Religion Italian Style

Continuities and Changes in a Catholic Country
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-54622-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

Reihe: AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series

Italy’s traditional subcultures - Communist, Socialist, Liberal, Republican, Right-wing - have largely dissolved and yet Catholics have retained their vitality and solidity. How can the vast majority of Italians continue to maintain some connection with Catholicism? How much is the Italian situation influenced by the closeness of the Vatican? Examining the religious condition of contemporary Italy, Religion Italian Style argues that the relationship between religion and society in Italy has unique characteristics when compared with what is happening in other European Catholic Countries. Exploring key topics and religious trends which question how the population feel - from the laity and the role of religions in the public sphere, to moral debates, forms of religious pluralism, and new spiritualities - this book questions how these affect religious life, and how intricately religion is interwoven with the nation’s fabric and the dynamics of the whole society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garelli, Franco

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: the Italian way to religious modernity; From certain faith to uncertain faith: transformations of belief; Religious experience and religious life; Highs and lows of religious experience; Italians and the Church: near and far; The god of small things? Between Catholicism and alternative spiritualities; The Italian approach to a secular society; Religiosity in politics and in ethics; An increasingly plural divinity; Methodological appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Franco Garelli is Full Professor of Sociology of Culture and Sociology of Religion at the University of Turin, where he is the Director of the Department 'Culture, Politics and Society'. Previously, he served for six years as Dean of the Political Sciences Faculty at the same University.