Circulation, Social Uses and Sacred Meanings of the Catholic Rosaries

This article presents a reflection on the modalities of sacralization at stake in the movement & the social uses of Catholic rosaries. You take a path that some of the narratives about the origins of traditional religious object, associated with key figures in Catholicism, followed by the presen...

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Published in:Religião e sociedade 2009-12, Vol.29 (2), p.82-115
Main Author: Oliveira, Paola Lins de
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Catholicism
Catholics
Social Movements
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Summary:This article presents a reflection on the modalities of sacralization at stake in the movement & the social uses of Catholic rosaries. You take a path that some of the narratives about the origins of traditional religious object, associated with key figures in Catholicism, followed by the presentation of the practices of prayer finally reaching a comparison with other objects considered sacred in Catholicism. In this way, it is emphasized that the procedures of sacralization of the third uses are compatible with both special & ordinary inserted in a process of broad social movements, often performed by non-religious ways. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0100-8587