Secolarizzazione, non secolarismo. Il diritto nel nuovo rapporto tra pubblico e privato

Abstract

The article seeks to deepen the meaning of terms such as secularization and secularism, also to distinguish between an ideological attitude regarding dialogue between religion and the public sphere, and the current open guidelines for interaction between religious discourse and public discourse as a reflection of continuity between the private sphere and the public sphere. All this has a lot to say on the thought about law, about the foundation of the rights and about the history of juridical civilization, especially in the western culture: for which the role played by the Christian religion in particular is essential for the understanding of principles such as equality and secularity as well as the foundation of human rights.