Seeing the Invisible: Ambient Catholicism on the Side of the Road
The public role of religious objects is highly contested in Quebec, epitomized by the Charter of Values in 2013. In this heated political atmosphere, rural Catholics continue to create and care for more than 3,000 wayside crosses. They note that these colourful, fifteen-foot devotional objects often...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2017]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 85, Issue: 1, Pages: 136-167 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Canada
/ Catholicism
/ Public space
/ Waycross
/ Folk culture
/ Materiality
/ Secularism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |