Abstract This article highlights the particular situation of the Catholic religion in Italy which distinguishes itself for its systematic organization, active association-forming and cultural vitality, unrivalled in any other European country either Protestant or Catholic. On the one hand the church in Italy still disposes of such a wealth of clergy and religious figures, dioceses and parishes, educational and social institutions, ecclesiastical groups and associations, and so on, that it can maintain a diffuse presence scattered over the national territory; it deploys numerous forces and resources which form an integral part of normal social relationships that animate civil society. On the other hand, the church and Italian Catholicism today are particularly active at a cultural level, with their contribution of ideas and experience on vital questions arising in social coexistence (ranging from the family to bioethics, from religious freedom to the secular State, from national identity to the multiethnic presence, and so on).
Titolo: | The public relevance of the church and Catholicism in Italy |
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Autori: | F. GARELLI |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2007 |
Abstract: | Abstract This article highlights the particular situation of the Catholic religion in Italy which distinguishes itself for its systematic organization, active association-forming and cultural vitality, unrivalled in any other European country either Protestant or Catholic. On the one hand the church in Italy still disposes of such a wealth of clergy and religious figures, dioceses and parishes, educational and social institutions, ecclesiastical groups and associations, and so on, that it can maintain a diffuse presence scattered over the national territory; it deploys numerous forces and resources which form an integral part of normal social relationships that animate civil society. On the other hand, the church and Italian Catholicism today are particularly active at a cultural level, with their contribution of ideas and experience on vital questions arising in social coexistence (ranging from the family to bioethics, from religious freedom to the secular State, from national identity to the multiethnic presence, and so on). |
Volume: | 12 |
Pagina iniziale: | 8 |
Pagina finale: | 36 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1080/13545710601132722 |
Parole Chiave: | Keywords Public relevance of the church; public role of the religion; religious figures and structures; Catholic associations; religious identity. |
Rivista: | JOURNAL OF MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03A-Articolo su Rivista |
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