Abstract

It is now common ground that religion not only has not disappeared as well as it feeds heated debates about the appropriateness or not of its presence in public space. Do religions constitute a disturbing factor for democracies? Will secular democratic regimes be fatal for religions? Will secularization be a fatality or the only way of survival for democracies? The seminar will try to discuss the theses of “associative democracy” and the possible place of religions in this context, according to Veit Bader, and the thesis of “moderate secularism”, by Tariq Modood.

 

Bio note

Teresa Maria Leal de Assunção Martinho Toldy, PhD in Theology (feminist theology) at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen (Frankfurt/Germany), Master in Theology (Catholic University, Lisbon) and 1st grade in Theology at the same University. Postdoctorate in CES. Professor at the Fernando Pessoa University. Teaches in the field of Ethics, Gender Studies and Citizenship. Vice-President of the Ethics Comission of the same University. Researcher at CES. Coordinator of POLICREDOS.                                             President of the Portuguese Association of Feminist Theologies and former Vice-President of the Portuguese Association on Women's Studies (2009-2014). Fields of specialization: religion; feminist studies. Other fields of interest: Citizenship. Publishes in the field of religion and feminist studies.

Activity within the  Democracy, Citizenship and Law Research Group (DECIDe) and the Doctoral Programme "Democracy in the Twenty-first Century"