Observations on Why Promotors of Italian American Culture Need to Know More: The Italian/American Experience of Religion
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Tamburri, Anthony Julian
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2022
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24
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This essay sheds light on the misconception that Catholicism is an essential characteristic to Italian/American and, hence, Italian identity. Through a brief examination of the demographic make-up of Italy’s population, and in conversation with scholars such as Richard Alba, Joseph Varacalli, Rudy Vecoli, and others, Tamburri demonstrates that Catholicism, while dominant in numbers, is not a sine qua non regarding Italian/American identity.|Keywords: religion, identity, Catholicism, immigration, community, Italian history
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Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center, Creighton University
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1522-5658