Il ruolo del diritto nell’uso politico della religione. L’esperienza italiana da «mani pulite» all’ascesa della Lega

• Autores: Pierluigi Consorti
• Localización: Quaderni di diritto e política ecclesiastica, ISSN 1122-0392, Vol. 28, Nº 2, 2020, págs. 309-320
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • The relations between religion, law and politics build a network of mutual and inevitable interferences. Italian history is a special example of this. The symbolic combination of Ruini and Salvini – a churchman and a political leader – clearly shows the specificity of the last thirty years, characterized by an improper overlap of the two levels. In this contribution I try to highlight how Ruini and Salvini using the law have bent religion for political purposes. In particular, I observe how the Ruini Catholic generation has given religion a prevalent cultural and identity value, starting a path then supported by the right-wing sovereigntist parties, which today use religious elements to base their political choices. A path probably due to the persistent absence of laicità