Secularism (Laicite) and Public role of Religion: Comparative Studies of France, Quebec and Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770022
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Religious studies
• Research Institution: Sophia University
• Principal Investigator: DATE Kiyonobu 上智大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (90550004)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 宗教学 / ライシテ（非宗教性） / 政教分離 / 世俗主義 / フランス：ケベック：日本

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research reexamined the public role of religion in French history. In addition, I reviewed the past researches of the structure of Japanese state-religion from the point of view of laicite, and also tried to place the emergence of Quebec’s interculturalism within its long history. The principal finding of this historical approach is that laicite has been used and interpreted ambiguously to mean both separation and control. I could also see that memory could be closely related to the themes of laicite and religion.

Free Research Field

人文学（宗教学、フランス語圏地域研究）