Heterodox Christians and post-Christians in Italy: an exploration

Publication information:

Gugliermetto, Gianluigi. 2026. “Heterodox Christians and Post-Christians in Italy: An Exploration.” in Belonging: Practices of Inclusion in Spiritual Communities, the Academy, and Society. Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: Harvard Divinity School: Program for the Evolution of Spirituality.

Abstract

This paper follows the experience of a small heterodox group of Christians and
post-Christians in Italy who is deeply anti-moralistic and, therefore, deeply opposed to blaming, labelling, and ostracizing on the basis of any personal characteristic or conviction. Nonetheless, the group has developed a critique of inclusion, exploring its limits, contradictions, and paradoxes. The group has come to its conclusions partly by reading the letters of Paul of Tarsus (St.Paul) and interpreting him as a mystic, while he is more often read as a moralistic villain.

Presenter Biography

Gianluigi Gugliermetto is a scholar of religion and theology (Ph.D. Claremont 2008) and an Episcopal priest. His areas of work include queer theology, interreligious dialogue, and Creation Spirituality. Presently he is working at the intersection of spirituality and Jungian psychology.