His primary and most renowned sociological theory is that of “diffused religion,” based on processes of education, socialization, and communication, and applicable both to the Italian context and to other territories where a specific religion is dominant.
Rome
roberto.cipriani@tlc.uniroma3.it
Roberto Cipriani is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Roma Tre University.
He has conducted numerous theoretical and empirical research projects.
His primary and most renowned sociological theory is that of “diffused religion,” based on processes of education, socialization, and communication, and applicable both to the Italian context and to other territories where a specific religion is dominant.
He has conducted comparative empirical research in Italy at Orune (Sardinia), in Greece at Episkepsi (Corfu), and in Mexico at Nahuatzen (Michoacán), on the relationships between solidarity and community. He has produced research films on popular festive celebrations, particularly on Holy Week in Cerignola, Puglia (“Rossocontinuo”) and in Spain (“Semana Santa en Sevilla”), and on the patronal feast of a Mexican pueblo (“Las fiestas de San Luís Rey”).
He has served as President of the Italian Sociological Association, President of the Research Committee on Sociology of Religion within the International Sociological Association, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal International Sociology.
Within the European Sociological Association, he was President of the European Council of National Sociological Associations.
He is the President of the Italian Association of University Professors.
He is the author of over seventy volumes and nine hundred publications, with translations in English, French, Russian, Spanish, German, Chinese, Portuguese, Basque, and Turkish.
