Dove: online
Quando: ore 18.00, 13 maggio 2024
New Historical Perspectives on the Methodist and Waldensian Presence in the Italian Urban Space.
First presentation to an international audience of the two monumental works being published by Claudiana on the history of Italian Waldensians (Storia dei Valdesi, 4 voll., eds. Paolo Naso, Susanna Peyronel Rambaldi, GianPaolo Romagnani, Francesca Tasca) and Italian Methodists (Metodisti in Italia, eds. Daniele Garrone, Paolo Naso, Silvana Nitti). The first work aims to replace the previous work by Valdo Vinay published more than 50 years ago, the second represents the first comprehensive history of Italian Methodism ever published.
Paolo Naso — one of the editors of both volumes — will present and discuss the results of
such work, in particular the new findings and perspectives on the urban presence of the two Protestant confessions in Italy, from the Statuto Albertino of 1848 to the season of the
Concordat of 1984. How did Waldensians and Methodists organize their urban presence in Turin after the granting of the Statuto Albertino of 1848 and in Florence after the unification of 1861? What problems did they face? How did they experience and perceive urban spaces marked by the cultural monopoly of the Catholic Church, especially in the South? How did their newly founded religious buildings in the cities conform to and reframe religious traditions? How were religious spaces organized outside of Italy among the diasporic communities? How did Fascist legislations impact the Protestant presence in Italian cities?
Registration is required and can be done via email at: rdiuhs@gmail.com. The Zoom invitation will be sent out the day before the seminar to the email address used for the registration.
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