Finding the Sacred in Unexpected Places
Religious Evanescence and Evocation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4233283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Bartkowski (0000-0002-1975-0421, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, 78249, San Antonio, TX, USA, corresponding author), John P Bartkowski |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357-371 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Religious Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2211-4866 • E-ISSN: 0034-673X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13644-014-0178-x |
| OpenAlex | W2089882869 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
This address examines the complex processes whereby cultural understandings of the sacred and, consequently, religious identity are negotiated in the contemporary social world. Two key processes of negotiation are delineated, namely, religious evanescence and religious evocation. Religious evanescence reflects efforts to deemphasize or sever connections to the sacred. By contrast, religious evocation consists of activities that emphasize or enhance linkages to sacred things. Groups actively manage their relationship to the sacred, and thus their religious identities, by engaging in evanescent or evocative practices. Moreover, the rejection of sacred things (evanescence) and the affirmation of them (evocation) are not mutually exclusive processes. They can be enlisted strategically, selectively, and even in combination with one another to suit a wide variety of social contexts and normative expectations. Boundaries in relation to the sacred are, therefore, sites for contradictory and innovative social processes. The contested and fluid boundaries that define the genre of "Christian rock" serve to illustrate these processes
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Evocation · Identity (music) · Negotiation · Normative · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |