Contemporary Marian apparitions and devotional cultures

Marian apparitions and devotions since the early 19th century have been unique enough to consider them on their own terms. In what devotees have dubbed the "Marian Age," apparitions tend toward conservative politics and messages; a context of struggle; ambiguous attitudes toward modernity,...

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Main Author: Krebs, Jill (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Religion compass
Year: 2017, Volume: 11, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 1-9
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Marian apparition / Attribute / Context / End times expectations / History 1830-2017
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CH Christianity and Society
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBJ Mariology
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Apocalypticism
B Marian Apparition
B Modernity
B Roman Catholicism
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Summary:Marian apparitions and devotions since the early 19th century have been unique enough to consider them on their own terms. In what devotees have dubbed the "Marian Age," apparitions tend toward conservative politics and messages; a context of struggle; ambiguous attitudes toward modernity, globalization, and technology; and apocalyptic worldviews. Many of these modern apparitions are interconnected, becoming validated through their overlaps, continuities, and congruencies alongside - and often outside - traditional channels of Roman Catholic Church leadership. Apparitions and the devotional cultures associated with them raise for scholars important questions, including the problem of how they should be categorized and studied.
ISSN:1749-8171
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion compass
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/rec3.12232