Resumen

NAVARRO, Arturo. Iglesia católica: vigencia de un sistema panóptico y estrategias derivadas del miedo. Polít. cult. [online]. 2012, n.38, pp.119-139. ISSN 0188-7742.

This article describe the stresses that are experienced in Mexican Catholicism, derived from a discreet close relationship between church and state. Furthermore, tackles the strategies that this relationship model generates, which result in what is identified as panoptic system, that seeks to guide all areas of life from a pedagogy of fear. To conclude, it is neceseary to recognized that religious pluralism is an element of discernment in the Catholic institution.

Palabras llave : mexican catholicism; religious pluralism; episcopate; moral; church-state relationship.