Literary religions (II). Literature and cinema after/during secularization: 1989

The Italian literary and cinematographic works of the last twenty or thirty years, very frequently, cannot be interpreted by resorting only to the vocabulary of materialism. In fact, they are populated by rebirths and initiations, faiths, spiritualities and mystics from the most diverse backgrounds to which they end up being assigned leading roles. Often, that … Read more

Religion and politics, beyond secularization

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Until recently it had seemed that the all-pervasive secularization had completely swept away the old ties between religion and politics, with the end of sectarian political parties and the civil autonomy of the masses of citizens, not only in Italy. And instead we realize that the scenarios have changed … Read more