Jill M Krebs
Biographic Data
| ID | 1601185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill M Krebs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill M |
| FAMILY NAME | Krebs |
| SIGNATURE | KREBS J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | McDaniel College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3574-9666 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Marian Apparitions as New Religious Movements
Marian apparitions, as diverse, global, and dynamic phenomena, offer opportunities for multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural analysis. We are pleased in this special issue to offer seven essays highlighting the increasing internationalization of Marian devotional movements. Our contributors, using both local case studies and a global, comparative view to explore instances of apparitions in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, collectively …
The American Academy of Religion Exploratory Session on Marian Apparitions and Theoretical Problems in Religious Studies (2015)
The Body of Mary: Embodiment and Identity in Modern Apparitions
In modern Marian apparitions, Mary’s material presence is evoked for believers, who negotiate religious and other identities around her maternal figure. My contention, drawing from material theories of religion and postcolonial theories, and based on ethnographic fieldwork at one apparition site in addition to social scientific literature, is that Roman Catholic devotees of Mary negotiate identities along three trajectories. First, apparitions of…
Contemporary Marian apparitions and devotional cultures
Marian apparitions and devotions since the early 19th century have been unique enough to consider them on their own terms. In what devotees have dubbed the "Marian Age," apparitions tend toward conservative politics and messages; a context of struggle; ambiguous attitudes toward modernity, globalization, and technology; and apocalyptic worldviews. Many of these modern apparitions are interconnected, becoming validated through their overlaps, cont…
Teaching and learning guide for contemporary Marian apparitions and devotional cultures
Transposing Devotion
This article extends recent scholarship on new religious movements that has stressed newness, tension, and social alignment. New Catholic communities that have grown around contemporary Marian apparitions allow the application of theoretical models and add nuance to understandings of new movements in the Catholic context. Drawing from fieldwork since 2010 at two apparition sites, rural Emmitsburg, Maryland and suburban Gaithersburg, Maryland, I f…
Prayer is the answer: Apocalypticism, Our Lady, and Catholic Identity
Apocalyptic beliefs are common in modern Marian apparitions and represent an important area of tension between believers and skeptics-tension that in part determines the official Church stance toward, as well as popularity and longevity of, the apparition. Apocalypticism therefore is an important component of Catholic identity for many Marian devotees. Drawing from a case study of a modern apparition site in rural Emmitsburg, Maryland, I argue th…
Contemporary Marian apparitions and devotional cultures
Marian apparitions and devotions since the early 19th century have been unique enough to consider them on their own terms. In what devotees have dubbed the "Marian Age," apparitions tend toward conservative politics and messages; a context of struggle; ambiguous attitudes toward modernity, globalization, and technology; and apocalyptic worldviews. Many of these modern apparitions are interconnected, becoming validated through their overlaps, cont…
Prayer is the answer: Apocalypticism, Our Lady, and Catholic Identity
Apocalyptic beliefs are common in modern Marian apparitions and represent an important area of tension between believers and skeptics-tension that in part determines the official Church stance toward, as well as popularity and longevity of, the apparition. Apocalypticism therefore is an important component of Catholic identity for many Marian devotees. Drawing from a case study of a modern apparition site in rural Emmitsburg, Maryland, I argue th…
Transposing Devotion
This article extends recent scholarship on new religious movements that has stressed newness, tension, and social alignment. New Catholic communities that have grown around contemporary Marian apparitions allow the application of theoretical models and add nuance to understandings of new movements in the Catholic context. Drawing from fieldwork since 2010 at two apparition sites, rural Emmitsburg, Maryland and suburban Gaithersburg, Maryland, I f…
Prayer is the answer: Apocalypticism, Our Lady, and Catholic Identity
Apocalyptic beliefs are common in modern Marian apparitions and represent an important area of tension between believers and skeptics-tension that in part determines the official Church stance toward, as well as popularity and longevity of, the apparition. Apocalypticism therefore is an important component of Catholic identity for many Marian devotees. Drawing from a case study of a modern apparition site in rural Emmitsburg, Maryland, I argue th…
Marian Apparitions as New Religious Movements
Marian apparitions, as diverse, global, and dynamic phenomena, offer opportunities for multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural analysis. We are pleased in this special issue to offer seven essays highlighting the increasing internationalization of Marian devotional movements. Our contributors, using both local case studies and a global, comparative view to explore instances of apparitions in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, collectively …
The American Academy of Religion Exploratory Session on Marian Apparitions and Theoretical Problems in Religious Studies (2015)
The Body of Mary: Embodiment and Identity in Modern Apparitions
In modern Marian apparitions, Mary’s material presence is evoked for believers, who negotiate religious and other identities around her maternal figure. My contention, drawing from material theories of religion and postcolonial theories, and based on ethnographic fieldwork at one apparition site in addition to social scientific literature, is that Roman Catholic devotees of Mary negotiate identities along three trajectories. First, apparitions of…
Contemporary Marian apparitions and devotional cultures
Marian apparitions and devotions since the early 19th century have been unique enough to consider them on their own terms. In what devotees have dubbed the "Marian Age," apparitions tend toward conservative politics and messages; a context of struggle; ambiguous attitudes toward modernity, globalization, and technology; and apocalyptic worldviews. Many of these modern apparitions are interconnected, becoming validated through their overlaps, cont…
Teaching and learning guide for contemporary Marian apparitions and devotional cultures
Religious Tourism and Spaces (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Religious studies (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works)