%0 Journal Article
%T Antisemitismo delle Passioni. La  Palestra del clero  e il tema del deicidio / Antisemitism of Passions: the  Palestra del clero  and the Deicide Issue
%A Facchini
%A Cristiana
%J Storicamente
%D 2011
%I University of Bologna
%X This article analyses the exploitation of the myths of ¡°Christ¡¯s killers¡± and ¡°deicide¡± in Italian Catholic culture during the second half of 19th century as part of a massive implementation of religious antisemitism that predates and parallels the rise of political antisemitism. It also emphasizes how many themes of political antisemitism were embedded in the Passion¡¯s narratives and empowered through the performative impact of preaching and rituals in a culture that still retained one of the highest rate of illiteracy. Far from being a ¡°survival¡± of theological traditional Anti-judaism, ¡°deicide¡± and ¡°Christ¡¯s killers¡± myths were part of a clear political project that combined both hatred for the Jews, as the theological enemy, and refusal of modernity. Moreover, Passion¡¯s narratives were instrumental in disseminating emotions of religious hatred that enforced, through means of tradition and devotion, a most effective form of cultural antisemitism and contributed to the dissemination of the image of Jews as a collective outrageos ¡°Other¡±.
%K Antisemitism
%K Catholic Church
%K Italy
%K 19th Century
%U http://www.storicamente.org/07_dossier/antisemitismo/facchini_antisemitismo.pdf