Cross(ing) the peace walls in West Belfast: imitation, exemplarity, and divine power
This article examines a series of spatial practices called cross walks' and cross vigils' undertaken by a Pentecostal Christian church in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. It discusses the ways in which cross walk and vigil participants used imitative practices to bring divine power to bea...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 49, Issue: 4, Pages: 592-613 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Belfast
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Parade
/ Wegeführung
/ Denomination (Religion)
/ Border crossing
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CG Christianity and Politics KBF British Isles KDG Free church |
| Further subjects: | B
spatial practice
B Belfast B Pentecostalism B Copy B Imitation B Christianity B Gender |
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| Summary: | This article examines a series of spatial practices called cross walks' and cross vigils' undertaken by a Pentecostal Christian church in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. It discusses the ways in which cross walk and vigil participants used imitative practices to bring divine power to bear on the urban spaces and place-specific issues of the church's local area. The article begins by discussing the church itself, and the ways in which participants understand themselves as situated within the ethno-political designations of Protestant' and Catholic' in Northern Ireland. It studies the various exemplars set up for the spatial practices in official discourse, and the ways in which these exemplars created a gendered narrative. Finally, it examines the links to Northern Ireland's parading tradition and the church pastor's suggested response to a local dispute over parade routes. |
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| ISSN: | 1096-1151 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2019.1573768 |