REVERSING THE CAUSALITY:
CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF POLITICS ON RELIGION

Zambiras Ariane (1)

1 LaSSP - Laboratoire des Sciences Sociales du Politique

What are the interactions between religion and politics? The most habitual way to answer this question is to analyze the predicting probability of religiosity variables on political variables. This fundamental causal relation reflects the idea that religiosity “creates” partisanship and ideology. This paper aims to complement this approach by relying on ethnographic methods and show the dialectical relation between religion and politics. We discuss the unidirectionality of the causality (religion → politics) to show that the reverse must also be taken into account (people's political views play a role in the choice of a religious environment). We then explore how congregants create a space for political content in a religious setting by using humor.

Mots clés: Politics; Religion; ethnography

Domaines: Sociologie

Zambiras Ariane. REVERSING THE CAUSALITY:
CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF POLITICS ON RELIGION. 2007. ⟨halshs-00188461⟩