par Jacques, Catherine 
Référence Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 165, 1, page (63-82)
Publication Publié, 2014
Référence Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 165, 1, page (63-82)
Publication Publié, 2014
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Feminism developed concurrently with the rise of working class issues, and hence with the project of social reform developed by the Catholics at the end of the 19th century. This model of social reform is largely articulated around the family model. Since the last quarter of the 19th century, the Catholics focused on women, seen as the saviors of a world in distress, mainly in large towns. At that time, Brussels had become an issue: its social and demographic development completely opposed the Catholic's ideal. The increasing emancipation of women, their access to higher education, their increasing presence in the workforce, their refusal to have large families...were as many features to combat. Seen from this angle, large cities were not only a place of perdition but also the place of confrontation between two models of society: a Catholic model and a secular one. © Archives de sciences sociales des religions. |
