Le "origini" cristiane nell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Lo spartiacque del 1929

The representation of Christian origins in the Italian Encyclopedia (Treccani) is the result of a particular way of looking at the religions of the past. It stands out as an alliance between European historicist reflection and strictly theological-dogmatic and apologetic assessments. The political fact of the Concordat of 1929 strengthens this alliance. The Italian Encyclopedia becomes one of the tools by which it is possible to emphasize and amplify the Fascist discursive machine, that at that moment emerges as strictly connected with the traditionalist Catholicism. This traditionalist Catholicism is 'incorporated' and ‘institutionalized’ within the media-communicative framework built by the Fascist regime, as it emerges also, among other elements, from the same Italian Encyclopedia.