Why Do We Go to the Cemetery? Religion, Civicness, and the Cult of the Dead in Twenty-First Century Italy
While attitudes towards death and dying have attracted much scholarly attention, surprisingly little is known about the practice of visiting cemeteries. According to the secularization thesis, the fate of cemetery visits conforms with declining church attendance. A de-secularization theory suggests...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Review of religious research
Year: 2021, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 217-243 |
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Southern Italy (motif)
/ Religion
/ Cult of the dead
/ Secularism
/ Cemetery
/ Family
/ Duty
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CH Christianity and Society KBJ Italy ZB Sociology |
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Cult Of The Dead
B Cemetery visits B Civicness B Secularization B Italy B Religiosity |
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| Summary: | While attitudes towards death and dying have attracted much scholarly attention, surprisingly little is known about the practice of visiting cemeteries. According to the secularization thesis, the fate of cemetery visits conforms with declining church attendance. A de-secularization theory suggests that, in the modern world, cemeteries increasingly became spaces for a society of families rather than for a religious community, suggesting that visiting the tombs of the dead might grow alongside secularization. Finally, a ‘civic community’ theory, inspired by Putnam's work, sees cemetery visits as an expression of a social obligation among and across generations rather than a religious activity. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s13644-021-00454-1 |