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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Main Author: Dotolo, Carmelo 1959- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: SCM Press [2019]
In: Concilium
Year: 2019, Issue: 2, Pages: 111-121
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church / Populism / Nationalism / People of God / Community / Cultural contact
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
Further subjects:B RELIGION & culture
B People of God
B social democracy
B POLITICS & culture
B Populism
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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.
ISSN:0010-5236
Contains:Enthalten in: Concilium