The Virgin Mary in the narratives of contemporary Catholic and Muslim mothers in Poland

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ID6015953
AutoresJoanna Krotofil (0000-0003-2308-5329, Jagiellonian University), Dorota Wójciak (0000-0002-9114-9331, Jagiellonian University), Dagmara Mętel (0000-0002-5036-9821, Jagiellonian University)
Ano2023
Volume107
Páginas202-222
Data de publicação2023-11-10
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLUD Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Ludoznawczego i Komitetu Nauk Etnologicznych PAN (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0076-1435 • E-ISSN: 2719-8057
EditoraUniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.12775/lud107.2023.07
OpenAlexW4388638475
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas10

In this paper, we demonstrate how the figure of the Virgin Mary functions as an important element of the lived religion of contemporary Catholic and Muslim mothers in Poland. Based on the analysis of in-depth interviews and observational data we argue that the figure of Mary is recognized as a religious ideal and a role model by mothers identifying with both religions. We trace similarities and differences between Catholic and Muslim mothers in their reflexive engagement with ideas, symbols, and prescriptions attached to Mary and discuss how they reinvent the figure and ascribe it with personalised meanings: embrace some of the traditional attributes of Mary, challenge, and contest others, and construct new meanings firmly embedded in their daily life mothering experiences

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