Catholic Church, education and laicity in Argentinean history

TORRES, GERMÁN

HISTóRIA DA EDUCAçãO

Asphe/RS

Lugar: Porto Alegre; Año: 2014 vol. 18 p. 165 - 185

1414-3518

The aim of this paper is to analyze, in a historical perspective, the relationship between Catholic Church and the field of public education in Argentina, taking laicity as a conceptual axis. We assume that the different configurations of the relationship between Church and State can be defined following the tensions over education governance. We present a periodization, ranging from the colonial period to the beginning of the 21st century, through which we identify lines of continuity, tensions and re-articulations of educational laicity as well as strategies of the Church, the State and civil society actors in different historical moments.