Ambiguous Legitimation: Grassroots Roman Catholic Communities in Italy and Ecclesiastical Hierarchies

The article deals with the complex and multifaceted relationships arising between the ecclesiastical hierarchy and grassroots Roman Catholic communities, the so-called New Catholic Communities (NCCs), founded in Italy in the wake of the Second Vatican Council and variously inspired by it. Two issues...

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Main Author: STEFANIA PALMISANO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion 2011-01-01
Series:Temenos
Online Access:https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/4616