Percorsi di riconciliazione e tattiche di inclusione dei gruppi lgbt cattolici all'interno della Chiesa in Italia. Riflessione a margine di una ricerca etnografica

This paper focuses on lgbt catholics and the ways in which they try to manage the presumed discontinuity of homosexuality and Christianity [O'Brien 2004, 179]. It is drawn from my MA and PhD fieldwork among lgbt Catholics groups in Italy and the ways in which they negotiate their presence and...

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Main Author: Giuliana Arnone
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Language:English
Published: CLUEB 2018-09-01
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Online Access:https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/279
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description This paper focuses on lgbt catholics and the ways in which they try to manage the presumed discontinuity of homosexuality and Christianity [O'Brien 2004, 179]. It is drawn from my MA and PhD fieldwork among lgbt Catholics groups in Italy and the ways in which they negotiate their presence and formulates their tactics [De Certeau 1980] of mobilization within the Vatican Church. These tactics involve, among others, the importance of setting up an informal dialogue with people in flesh and bone by re-casting the concept of Christian witnessing, the importance of being in a loving relationship, the use of an inclusive theology by challenging the applicability and relevance of some so-called «homophobic» biblical passages in today's socio-historical context and the importance of reconciliation within the Church by avoiding to struggle against it. By questioning the concept of "agency" as an attitude to subvert and rebel against the dominant situation [Mahmood 2005], I take into account the experiences of the lgbt Catholis groups in Italy and the ways in which they give sense of what it means to be Catholics.
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spelling doaj.art-6f0966eb6da6425da34dd07c1d8868d52023-02-12T19:08:20ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762018-09-0161Percorsi di riconciliazione e tattiche di inclusione dei gruppi lgbt cattolici all'interno della Chiesa in Italia. Riflessione a margine di una ricerca etnograficaGiuliana Arnone0Università degli Studi di Padova This paper focuses on lgbt catholics and the ways in which they try to manage the presumed discontinuity of homosexuality and Christianity [O'Brien 2004, 179]. It is drawn from my MA and PhD fieldwork among lgbt Catholics groups in Italy and the ways in which they negotiate their presence and formulates their tactics [De Certeau 1980] of mobilization within the Vatican Church. These tactics involve, among others, the importance of setting up an informal dialogue with people in flesh and bone by re-casting the concept of Christian witnessing, the importance of being in a loving relationship, the use of an inclusive theology by challenging the applicability and relevance of some so-called «homophobic» biblical passages in today's socio-historical context and the importance of reconciliation within the Church by avoiding to struggle against it. By questioning the concept of "agency" as an attitude to subvert and rebel against the dominant situation [Mahmood 2005], I take into account the experiences of the lgbt Catholis groups in Italy and the ways in which they give sense of what it means to be Catholics. https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/279Homosexualitycatholic belongingreconciliation.
spellingShingle Giuliana Arnone
Percorsi di riconciliazione e tattiche di inclusione dei gruppi lgbt cattolici all'interno della Chiesa in Italia. Riflessione a margine di una ricerca etnografica
EtnoAntropologia
Homosexuality
catholic belonging
reconciliation.
title Percorsi di riconciliazione e tattiche di inclusione dei gruppi lgbt cattolici all'interno della Chiesa in Italia. Riflessione a margine di una ricerca etnografica
title_full Percorsi di riconciliazione e tattiche di inclusione dei gruppi lgbt cattolici all'interno della Chiesa in Italia. Riflessione a margine di una ricerca etnografica
title_fullStr Percorsi di riconciliazione e tattiche di inclusione dei gruppi lgbt cattolici all'interno della Chiesa in Italia. Riflessione a margine di una ricerca etnografica
title_full_unstemmed Percorsi di riconciliazione e tattiche di inclusione dei gruppi lgbt cattolici all'interno della Chiesa in Italia. Riflessione a margine di una ricerca etnografica
title_short Percorsi di riconciliazione e tattiche di inclusione dei gruppi lgbt cattolici all'interno della Chiesa in Italia. Riflessione a margine di una ricerca etnografica
title_sort percorsi di riconciliazione e tattiche di inclusione dei gruppi lgbt cattolici all interno della chiesa in italia riflessione a margine di una ricerca etnografica
topic Homosexuality
catholic belonging
reconciliation.
url https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/279
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