The essay is devoted to an attempt of reconsidering the Catholic attitudes in front of the Fascist-type movements and regimes, starting from the huge documentary materials recent researches brought and suggesting some new paths. After the deep renewal which transformed the area of the studies of Fascism in recent years, introducing as central issues totalitarianism and political religions, the previous orientation of the studies, centered on the positive or negative attitude of Catholic Church and laity towards Fascism, cannot any more be followed and has to be substituted by a new focus on the changes the immediate experience of the encounter with Fascist movements and regimes, with totalitarianism and political religions, provoked in the Catholic religious experience itself.

Moro, R. (2015). Church, Catholics and Fascist Movements in Europe: An Attempt at a Comparative Analysis. In Jan Nelis Anne Morelli Danny Praet (a cura di), Catholicism and Fascism in Europe 1918-1945 (pp. 67-100). HILDESHEIM - ZÜRICH - NEW YORK : Georg Olms Verlag.

Church, Catholics and Fascist Movements in Europe: An Attempt at a Comparative Analysis

MORO, Renato
2015-01-01

Abstract

The essay is devoted to an attempt of reconsidering the Catholic attitudes in front of the Fascist-type movements and regimes, starting from the huge documentary materials recent researches brought and suggesting some new paths. After the deep renewal which transformed the area of the studies of Fascism in recent years, introducing as central issues totalitarianism and political religions, the previous orientation of the studies, centered on the positive or negative attitude of Catholic Church and laity towards Fascism, cannot any more be followed and has to be substituted by a new focus on the changes the immediate experience of the encounter with Fascist movements and regimes, with totalitarianism and political religions, provoked in the Catholic religious experience itself.
2015
978-3-487-15243-1
Moro, R. (2015). Church, Catholics and Fascist Movements in Europe: An Attempt at a Comparative Analysis. In Jan Nelis Anne Morelli Danny Praet (a cura di), Catholicism and Fascism in Europe 1918-1945 (pp. 67-100). HILDESHEIM - ZÜRICH - NEW YORK : Georg Olms Verlag.
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