Summary Overview of the Four Case Studies

Jason García Portilla
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Jason García Portilla: University of St. Gallen

Chapter Chapter 22 in Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits, 2022, pp 329-332 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents a brief comparative summary overview of the four cases. In Switzerland, most conservative Catholics escaped modernisation and centralism by relocating to the mountains, while Liberals and Protestants mostly remained in flat areas that became industrialised (Obinger, 2009). The federal government has been mainly liberal (anti-clerical) and close to Protestantism. Likewise, the Protestant population was in the majority until the 1970s. Currently, the Protestant cantons are the most competitive, while the mountainous Roman Catholic cantons are the least competitive. Uruguay exhibits the highest levels of social progress in Latin America (Sect. 4.2 ) as well as high safety. Along with Chile, it is the only country in Latin America with low perceptions of corruption. Further, Uruguay is by far Latin America’s most secular country with the lowest religiosity and lowest proportion of Roman Catholics on the continent. The Roman Catholic Church-State did not significantly establish itself in Uruguay, unlike in most Latin American countries. After gaining independence in 1828, Uruguay continued a secular direction with the recognition of civil unions in 1837. In 1917, the Uruguayan constitution completely separated church and state. Cuba ranks in the middle of world distribution on the transparency index. Compared to the cases studied (Europe and the Americas), the countries clustering with Cuba exhibit moderate to high corruption due to their Socialist Legal Origin. Colombia is one of the most inequitable and dangerous countries in the world. A “Catholic and conservative hegemony” has existed in Colombia until 1991, when the Constitution of Rights was promulgated and religious pluralism became legally recognised. However, as a result of centuries of hegemony, the Roman Catholic Church-State still enjoys ample privileges with the Colombian state.

Keywords: Religion in Switzerland; Uruguay; Cuba; Colombia; Roman Catholic Church-State; Protestant Reformation; Church-state relations; Prosperity; Corruption; Anti-clericalism; Religious freedom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78498-0_22

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