Diffused Religion and Civil Society in Italy

Roberto Cipriani

Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2019, issue 19, 65-79

Abstract: �Diffused religion� is to be understood in at least a double sense. First of all, it is diffused in that it comprises vast sections of the population and goes beyond the simple limits of church religion. Besides, it has become widespread, since it has been shown to be a historical and cultural result of the almost bi-millennial presence of the Catholic institution in Italy and of its socializing and legitimizing action. However values diffused in the Italian civil society can be considered as a form of conflict with the established institution of Catholic Church. Civil society shows a peculiar trend towards civic freedoms and ethical pluralism. Although the Catholic perspective is dominant, the civil society prefers a different system of values, even though not so much different from ecclesiastical social doctrine. This way there is a public space where religion is not the reference point and other perspectives take place.

Keywords: civil society; diffused religion; politics; state; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://academicus.edu.al/nr19/Academicus-MMXIX-19-065-079.pdf (application/pdf)
https://academicus.edu.al/nr19/Academicus-MMXIX-19-065-079.html (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:etc:journl:y:2019:i:19:p:65-79

Access Statistics for this article

Academicus International Scientific Journal is currently edited by Arta Musaraj

More articles in Academicus International Scientific Journal from Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Gabor Vasmatics ().