Abstract

LALANDA, Piedade. Casar pelo civil ou na igreja. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas [online]. 2002, n.39, pp.69-83. ISSN 0873-6529.

This article offers some thoughts on getting married, and particularly the choice of how to go about it - a civil ceremony or a church wedding. The initial question we pose is derived from the need to understand the progressive decrease in the number of religious weddings in the Azores - a region in which people are traditionally practising Catholics. A search for information on the celebration of the sacrament of marriage in the Angra do Heroísmo Diocese and on the social policies governing the provision of housing assistance to young people may have enabled us to comprehend the reasons why people are choosing a civil wedding. This approach and our reflection thereon are underlain by an analysis of the way people are beginning their conjugal lives and its correlation with religious practises.

Keywords : Marriage; ritual; social policy.

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