Word: catholicization
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Myhrum, whose parents were Catholic and Episcopalian, often contrasts Buddhism with her original Catholic upbringing. Though she did complete her Confirmation classes, she turned away from a practice she found dissatisfying and overly rigid. “I just found it completely spiritually void and doctrinally bizarre,�...
...week's episode in Italy suggests that some religions are more free than others. The case was brought against the public school in the small medieval town of Ofena in central Italy by Adel Smith, the 43-year-old leader of the Italian Union of Muslims, who converted from Catholicism to Islam in 1987. Smith, who's written two polemical books against Christianity, argued that the crucifix in his son's classroom violated his right to public education free of religious influence - and in a 30-page decision the local magistrate agreed, ordering that the cross be removed...
...ruling unleashed fury across much of Italian society, with some opponents of the decision suggesting that Italy's cultural foundations in Catholicism were being undermined by Muslims using secular arguments as cover. Smith lambastes such notions: "This is Italy's old Catholic fundamentalism coming to the surface. You must not confuse culture with the state and the rights of its citizens. You can keep your crucifix in your home or your church or around your neck, but not at my child's school." Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu disagrees. "The crucifix is not only a religious symbol; it represents...
This is Italy's old Catholic fundamentalism coming to the surface. You must not confuse culture with the state and the right of its citizens.
The law supports, at least partly, the head-scarf cause. A 1989 ruling by the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest legal body, stated that outward manifestations of religious faith by students are not "incompatible with the principle of secularity." But the Conseil also noted that "ostentatious or militant" displays...