Negotiating Marian apparitions : the politics of religion in transcarpathian Ukraine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halemba, Agnieszka, 1970- author.

Series:

Leipzig studies on the history and culture of East-Central Europe ; Volume 2.

Leipzig Studies on the History and Culture of East-Central Europe, 2416-1160 ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)--Church history.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles--Ukraine--Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book concerns the politics of religion as expressed through apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Dzhublyk in Transcarpathian Ukraine. On the one hand, the analysis provides insights into the present position of Transcarpathia in regional, Ukraine-wide, and European struggles for identity and political belonging. The way in which the apparitions site has been conceived and managed raises questions concerning the fate of religious communities during and after socialism, the significance of national projects for religious organizations, and the politics of religious management in a situation in which local religious commitments are relatively strong and religious organizations are relatively weak. The analysis contributes to the ethnography and history of this particular region and of the post-socialist world in general. On the other hand, the changing status of the apparition site over the years allows investigation of the questions concerning authority, legitimacy, and power in religious organizations, especially in relation to management of religious experiences. The analysis aims at clarification of such concepts as religious institutions, organizations but also religious experiences and is relevant to anthropology, sociology and religious studies. It is argued that the important question in analyses of religious apparitions should not be how an individual experience becomes institutionalized and instrumentalized, but how experience becomes a tool for negotiation and transformation in the religious field. Key word: 1. Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint-–Apparitions and miracles–Ukraine–Zakarpats'kaoblast'. 2. Zakarpats'ka oblast' (Ukraine)–Church history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Photographs

Acknowledgements

A Note on Transliteration

CHAPTER 1. Introduction

CHAPTER 2. The Dzhublyk Apparitions and Modern Apparitional Patterns

CHAPTER 3. Nation and Church in Transcarpathia

CHAPTER 4. Authority of the Priests

CHAPTER 5. Call for Unity and Management of “Divergent Devotions”

CHAPTER 6. Conclusion: Marian Apparitions as Sites of Transformation

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-72103-6

963-386-253-1

978-6-15505-336-8

615-5053-36-7

963-386-145-4

OCLC:

935985609