Transformations of religious consciousness at a Marian shrine: The case of La Tirana, Chile
This article is based on van Kessel's study of La Tirana in Chile in 1970, over a non-representative sample of about one thousand participants including dancers, pilgrims, vendors and tourists. La Tirana is the main Marian sanctuary in the north of Chile. Van Kessel could clearly identify the i...
| Published in: | Social compass |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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| In: |
Social compass
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
La Tirana
/ Marian holyday
/ Marian devotion
/ Pledge
/ Religious consciousness
/ Religious identity
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality KBR Latin America NBJ Mariology |
| Further subjects: | B
Chili
B popular religion B marianisme B Religion populaire B Marian devotion B Marianism B dévotion mariale |
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| Summary: | This article is based on van Kessel's study of La Tirana in Chile in 1970, over a non-representative sample of about one thousand participants including dancers, pilgrims, vendors and tourists. La Tirana is the main Marian sanctuary in the north of Chile. Van Kessel could clearly identify the importance of the religious manda as the main reason of devotion associated with complementary beliefs concerning the Virgin's miraculous efficacy for those who strictly fulfill her. After nearly fifty years, this study finds out that the manda has tended to disappear and that religious attitudes toward the Virgin have changed; especially those related to the specifications of the fulfillment of the religious promise. Although all these changes go along with an increase in ecclesiastical mediation of the sanctuary devotion, it is the pilgrim's educational level that best explains these changes in the religious awareness of Chilean Marianism. Cet article est basé sur l'étude de van Kessel sur La Tirana au Chili en 1970, sur un échantillon non représentatif d'un millier de participants, comprenant des danseurs, des pèlerins, des vendeurs et des touristes. La Tirana est le principal sanctuaire marial dans le nord du Chili. Van Kessel pourrait clairement identifier l'importance de la manda religieuse en tant que raison principale de la dévotion associée à des croyances complémentaires concernant l'efficacité miraculeuse de la Vierge pour ceux qui la comblent. Après près de cinquante ans, cette étude révèle que le manda a eu tendance à disparaître et que les attitudes religieuses à l'égard de la Vierge ont changé, en particulier ceux liés aux spécifications de la réalisation de la promesse religieuse. Bien que tous ces changements accompagnent un renforcement de la médiation ecclésiastique de la dévotion au sanctuaire, c'est le niveau éducatif du pèlerin qui explique le mieux ces changements dans la conscience religieuse du marianisme chilien. |
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| ISSN: | 1461-7404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Social compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0037768619868612 |