Procession as a Literary Motif: The Intersection of Religious and National Symbolism in Italian Narrative (Nineteenth–Twentieth Centuries)

National imagery developed as a secular substitute for religion, and in modern society, there has been a ‘transfer’ of sacredness from religion to politics. This paper focuses on Italy, where, despite the legal separation of church and state, the ‘sacral’ national apparatus still owes a considerable...

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Main Author: Ponzo, Jenny 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2017, Volume: 10, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 107-146
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Italy / National consciousness / Church / Procession / Civil religion / Political identity
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
KBJ Italy
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Civil Religion procession literature disorder / order nation symbols Italy Catholicism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)