Negotiating "Anglicanness" in Rome: A Study of an Anglican Congregation in the Heart of Roman Catholicism
The congregational identity of churches abroad is shaped through a complex interplay of practice, place and power. This article analyses the practices of an Anglican congregation in Rome to explore how "Anglicanness" is negotiated in everyday congregational life. Drawing on lived religion,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 239-259 |
| Further subjects: | B
Fieldwork
B Lived Religion B Rome B Materiality B Practice B Anglicanism B Qualitative Research B Embodiment |
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| Summary: | The congregational identity of churches abroad is shaped through a complex interplay of practice, place and power. This article analyses the practices of an Anglican congregation in Rome to explore how "Anglicanness" is negotiated in everyday congregational life. Drawing on lived religion, the study uses original empirical data from participant observation and interviews, analysed with a particular focus on materiality and embodiment. The findings reveal a plasticity of materiality: the congregation is shaped both by its English heritage and its Roman Catholic and Italian surroundings. Embodied practices further show how Anglican bodies are regulated by Roman Catholicism. A comparative perspective with Scandinavian churches abroad highlights how All Saints' Church in Rome distinguishes itself through a transnational rather than national-religious identity. This article contributes to research on congregational identity by illuminating complexities of nationality, and it expands lived religion's scope of practice to include macrolevel factors such as law, architecture and history. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-0623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fieldwork in religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/firn.28930 |
