The Catholic Church in Tunisia

A Transliminal Institution Between Religion and Nation

Bibliographic Data

ID4781193
AuthorsAlexis Artaud De La Ferrière (University of London, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume25
Issue3
Pages415-446
Publication date2020-05-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13629387.2019.1611428
OpenAlexW2944405186
LanguageEN
References cited16

Since Tunisian national independence in 1956, the Catholic Church has maintained its presence in Tunisia despite the demographic collapse of Catholics in the country and despite the Church’s historic ties to the French state under the protectorate regime. The Church in Tunisia succeeded in maintaining a position within the country after independence by transforming itself from a triumphalist colonial institution into what can be termed a transliminal institution. Situated in a liminal position with regards to both the Tunisian and the Catholic worlds, the Church in Tunisia after independence continued to exist through a constant process of translation and mediation between these two spaces. This article examines the historical development of this situation and the key dimensions which constitute the institutional Church’s transliminality

Colonialism · Independence (probability theory · Institution · Liminality · Mediation · Political science · Position (finance · Protectorate · Situated · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropology · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development

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