Porter le chapelet: formes religieuses dans une prison pour femmes
While I was doing fieldwork in a Montreal women's jail an unexpected detail emerged that intrigued me as a sociologist: the striking presence of the rosary. This detail is at the core of the present article. Conspicuous and discreet, exotic and trivial, the white plastic rosary given by volunte...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | French |
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[2014]
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Studies in religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 172-180 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Provinz Quebec
/ Woman prisoner
/ Rosary
/ Artifact
/ Catholicism
/ Church work
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church RG Pastoral care |
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| Summary: | While I was doing fieldwork in a Montreal women's jail an unexpected detail emerged that intrigued me as a sociologist: the striking presence of the rosary. This detail is at the core of the present article. Conspicuous and discreet, exotic and trivial, the white plastic rosary given by volunteers to incarcerated women was everywhere. Without assuming an inherently religious character, and resisting the temptation to make of it something profound or curious, I ask in this article two simple questions: What is the rosary as an artefact? And how much about chaplaincy at the women’s jail and Catholicism in contemporary Quebec is condensed in this detail? The answers to these questions instruct us on the context of the jail, the study of religion today, and the importance of artefacts. Pendant une enquête de terrain dans une prison pour femmes de Montréal, un détail inattendu m'a interpelée en tant que sociologue : la présence frappante du chapelet. Ce détail est à l'origine de cet article. Flagrant et discret, exotique et trivial, le chapelet en plastique blanc offert par des bénévoles aux femmes incarcérées était partout. Sans y imposer de traits intrinsèquement religieux, et tout en résistant à la tentation d'en faire quelque chose de profond ou curieux, je pose dans cet article deux questions simples : qu’est-ce que le chapelet en tant qu’artéfact ? Et jusqu'à quel point les activités de pastorale d'une prison pour femmes et le catholicisme du Québec contemporain se retrouvent-ils condensés dans ce détail? Les réponses à ces questions nous renseignent sur le contexte propre à la prison, l'étude de la religion aujourd'hui et l'importance des artéfacts. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-4298 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0008429813515416 |