Charity as Social Justice: Antonio Rosmini and the Great Irish Famine

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Abstract

The article sheds light on the significant fundraising and relief activities for Ireland during the Great Famine (1845–50) initiated in 1847 by the Italian philosopher and cleric Antonio Rosmini and his network in Savoy-Piedmont, Lombardy-Venetia and England. By analysing Rosmini's philosophical and political writings, the article demonstrates that Rosmini considered aid in times of crisis as an act of social justice for which individuals have to take responsibility. By analysing documents from the Italian and Irish archives, the article gives an account of the fundraising effort's practices of networking, appealing, almsgiving and delivery.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)573-589
Number of pages17
JournalThe Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Volume72
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

This is a research output of the project ‘The Moral Economy of Italian Civil Society’, co-financed by the Department of Political Sciences, Roma Tre University and the Swedish National Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, grant number 2012-00614).

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • History

Free keywords

  • Motivations of helping
  • humanitarianism
  • moral economy
  • Great Irish Famine
  • Catholicism
  • Ireland
  • Italian states
  • relief aid

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