Iziar Basterretxea (0000-0003-1440-2206, Universidad de Deusto, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume14
Fascículo7
Páginas825
Data de publicação2023-06-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14070825
OpenAlexW4382134181
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas37

Death is not only a universal biological fact; for the individual it is the "event horizon". This fact has important symbolic meanings and complex social consequences. Any society, secular or not, must manage this reality. What response is given to the question of religious phenomenon in general, and to funerary practices in particular, in a secular society in which individuals with different religious sensibilities coexist? This article aims to analyse the response given by the Spanish state to the questions raised regarding burials by Muslim communities, the most widespread minority group in Spain as a whole. This response, which would be framed within what could be called a 'cooperation model', has encountered some difficulties as a result of the territorial organisation of the Spanish state. Despite this, the willingness to cooperate on the part of both the administrations that make up the state and the Islamic communities has made a situation of stable coexistence possible

Archaeology · Criminology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Horizon · Islam · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Secular state · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religion and Society Interactions