Acknowledgments

Christian democracy as political spirituality: transcendence as transformation—Italian politics, 1942–1953

“…This applies particularly to the English-language literature. Luckily, in recent years an emerging scholarship in English has recognized the need to understand Christian Democracy and Catholic politics in a deeper vein (Pombeni, 2000;Gehler et al, 2001;Caciagli, 2003;Conway, 2003;Kaiser, 2007;Müller, 2011Müller, , 132-8, 2013Mitchell, 2012;Chappel, 2018;Kosicki, 2018;Invernizzi Accetti, 2019; see also review article by Forlenza 2019a; Taylor, 2020;Driessen, 2021Driessen, , 2014. While this article remains indebted to this emerging literature, it wishes to add a stress on an experiential, existential, and spiritual dimension that was a decisive factor in the shaping of Christian democratic politics.…”