Inconvenient National Discourse and the People Who Walk to Hear It: the Case of the Slovak National Pilgrimage
The presence of nationalism in the Catholic Church, ostensibly global in its mission and outlook, has been a contentious issue especially in the post-communist countries of East-Central Europe. Events like the Slovak national pilgrimage to Šaštín, broadcast across the country on television, radio an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-54 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Slovakia
/ Nationalism
/ Basilika Sankt Maria von den Sieben Schmerzen (Šaštín-Stráže)
/ Pilgrimage
/ Media
/ Event marketing
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CG Christianity and Politics KBK Europe (East) KDB Roman Catholic Church ZB Sociology ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
national discourse
B Nationalism B everyday nationhood B Pilgrimage B religion and nationalism B Slovakia |
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| Summary: | The presence of nationalism in the Catholic Church, ostensibly global in its mission and outlook, has been a contentious issue especially in the post-communist countries of East-Central Europe. Events like the Slovak national pilgrimage to Šaštín, broadcast across the country on television, radio and internet, offer Catholic elite in Slovakia a rare chance to freely weave national history and national devotion into religious practice and discourse, but what does elite discourse actually tell us about the production and reproduction of nationhood in the Church? This article calls for increased exploration of reception of elite discourse in the media, not only to gauge audience reaction, but to better understand how the would-be recipients of these messages play a role in producing, reproducing or contesting these media constructions of national identity. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-9214 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/21659214-00801003 |