Spirituality and Catholicism: The Italian Experience

At the start of the twenty-first century Catholicism is still the prevailing belief system of most Italians, but a recent project on Italian religion and spirituality, carried out in 2006, has found that Italians are now more interested in spirituality, that they might describe themselves as ‘spirit...

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Main Author: Palmisano, Stefania ca. 21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [2010]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 221-241
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