Abstract

FABRIS, Mariano. Parental authority, family and gender: The Different Perspectives on Catholicism and the Debate in Congress (1984-1985). Estud. - Cent. Estud. Av., Univ. Nac. Córdoba [online]. 2019, n.42, pp.71-90. ISSN 1852-1568.

Abstract: In the context of the return to democracy, efforts were made to remove from family legislation those principles that did not seem to be in tune with the new spirit. A change in the parental authority regime was then approved, which equalised the rights between the spouses and included a related divorce. The objective of this article is to analyze the interventions of different actors within Catholicism in the context of the reform of the parental power regime and the influence of the perspectives defended by the Church in the legislative discussion developed between 1984 and 1985. We consider that, in Catholicism, differences arose around this debate that manifested themselves in the doctrinal contents and practices through which the Church's positions in the public arena were defined and defended. Likewise, we understand that in the legislative debate, together with a discourse that sought to redefine the frameworks of action of ecclesiastical power, different ways of integrating principles and claims coming from the Church were shown. In this sense, the durability of the communicating vessels between political power and ecclesiastical power and the centrality of Catholicism in Argentine political culture was expressed.

Keywords : parental authority; gender; Church; Catholicism; legislative debate.

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