The Paradoxes of Populism and the Church's Contribution to Democracy: Some Hypotheses
The hermeneutic conflict started by "populism" sinks its roots in a crisis of democracy, with ambivalent effects such as: the defence of national boundaries; a selective closure of the political and cultural spaces; the marginalisation of the other as stranger-migrant; a prudent revision o...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
[2019]
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2019, Issue: 2, Pages: 111-121 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church
/ Populism
/ Nationalism
/ People of God
/ Community
/ Cultural contact
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics |
| Further subjects: | B
RELIGION & culture
B People of God B social democracy B POLITICS & culture B Populism |
| Summary: | The hermeneutic conflict started by "populism" sinks its roots in a crisis of democracy, with ambivalent effects such as: the defence of national boundaries; a selective closure of the political and cultural spaces; the marginalisation of the other as stranger-migrant; a prudent revision of the liberal and Western way of life; the re-emergence of connotative "denominational" identity of a precise popular and national belonging. In this framework of reference lies the Church's public responsibility as "people of God" through the care for the ethos of the community; the rights-duties relationship at the service of fraternity; the dialogic exercise between cultures and religions; an economy attentive to integral ecology. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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