Gramsci’s interest in Italian politics led him to tackle a key issue in the present-day discourse: the relationship between the Holy See and the national State. Additionally, he paid close attention to internal issues of Christianity, from its origins to his own times and – similar to many other socialist thinkers – he believed that there were several echoes between the early Christian experiences and contemporary socialism. From this arose his concern with the religious crisis of the early twentieth century – so-called ‘Modernism’ – as well as the story of the Partito Popolare (Popular Party, PPI), the organization founded by the priest Luigi Sturzo after the First World War, which was marked – especially amongst its left-wing components – by its anti-fascist positions.

Gramsci and the issue of religion: Catholic modernism and the Italian Partito Popolare / D. Saresella. - In: HISTORY OF EUROPEAN IDEAS. - ISSN 0191-6599. - 45:8(2019 Nov 17), pp. 1143-1155. [10.1080/01916599.2019.1634330]

Gramsci and the issue of religion: Catholic modernism and the Italian Partito Popolare

D. Saresella
2019

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Gramsci’s interest in Italian politics led him to tackle a key issue in the present-day discourse: the relationship between the Holy See and the national State. Additionally, he paid close attention to internal issues of Christianity, from its origins to his own times and – similar to many other socialist thinkers – he believed that there were several echoes between the early Christian experiences and contemporary socialism. From this arose his concern with the religious crisis of the early twentieth century – so-called ‘Modernism’ – as well as the story of the Partito Popolare (Popular Party, PPI), the organization founded by the priest Luigi Sturzo after the First World War, which was marked – especially amongst its left-wing components – by its anti-fascist positions.
Communist Party; political Catholicism; Church; religion issue; modernism
Settore M-STO/04 - Storia Contemporanea
17-nov-2019
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