Negotiating Marian apparitions :: the politics of religion in transcarpathian Ukraine.

This book concerns the politics of religion as expressed through apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Dzhublyk in Transcarpathian Ukraine. On the one hand, the analysis provides insights into the present position of Transcarpathia in regional, Ukraine-wide, and European struggles for identity and polit...

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1. Verfasser: Halemba, Agnieszka, 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2015.
New York : 2015.
Schriftenreihe:Leipzig studies on the history and culture of East-Central Europe ; Volume 2.
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Zusammenfassung:This book concerns the politics of religion as expressed through apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Dzhublyk in Transcarpathian Ukraine. On the one hand, the analysis provides insights into the present position of Transcarpathia in regional, Ukraine-wide, and European struggles for identity and political belonging. The way in which the apparitions site has been conceived and managed raises questions concerning the fate of religious communities during and after socialism, the significance of national projects for religious organizations, and the politics of religious management in a situation in which local religious commitments are relatively strong and religious organizations are relatively weak. The analysis contributes to the ethnography and history of this particular region and of the post-socialist world in general. On the other hand, the changing status of the apparition site over the years allows investigation of the questions concerning authority, legitimacy, and power in religious organizations, especially in relation to management of religious experiences. The analysis aims at clarification of such concepts as religious institutions, organizations but also religious experiences and is relevant to anthropology, sociology and religious studies. It is argued that the important question in analyses of religious apparitions should not be how an individual experience becomes institutionalized and instrumentalized, but how experience becomes a tool for negotiation and transformation in the religious field. Key word: 1. Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles-Ukraine-Zakarpats'ka oblast'. 2. Zakarpats'ka oblast' (Ukraine)-Church history.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (330 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9786155053368
6155053367
9633861454
9789633861455
ISSN:2416-1160 ;