Freedom in the Congregation? Culture Wars, Individual Rights, and National Churches in Switzerland (1848-1907)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3248935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Scholl (0000-0003-2775-3566, University of Geneva, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 333-349 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009640720001286 |
| OpenAlex | W3090748520 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper aims to examine political, ecclesiastic, and theological changes in Switzerland during the time of the nineteenth-century culture wars. It analyzes the reforms of the churches undertaken during that period in correlation with the evolution of various social and cultural elements, in particular the ever-greater confessional diversity within the territory and the demand for religious freedom. After an initial general accounting of the history of Swiss institutions (state, Catholic, and Protestant national churches), the article explores an example of a liberal church reform that took place in Geneva in 1873: the creation of a Catholic Church defined simultaneously as Christian, national, liberal, and related to the German Old Catholic movement. It fashioned a new community in keeping with the idea that freedom of conscience should be implemented within the church, thereby meeting strong resistance from Roman Catholics. The article closes with a return to the broader Swiss context, arguing that freedom of belief and of worship was finally enshrined in the 1874 Swiss constitution as a result of the growing divisions among Christians over the compatibility of liberal values with Christian theology and the subsequent rise of a new confessionalism
Confessional · Conscience · Constitution · Freedom of Religion · Human rights · Ideology · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Sociology · State (computer science) · Worship · European Political History Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |