The New American Civil Religion: Lesson for Italy

Koppelman, Andrew

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The New American Civil Religion: Lesson for Italy

Andrew Koppelman

Northwestern University School of Law

January 29, 2010

George Washington International Law Review, Vol. 41, p. 861, 2010
Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 10-05

Abstract:
American civil religion has been changing, responding to increasing religious plurality by becoming more abstract. The problem of increasing plurality is not only an American one. It is also presented in Italy, where civic identity has been centered around a Catholicism that is no longer universal. Perhaps Italy has, in this respect, an American future.

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Keywords: Civil, Religion, American, Lessons, Italy

JEL Classification: K40, K33

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Date posted: January 29, 2010 ; Last revised: May 10, 2011

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Koppelman, Andrew M., The New American Civil Religion: Lesson for Italy (January 29, 2010). George Washington International Law Review, Vol. 41, p. 861, 2010; Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 10-05. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1544465

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