Religion and Cultural Mediations: Perspectives from Contemporary Portuguese Society

The article reviews the concept of “cultural religion”, pursuing its different modulations. limits idea oscillate between interpretation as a form obsolescence religion in secularized societies and possibility that it is specific modality religious identification. However, this theoretical construct does not sufficiently incorporate focus on processes cultural transmission complex societies. From notion mediation (medium)”, an observation framework contemporary Portuguese society attempted order to identify structuring dimensions facilitate mobilization memory logics action.