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Geopolitics of Catholic Pilgrimage: On the Double Materiality of (Religious) Politics in the Virtual Age
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Petr, Kratochvíl |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | This article explores geopolitical aspects of Catholic pilgrimage in Europe. By exploring the representations of pilgrimage on Catholic social media, it shows that the increasing influence of the virtual is accompanied by a particular reassertion of the material aspects of pilgrimage. Two types of Catholic pilgrimage emerge, each with a particular spatial and political orientation. The first type of pilgrimage is predominantly politically conservative, but also spatially static, focusing on objects, be they human bodies or sacred sites. The second type is politically progressive, but also spatially dynamic, stressing pilgrimage as movement or a journey. The classic Turnerian conceptualization of a pilgrimage as a three-phase kinetic ritual thus falls apart, with liminality appropriated by the progressive type and aggregation almost entirely taken over by the conservative, apparitional pilgrimage. As a result, pilgrimage has once again become a geopolitical reflection of the broader ideological contestation both within Christianity and beyond. |
| Starting Page | 443 |
| e-ISSN | 20771444 |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12060443 |
| Journal | Religions |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-06-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Religions Cultural Studies Geopolitics Catholic Church Europe Pilgrimage Materiality Politics Ideology Virgin Mary |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
