Ultra-baroque Catholicism: Multiplied images and decentered religious symbols

This article addresses the effects of the mass production of religious images that is decentering the institutional management of Catholic symbols in Mexico. How do mass production and the global circulation of religious images in various types of media create new ways of practicing religion and pro...

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Published in:Social compass 2016-06, Vol.63 (2), p.181-196
Main Author: de la Torre, Renée
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Baroque era
Catholicism
Catholics
Creative industries
Iconography
Religion
Religiosity
Religious art
Religious symbols
Symbolism
Symbols
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Summary:This article addresses the effects of the mass production of religious images that is decentering the institutional management of Catholic symbols in Mexico. How do mass production and the global circulation of religious images in various types of media create new ways of practicing religion and professing faith today? In the search for answers to this question, two cases are presented. The first, Catholic baroque as a popular initiative, addresses the mass production of Catholic icons and how it deinstitutionalizes Catholic symbols. In the second, the case of the Mayan prophesy for 2012, the manner in which cultural industries are generating transmedia beliefs is revealed. The author argues that the synergy between popular baroque religiosity and the videocracy creates a new sort of ultra-baroque Catholicism based on superimposing images.
ISSN:0037-7686
1461-7404
DOI:10.1177/0037768616629299