Innovating from Traditions: The Emergence of a Ritual Field of Collective Commemoration in the Netherlands
This article demonstrates that tradition has a more profound effect on religion in liquid modernity than might be expected. The recent emergence in the Netherlands of a new ritual field aimed at collective commemoration of the dead is used as an example to investigate the dynamic relationship betwee...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Carfax Publ.
[2014]
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Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-32 |
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| Summary: | This article demonstrates that tradition has a more profound effect on religion in liquid modernity than might be expected. The recent emergence in the Netherlands of a new ritual field aimed at collective commemoration of the dead is used as an example to investigate the dynamic relationship between religious tradition and creative ritualising. The comparison between Catholic, Protestant, and non-ecclesial ritualising shows how Catholic ritual traditions associated with All Souls' Day, among other traditions, serve as loose templates for ritual innovation in all three of these settings. Finally, on the basis of these findings, it is argued that innovating from traditions' presents a more adequate approach to future research into the roles traditions play in liquid modernity than Eric Hobsbawm's invention of tradition'. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2014.864799 |