Are Roadside Crosses in Poland a Religious or Cultural Expression

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ID3358693
AutoresLucyna Przybylska (0000-0001-9003-9467, University of Gdańsk, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume12
Fascículo1
Páginas8
Data de publicação2020-12-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel12010008
OpenAlexW3117652273
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas27

The paper contributes to the discourse on roadside memorialisation in the countries of Christian heritage in Europe, Australia, and North America. The aim of the paper is to assess the social perception of the motivation of people constructing roadside crosses at the places of fatal car accidents along public roads in Poland. Is it religious, cultural or both religious and cultural? The uniqueness of this survey lies in its representativeness of the population of one country and the religiosity variable incorporated into a public opinion poll. The study proves that there exists a relationship between one's declaration of faith and the perception of memorial crosses. Believers more often than atheists opt for both a religious and a cultural meaning of roadside crosses. Atheists and agnostics more often than believers associate roadside crosses only with a cultural meaning-the custom of marking places of death with crosses

Declaration · Faith · Geography · Perception · Political science · Politics · Population · Public opinion · Religiosity · Representativeness heuristic · Sociology · Theology · Demography · Law · Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Social Psychology