Many scholars have immediately placed the encyclical letter of Pope Francis “Fratelli Tutti” dated 2020 in the sphere of interreligious dialogue. This position, however, could be re-evaluated with a literal and diachronic analysis of the text, which could ascribe its content more in a social sphere rather than in a religious dimension, directed towards a notion of full citizenship, ready to constitute a new value and a new declination of the principle of freedom of belief. However, unlike other European countries, in Italy some religious minorities are still discriminated, and this is the case of Islam. The consequences of such an attitude are feared in the Letter, when Pope Francis speaks about the risk of anachronistic conflicts, aggressive nationalisms, selfishness and loss of social meaning. To avert these dangers,and others like islamophobia and radicalisation, the confessional needs of Muslims in Italy should be guaranteed, at least the primary ones, and this also in the name of biblical kinship between monotheisms, which allows for a profitable dialogue on shared values
La dottrina dominante ha sin da subito inquadrato la lettera Enciclica di Papa Francesco “Fratelli Tutti” del 2020 nella sfera del dialogo interreligioso. Eppure, questa collocazione potrebbe essere rivalutata al netto di una diversa analisi, letterale e diacronica del testo, che potrebbe ascriverne il contenuto ad una dimensione essenzialmente più sociale e meno religiosa, diretta verso una nozione di piena cittadinanza, pronta a costituire un nuovo valore del principio di libertà religiosa ed una sua diversa declinazione. Tuttavia, differentemente da altri Paesi europei, in Italia alcune minoranze confessionali vengono ancora discriminate, ed è il caso dell’islam. Le conseguenze di un simile atteggiamento vengono paventate nell’Enciclica, allorquando il Pontefice parla del rischio di conflitti anacronistici, nazionalismi aggressivi, egoismo e perdita del senso sociale. Per scongiurare questi pericoli, ed altri connessi come ad esempio l’islamofobia e la radicalizzazione, bisognerebbe dare attuazione pratica alle istanze confessionali dei musulmani in Italia, quantomeno quelle primarie, anche in nome della parentela biblica tra i monoteismi, che consente di poter dialogare sui valori condivisi in modo proficuo
Inclusione confessionale e non discriminazione
FRONZONI V
2021-01-01
Abstract
Many scholars have immediately placed the encyclical letter of Pope Francis “Fratelli Tutti” dated 2020 in the sphere of interreligious dialogue. This position, however, could be re-evaluated with a literal and diachronic analysis of the text, which could ascribe its content more in a social sphere rather than in a religious dimension, directed towards a notion of full citizenship, ready to constitute a new value and a new declination of the principle of freedom of belief. However, unlike other European countries, in Italy some religious minorities are still discriminated, and this is the case of Islam. The consequences of such an attitude are feared in the Letter, when Pope Francis speaks about the risk of anachronistic conflicts, aggressive nationalisms, selfishness and loss of social meaning. To avert these dangers,and others like islamophobia and radicalisation, the confessional needs of Muslims in Italy should be guaranteed, at least the primary ones, and this also in the name of biblical kinship between monotheisms, which allows for a profitable dialogue on shared valuesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
