Religious memory, between orality and writing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12905006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guy G Stroumsa (0000-0002-3889-931X, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 332-340 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Memory Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-6980 • E-ISSN: 1750-6999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1750698016645271 |
| OpenAlex | W2470876176 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 21 |
Since the groundbreaking studies of Maurice Halbwachs, all written before the end of the World War II, it seems that only small progress has been made toward a better understanding of “religious memory,” a concept coined by him. Mainly basing myself upon early Christianity (Halbwachs’ field of predilection), I argue here that one can distinguish between two kinds of religious memory: implicit and explicit religious memory. This double nature of religious memory seems to reflect the two modes of religiosity described by the anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse and of course the two systems of memory, semantic and episodic. The transformations of religion itself in late antiquity, with the passage from a society mainly based on oral traditions to one established on scriptures and their written exegesis, show how these two systems of religious memory function together, complementing one another
Art · Christianity · Exegesis · Field (mathematics · Literature · Orality · Religiosity · Sociology · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Religious Tourism and Spaces
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |