Masculinity – Christianity – Patriotism (Based on the Example of Catholic Intermedia Messages)

Abstract

This article examines the project of male Christianity, which seems to be of increasing importance.The text aims to show some important aspects of this form of religiosity, referring to the exampleof journalistic statements, bulletins, books and rules that provide the basis of the functioningof Catholic associations.Male Christianity combined with patriotism seems to be an interesting testimony of the changestaking place at the meeting point of culture and religion. It primarily consists in reproducing thepattern of cultural counter-reformation days, based on the imaginary unity of the nation, which iscemented by Catholicism.