Racism, Xenophobia, and Migration in Italy, a Post-Catholic Country
This paper looks at the present situation of xenophobia and racism in Italy through the lenses of land and displacement. It examines the relationship between the homeland and the phenomenon of migration - internal and international - from the beginning of the unitary unified state of Italy (1861) an...
| Subtitles: | Global Manifestations of Racism Today |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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| In: |
The ecumenical review
Year: 2020, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-47 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBJ Italy KDB Roman Catholic Church NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Fascism
B Migration B Catholic Church B Italy B Racism |
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| Summary: | This paper looks at the present situation of xenophobia and racism in Italy through the lenses of land and displacement. It examines the relationship between the homeland and the phenomenon of migration - internal and international - from the beginning of the unitary unified state of Italy (1861) and the Catholic identity of Italian society. Colonialism opened the door to disdain for Black people, while fascism decreed racial laws against Jews without opposition from the Catholic hierarchy. After the Second World War, the Italian Republic banned any form of racism; but more recently the fear of the stranger has led to intolerance of migrants arriving in Italy because of war, violence, hunger, and poverty in their homelands. While Pope Francis, Italian bishops, and many Catholic associations and individuals have called for an attitude toward migrants based on the gospel, sentiments of racism and hate against foreigners are widely present among the population of a formerly Catholic country. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12485 |