Spiritual Yarning: Craft-making as Getting Along in Everyday Life

This article investigates how spirituality relates to craft-making. Spirituality is understood to have both religious and nonreligious content depending on the person. The data was collected in a one-year period of observation and interviews. The results show that spirituality related to craft-makin...

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Main Author: Myllys, Riikka (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2020, Volume: 13, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 121-143
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Handiwork / Spirituality / Wellness
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
Further subjects:B Women
B Spirituality
B craft-making
B Everyday Life
B Wellbeing
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Summary:This article investigates how spirituality relates to craft-making. Spirituality is understood to have both religious and nonreligious content depending on the person. The data was collected in a one-year period of observation and interviews. The results show that spirituality related to craft-making may be both religious and nonreligious. It is noteworthy, however, that religious and nonreligious spirituality are related to different aspects of craft-making: the social and prosocial aspects of craft-making are mostly religiously spiritual, whereas individually centred aspects are not. Altogether, the spirituality of craft-making is largely immanent and wellbeing-oriented. As such, its focus is on getting along in everyday life.
ISSN:1874-8929
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-13010007