Religious Change in Spain

The changes religion is experiencing in Spain can be analysed through the prism of three broad social dynamics or logics. The first is the sweeping individual secularization seen among the Spanish population. The second is the separation between Church and State, which is experiencing major difficulties. The third is the recent settlement in Spain of a large immigrant population, which is causing fractures in a previously homogenous religious community. The first two follow the lines of religious modernization seen in other European countries. The third, however, is more inherent to the contemporary era of globalization.